States urged to act on concerns over housing plans

A parish has called on the States to act over concerns about the impact of plans to build more than 1,000 new homes over the next six years.

The new homes would be built in St Sampson's in Guernsey under the Island Development Plan's (IDA) spatial strategy, alongside plans for 89 new homes in Vazon.

But St Sampson's Parish Douzaine said that while concessions had been made in relation to the Vazon plans, the Development and Planning Authority (DPA) had failed to act on concerns about the impact on infrastructure in their parish, including a rise in traffic volumes of as much as 50%.

The DPA has been approached for comment.