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Connétable for St Ouen · Independent
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Connétable for St Ouen · Independent
Will hold regular Parish Assemblies, meetings and working parties to gather parishioners' views.
No recorded vote yet“I would hold regular Parish Assemblies, meetings and working parties to gain your views on important propositions.” — Richard Anthony Kingston Honeycombe, 2022-2026 election manifesto
During the 2022–2026 term, Connétable Honeycombe convened multiple Parish Assemblies on substantive matters, including a well-attended February 2024 assembly of approximately 150 parishioners to vote on the £950,000 purchase of High Marsh House — independently reported by the Jersey Evening Post and Bailiwick Express as generating significant community discussion. The stouen.je meeting minutes and gov.je gazette confirm assemblies were held across 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 covering accounts, licensing, elections and major spending decisions. However, no independent evidence of distinct 'working parties' — a specific element of the promise — was found, and the assemblies documented largely reflect standard statutory parish business rather than demonstrably additional or more frequent engagement introduced by Honeycombe.
Will focus exclusively on parish duties and remain accessible to parishioners at all times.
No recorded vote yet“I have no interest in becoming a Minister or Deputy Minister, my focus will be the Parish, the Parishioners and be accessible at all times.” — Richard Anthony Kingston Honeycombe, 2022-2026 election manifesto
Throughout the 2022–2026 Assembly term, Connétable Honeycombe accepted no ministerial or assistant ministerial post, consistent with his stated commitment. He served on scrutiny and oversight bodies (the Public Accounts Committee from September 2022 and the Planning Committee), which are standard non-executive roles for Connétables and do not constitute ministerial office. The parish website shows active ongoing parish engagement, and parishioners re-elected him as Connétable of St Ouen in June 2026, suggesting confidence in his parish-focused conduct.
Will explore streaming parish meetings and enabling online participation.
No recorded vote yet“Maybe even stream some meetings and have online input.” — Richard Anthony Kingston Honeycombe, 2022-2026 election manifesto
Throughout the 2022–2026 Assembly term, all recorded St Ouen parish assemblies continued to be held in person at St Ouen's Parish Hall, with no evidence of live-streaming or online participation being introduced. The Jersey Law Commission's 2024 report (R-187-2024) noted that virtual attendance at parish assemblies remained only a future legislative possibility requiring new States Regulations, indicating no parish had yet implemented such measures. No independent reporting from the Jersey Evening Post, Bailiwick Express, or other Jersey outlets identified any steps taken by Connétable Honeycombe toward streaming or online input during his first term.
Will work to progress provision of homes for elderly parishioners.
No recorded vote yet“If elected, I would hope to move forward on the following: Homes for the elderly” — Richard Anthony Kingston Honeycombe, 2022-2026 election manifesto
Connétable Honeycombe took concrete steps toward the promise during the 2022–2026 term: in February 2024 a parish assembly of 150 parishioners voted in favour of purchasing High Marsh House for £950,000 with the intent to demolish it and create around eight one-bedroom elderly-housing units, and a formal offer was placed (Jersey Evening Post, 20 Feb 2024). By June 2025, the Planning Committee unanimously approved a separate scheme of 37 new affordable homes on two St Ouen fields, prioritised for islanders over 55 wishing to downsize (Bailiwick Express, 20 Jun 2025). However, no independent source confirmed the High Marsh House purchase was completed, and the approved 37-home scheme remained under construction/pre-construction as at the date of assessment, meaning new elderly homes had not yet been delivered to parishioners.
Will work to progress low-cost housing for young people in St Ouen.
No recorded vote yet“If elected, I would hope to move forward on the following: Low cost housing for the young people of our Parish” — Richard Anthony Kingston Honeycombe, 2022-2026 election manifesto
During the 2022–2026 term, the St Ouen Parish website launched an interest-registration page for a shared-ownership affordable homes scheme aimed at first-time buyers (April 2022), consistent with the promise, but no subsequent announcement of a completed or formally approved parish-led young-person housing scheme was found. Connétable Honeycombe's principal housing activity centred on elderly provision: in February 2024 he led a successful parish assembly vote to offer £950,000 for High Marsh House to expand 'Homes for the Elderly'. Broader affordable housing gains in St Ouen materialised through the States planning process — 23 homes on derelict glasshouses approved in March 2026 (13 for purchase via Housing Gateway, 10 via Andium) and 37 homes approved in June 2025 (prioritised for over-55s) — but these were government-led approvals rather than a parish-initiated scheme specifically for young people as promised.
Will pursue extending the main sewer system to all properties in the parish.
No recorded vote yet“If elected, I would hope to move forward on the following: The extension of main sewer system to all properties” — Richard Anthony Kingston Honeycombe, 2022-2026 election manifesto
Connétable Honeycombe's 2022 manifesto promise to extend the main sewer system to all properties in St Ouen remained undelivered by the end of the 2022–2026 term. The Government of Jersey's own Bridging Liquid Waste Strategy (R.71/2023) recorded St Ouen as having only approximately 75.3% of properties connected to the mains foul sewer — one of the lowest rates on the island — and a July 2023 JEP report cited St Ouen specifically as a parish where planned housing developments faced an estimated £1m connection cost due to inadequate mains drain infrastructure. No evidence was found of Honeycombe lodging a proposition, securing a ministerial commitment, or completing any extension scheme specific to St Ouen properties during his term; when announcing his 2026 re-election bid (April 2026) he referred to projects he still wished to 'see through to completion', suggesting the sewer ambition was not delivered.
Will pursue making mains water available to all properties across the parish.
No recorded vote yet“If elected, I would hope to move forward on the following: Mains water available to the whole Parish” — Richard Anthony Kingston Honeycombe, 2022-2026 election manifesto
No evidence was found across the 2022–2026 Assembly term that Connétable Honeycombe made measurable progress on extending mains water to all properties in St Ouen. The Bailiwick Express end-of-year review for St Ouen published in December 2025 listed parish highlights and Honeycombe's wishes for 2026—covering housing, speed limits, and a bus shelter at Plémont—but made no mention of any mains water initiative or progress. His April 2026 re-election statement similarly referred to unspecified projects he wished to complete, without identifying mains water. Jersey Water's own published resources focus on PFAS-related borehole issues at St Ouen and island-wide supply challenges, with no recorded mains-network extension programme targeting the parish during this period.
Will work to introduce kerbside recycling in the parish.
No recorded vote yet“If elected, I would hope to move forward on the following: Kerbside re-cycling” — Richard Anthony Kingston Honeycombe, 2022-2026 election manifesto
The parishioner vote to introduce kerbside recycling in St Ouen took place in July 2021 under Connétable Richard Buchanan, who announced the scheme was expected to start 'early in the new year' (i.e. early 2022), before Honeycombe was elected. By September 2024, Jersey Insight listed St Ouen among the parishes with an active monthly kerbside recycling scheme, confirming the service was operational throughout Honeycombe's 2022–2026 term. The commitment was therefore substantively delivered, though the groundwork was laid by Honeycombe's predecessor rather than by Honeycombe himself.
Will oppose the removal of Connétables from the States Assembly.
Kept“We must never lose the Connetables from the States Assembly.” — Richard Anthony Kingston Honeycombe, 2022-2026 election manifesto
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