Permission to uncover bunker is granted

Conservation group Festung Guernsey applied in September to clear the concrete structure to the west of La Jaonneuse Road which formed part of the Second World War anti-aircraft defences.

However, it now stands on the L’Ancresse Common site of special significance, which means the planning application for the work had to be given special consideration.

Guernsey Biological Records Centre was asked to submit a comment.

‘Our main concern would be to ensure that any areas of permanent grassland are maintained,’ a centre spokesman said.

‘Any scrub cut out should not present any problems from our perspective. However, should any grassland be required, we would request that none is sown and that the natural turf is allowed to establish and is maintained sympathetically.’

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