Businessman Roger Le Maistre, a director of the Creepy Valley Adventure Centre, is seeking to launch an off-road buggy track and has said that discussions are ongoing to find a new site.
Mr Le Maistre had applied to put two tracks – one for adults and one for children – and five portable cabins on two former agricultural fields near Sorel in St John.
However, those plans met with criticism from many St John parishioners, who expressed concerns about noise, extra traffic and damage to the environment.
And the committee unanimously rejected the application earlier this month, following a Planning Department recommendation that the proposals be turned down.
Despite the setback, Mr Le Maistre confirmed that he was pressing ahead with the plans and had narrowed down a list of potential alternative sites to ‘fewer than five’.
The initial plans for Sorel had gained support from Visit Jersey and the Economic Development Department.
Mr Le Maistre said: ‘We are currently working on a new plan and a new site.
‘We are meeting with potential locations over the next couple of weeks and we are also due to meet the relevant authorities to see what would be appropriate.
‘Something will happen – where we don’t yet know.
‘The authorities understand the importance to tourism of an activity such as this and are being supportive.’
