The greenfield site made headlines in November after trees were uprooted and large earthbanks erected without planning permission.
The field was highlighted by DPA president Neil Inder as an example of land clearance practise prior to application that he would be looking to clamp down on.
Retrospective permission was granted for the land to be used as earth storage last month but under the stipulation that it was restored to agricultural land by March 2027. However, a company called Cassutt Special, registered in Bangkok, has now applied to build a 10m tall, 2,400 sq. m private aircraft hangar on the site.
The application for the new hangar was submitted on February 12, a month before retrospective permission was granted for the field to be used for earth storage. The earth being stored on the field was connected to the construction of temporary worker accommodation for a further aircraft hangar being built on an adjacent field.
Colin Dodd, who owns a neighbouring field, said he was not surprised to discover this new application.
‘They initially did the damage without permission, got permission to do what they had already done, and now we have an application to put a hangar on the land they said they would re-instate.
‘It’s impossible to put back anyway as there were established willow trees and a pond – what are they going to do? Buy frogs to put back in there?’
There is some confusion on when objections to the application need to be submitted. One section of the planning website indicates today, while another stated that the window for comment closed on 1 April.
Mr Dodd said he would be objecting just as he had on various planning applications on the fields over the last 15 years.
‘But you just feel it’s a done deal. I don’t see how a hangar for private jets is essential to the island,’ he said.
Mr Dodd represented Guernsey Trees for Life at a meeting between environmental groups, Deputy Inder, director of planning Jim Rowles and Environment & Infrastructure president Adrian Gabriel in December over concerns that current planning laws allowed the destruction of green spaces prior to planning applications being submitted.
Both La Societe and the National Trust said they had both objected to the latest application.
A spokesman for the trust said it believed that a further meeting was now needed with the Planning Service and fellow environmental groups to highlight lessons that should be learned and put into future best practice.