Shared equity scheme offer for first-time homes

Thirty-five homes built on the site of a former government office will be available for first-time buyers, developers have said.

The Jersey Development Company has submitted amendments to its planning application to transform the office building on South Hill into 139 flats on a development called Westward near the waterfront, with 35 for first-time buyers through shared equity.

Local first-time buyers will be given appointments to discuss the scheme for some of the one and two-bedroom flats before they go on sale in February.

Under the shared equity scheme buyers purchase 75% of the property, and Jersey Development Company keeps the remaining 25%.

The development company said "getting on to the property ladder can be challenging".

The scheme also includes a courtyard garden above a car park for 70 vehicles and storage for 220 bikes.

Developers also plan to remodel the former Grade 4 listed military barracks on the site, as well as demolishing the government's planning department building which closed in 2019.

The plans for the scheme were turned down in 2023 and approved the following year by the government.

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