Candidate will push for smarter building by using plots efficiently, building upwards, and avoiding speculative field developments.
“Guernsey's open land is precious. We must build smarter: Use plots more efficiently Build up apartments where appropriate Avoid sprawl and speculative field developments”
Ross Le Brun was elected in the April 2026 by-election and took office around May 2026, leaving only roughly three months in post before this assessment. His publicly reported activity since taking office centred on proposing a States-led starter-home scheme to the Housing Committee in July 2026 (Guernsey Press, 28 July and 3 August 2026), with no recorded action specifically targeting smarter plot use, upward apartment development, or curtailing speculative field developments. The wider Island Development Plan focused review — which does emphasise brownfield sites — was already in progress before he entered the States and is driven by the Development & Planning Authority, with no evidence Le Brun has contributed to it formally.
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22 Oct 2026·Proposition 3 — Pour34-1Carried
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).
Prioritising existing urban sites for housing is in line with efficient use of plots and avoiding greenfield development.
02 Oct 2026·Amendment 42 — Contre10-26Lost
Motion put to the States: To insert an additional proposition as follows: “To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to investigate the financial yield and legal framework required to implement an Underutilised Property Levy (UPL) applying to underutilised residential and commercial property, based on: (a) residential property being treated as underutilised where it is used as a secondary or holiday home for fewer than 183 days per calendar year, or remains substantially vacant and unused for more than 12 months, subject to defined exemptions; (b)commercial property being treated as underutilised where it remains vacant, unleased or non-operational for more than 12 months, subject to defined exemptions; and (c) liability being calculated by applying a policy-determined multiplier to the property's existing Tax on Real Property (TRP) assessment; with the detailed framework, including exemptions, ant-avoidance safeguards, administrative and enforcement arrangements, and transitional provisions, to be developed in accordance with the details outlined in the Explanatory note; and to lay a comprehensive report before the States of Deliberation no later than June 2027 detailing the financial yield, legislative framework and enforcement mechanisms required for its operation.”
An underutilised property levy would encourage efficient use of existing land and buildings.
Shown as context only: the link to this promise is too weak to grade.
