Push the States to work creatively with landowners and developers to build more homes and better utilise housing stock.
“It's time for the States to address this head on and find creative ways of working with landowners and developers to build more homes and better utilise our housing stock.”
5 recorded votes test this promise
5 Pour22 Oct 2026✓Amendment 1 — Pour, voted to deliver34-0Carried
Motion put to the States: To insert an additional proposition as follows: “SHOULD PROPOSITION 1 AND PROPOSITION 2 CARRY 3 (a) To agree that the Committee for Housing shall have the right of first refusal over the future use of the land at Lukis House, Swissville and Garden Hill for the delivery of Affordable Housing and mixed tenure housing, with such use to be given priority over alternative uses of the sites, subject to the Committee for Housing confirming the suitability and viability of the land for housing development; (b) To direct the Committee for Housing, in consultation with the Policy & Resources Committee, to identify the land required for housing development at these sites and undertake an outline viability assessment in order to identify preferred development strategies; (c) To direct the Committee for Housing to confirm its intentions for the use of such land no later than 31 December 2028 or 18 months before the planned opening of the new Children's Hub, whichever is earlier; (d) To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to reserve the land identified by the Committee for Housing under sub-paragraph 3(b) for housing purposes and, subject to any necessary statutory and property approvals, to make the land available for housing development following its vacation by the existing Health and Social Care users; (e) To direct the Policy & Resources Committee, not to allocate or commit any of the land at Lukis House, Swissville or Garden Hill to alternative uses until the Committee for Housing has had the opportunity to exercise its right of first refusal under sub-paragraph 3(a) unless the Committee for Housing has failed to confirm its intentions within the timeline specified in sub-paragraph 3(c).”
Voting Pour delivers this
Amendment inserting Housing's right of first refusal over land for affordable and mixed-tenure housing; voting Pour advances more homes on available land.
22 Oct 2026✓Proposition 3 — Pour, voted to deliver34-1Carried
Motion put to the States: SHOULD PROPOSITION 1 AND PROPOSITION 2 CARRY 3 (a) To agree that the Committee for Housing shall have the right of first refusal over the future use of the land at Lukis House, Swissville and Garden Hill for the delivery of Affordable Housing and mixed tenure housing, with such use to be given priority over alternative uses of the sites, subject to the Committee for Housing confirming the suitability and viability of the land for housing development; (b) To direct the Committee for Housing, in consultation with the Policy & Resources Committee, to identify the land required for housing development at these sites and undertake an outline viability assessment in order to identify preferred development strategies; (c) To direct the Committee for Housing to confirm its intentions for the use of such land no later than 31 December 2028 or 18 months before the planned opening of the new Children's Hub, whichever is earlier; (d) To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to reserve the land identified by the Committee for Housing under sub-paragraph 3(b) for housing purposes and, subject to any necessary statutory and property approvals, to make the land available for housing development following its vacation by the existing Health and Social Care users; (e) To direct the Policy & Resources Committee, not to allocate or commit any of the land at Lukis House, Swissville or Garden Hill to alternative uses until the Committee for Housing has had the opportunity to exercise its right of first refusal under sub-paragraph 3(a) unless the Committee for Housing has failed to confirm its intentions within the timeline specified in sub-paragraph 3(c).
Voting Pour delivers this
Gives Housing first refusal on States sites (Lukis House, Swissville, Garden Hill) for affordable and mixed-tenure housing, which delivers more homes; voting Pour advances it.
22 Oct 2026✓Planning Exemptions for Dower & EV Chargers — Pour, voted to deliver35-0Carried
Motion put to the States: The States are asked to decide: Whether, after consideration of the policy letter entitled 'Planning Exemptions for: (1) the Rental of Existing Associated Independent Living Units (2) the Installation of Electric Vehicle Charging Points by the States' dated 5 June 2026, they are of the opinion:- 1. To approve the following exemptions from the requirement for planning permission: a. the rental of an existing associated independent living unit (colloquially referred to as an annex or a dower unit); and b. the installation of EV chargers by the States, in designated car parks or areas with marked perpendicular parking bays without obtaining prior planning approval. 2. To approve and make the Ordinance entitled 'The Land Planning and Development (Exemptions) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026', as set out in Appendix 1 to the Policy Letter, subject to the following amendments - a. in section 1 (3), in the proposed Item 4 in Class 3 of Schedule 1 (residential change of use), for ''31st July, 2026'' substitute ''30th September, 2026'', and b. in section 3, for ''1st September, 2026'' substitute ''1st January, 2027.
Voting Pour delivers this
Planning exemption allowing existing associated independent living units to be rented out, which makes better use of existing housing stock; voting Pour advances it.
02 Oct 2026✓Schedule for Future States Business — Pour, voted to deliver35-2Carried
Motion put to the States: The States are asked to decide: 1. Whether, in noting the urgency to improve supply of Affordable Housing, to be addressed through proposed increased land allocation as a result of the review of the Island Development Plan, they are of the opinion: a. To vary Rule 30(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the States to the extent necessary to permit a Special Meeting to be held on Tuesday 24th November 2026 to consider P.2026/72 - Review of the Island Development Plan - Development & Planning Authority Recommendations; and b. To insert, in Schedule 1 of the Rules of Procedure of the States of Deliberation and their Committees, immediately after the line item for 3rd November (Tuesday) 2026 the following line item “24th November (Tuesday) Island Development Plan Special Meeting” . 2. Whether, after consideration of the attached Schedule for Future States’ Business, which sets out items for consideration at the Ordinary States Meeting on 21st October 2026, they are of the opinion to approve the Schedule. View this proposition's information page on gov.gg
Voting Pour delivers this
Prioritises debate on affordable housing supply through increased land allocation, which bears on working with landowners and developers to build more homes; voting Pour advances it.
22 Oct 2025✓The Open Market Housing Register (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law, 2025 (Commencement) Ordinance, 2025 — Pour, voted to deliver8-23Lost
Motion put to the States: To insert two new propositions as follows: “1. To amend section 3C of the Open Market Housing Register (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law, 2025 ("the Amendment Law") to the extent necessary to permit a person who owns an Open Market Part A property to make an application to delete from the Register the inscription of that property and inscribe a new property in Part A of the Register for the purpose of downsizing even if the person does not own both properties at the same time. 2. To direct the preparation of such legislation as may be necessary to give effect to the above decision.”.
Voting Pour delivers this
Amendment to let owners of Open Market Part A properties apply to delete their inscription from the Register, which could bring existing housing stock into better use; voting Pour advances it.
Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
24 Jun 2026·Legislative Changes to Enable Implementation of the Open Market Part A Inscriptions Policy — Absent33-0Carried
Motion put to the States: 2. To agree to amend the Open Market Housing Register (Guernsey) Law, 2016 (and any relevant subordinate legislation made thereunder) regarding the transfer of Open Market Part A inscriptions to development properties, as set out in section 3 of the Policy Letter.
Allows Open Market Part A inscriptions to be transferred to development properties, which affects how housing stock is used and developed; voting Pour advances it.
