The Blue Diamond Group has asked for a change to Guernsey's planning policies to allow a large housing development on the site of derelict greenhouses in St Peter Port. The site at Les Baissierres is unused and has laid derelict for more than a decade.
The retailer suggested zoning a site at Les Baissierres for housing as part of its submission to the review of the Island Development Plan.
Andrew Ozanne, a consultant at architecture firm Lovell Ozanne, said the site "will never be returned to commercial use" and "would provide a lot of housing opportunity".
Under current planning policies, the site cannot be zoned for housing as it falls out of any local centers.
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