St Saviour to get new public park

People living in St Saviour have voted in favour of creating a new public park.

Two fields next to the Parish Hall are set to be transformed into a green space, with a children's play area, nature trail, and café to come.

At a Parish Assembly last night (2 December), ratepayers were asked to agree to use money from a ring-fenced fund to create the public park.

They approved the plans.

It was earmarked at £3 million, but Constable of St Saviour Kevin Lewis, says he will make sure it costs a lot less.

He says he got good questions from parishioners, who have now approved the plans:

"That was an absolute maximum, £3 million. We'll be coming in well below that if I get my way.

"Plus, it's going to be [taken from] a ring-fenced fund, so it will not affect the rates whatsoever.

"We are the second largest parish on the island by numbers; we really need these green lungs in residential areas to give people some respite."

The parish will now submit plans to the planning department.

In the plans, fields S514 and S515 will become gardens with a children's play area, toilet block and 32-space car park, with a café added later

READ: St Saviour ratepayers to vote on £3m park

The funding will cover the first phase of the project, which includes:

• Widening the entrances to the north and south of the Parish Hall and moving the adjacent walls back (providing visibility at La Rue de Patier junction up St Saviour's Hill),
• Re-locating access to St Saviour's House, and three car parking spaces into the forecourt,
• Adding a pedestrian crossing to St Saviour's Hill,
• Building a children's play area and footpaths,
• Introducing a new 32-space car park, building a bicycle store, a new entrance and working on the boundary wall,
• Creating a virtual footpath and pedestrian crossing on La Rue de Patier,
• Adding an access ramp from the new car park to the Parish Hall,
• Widening the access from Birches Avenue onto St Saviour's Hill,
• Landscaping and a new nature trail east of the new car park and central footpath,
• And finally, a new toilet block including power, water supply and drainage.

But, as part of the second phase, additional funding will be needed for:

• The new café, with outdoor seating,
• Landscaping the west of the central footpath around the children's play area,
• And, widening Birches Avenue, turning head and resurfacing.

Work could start in spring 2027.