Save Our Shoreline say Finance Centre will cause years of upheaval

A decision on whether another building can be erected in the controversial International Finance Centre is expected later today in Jersey.

Six states members on the planning panel will determine the planning application for 'building five', the third building in a series of six.

Campaign group Save our Shoreline will present their petition later this morning and say this application is crucial.

Since the destruction of tree and wildlife in the Esplanade car park earlier this year opposition has been growing.

The campaign group say they are representing more than 300 people - many of the residents and workers in the area.

"Should they approve the application, they will condemn the St Helier waterfront to a dismal future - years of upheaval and building work, to achieve nothing as promised for local residents but instead create a soulless and lifeless collection of windswept over tall glass cubes (taller even than Dandara's new Esplanade building) that will screen St Helier from the sea. The taxpayer will be exposed to financial risk and the general public to probable environmental pollution and distress for many years to come."