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Alderney Regional Environmental Assessment of Renewable Energy:
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7.4 Infrastructure
7.4.1 Baseline Description
The current section describes infrastructure associated with agricultural, commercial and public
buildings and public utility facilities on the island (for cables, pipelines and grid connectivity see
Section 7.1 and infrastructure associated with transport and traffic see Section 7.9).
Land use zones and their associated facilities are documented in the Land Use Plan (States of
Alderney, 2011a; Figure 21) that forms the basis for all new planning applications on Alderney.
The Land Use Plan distinguishes between the so-called Designated Area and the Building
Area. The Building Area is broken down into eighteen zones and allows for certain
construction, extension and renovation works within the limits set out in the Land Use Plan,
although discourages such activities within important wildlife habitats within the Building Area.
The Designated Area is broken down into six zones with a presumption against development
(States of Alderney, 2011). The six zones of the Designated Area and associated infrastructure
within each zone are (from AEA, 2011):
ƒ Agricultural zone: the central, north-western and southern parts of the island are mainly
used for agricultural purposes. Facilities include farms, greenhouses, agricultural and
fishing stores, stables, barns and animal sheds.
ƒ Commercial/Industrial: facilities within this zone are few in number and size. Three
facilities are categorised as light industrial; two sheds of Berry’s Quarry in the north-
east, Ronez Asphalt Production Plant in the north and Platte Saline Gravel Works in
the north-west. The rest are hospitality and catering facilities.
ƒ Protected zone: encompasses biologically important terrestrial, freshwater and marine
habitats and archaeologically important sites and areas. No development is permitted
within this zone unless approved by the Building and Development Control Committee
in order to restore or protect a feature or aspect of the Protected Zone.
ƒ Public Utilities zone: facilities include water pumping station, waste treatment and
disposal unit, an airport guidance station, civil emergency unit, cemeteries, a
slaughterhouse, a TV mast and satellite dish, reservoirs, the lighthouse and the
island’s power station at the Glacis site, adjacent to Braye harbour. A number of power
substations are present around Alderney
ƒ Recreational zone: mainly located around the northern and north-eastern part of the
island, recreational facilities are found amongst agricultural and protected zones.
Facilities include a football pitch, golf courses, mini-railway and lines, a railway shed,
tennis and squash courts and common recreational areas. Facilities within the
Recreational Zone are considered further in the Recreation and Tourism Section
(Section 7.5). Alderney Railway also runs through the recreational zone, from the
harbour to Mannez Quarry in the north-east of the island, operational on Sundays from
Easter until September and UK Bank Holidays.
ƒ Residential zone: much of the residential housing on Alderney is situated within the
Building Area, although there is a limited residential zone within the Designated Areas
to the north of the island.
Figure 21 presents a detailed breakdown of land use and terrestrial infrastructure on Alderney.
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