Senator Terry Le Sueur said he wanted to reassure the public who wanted to see the headland restored to its natural state that the council did not support a golf course there.
On the question of whether the States would consider buying the headland from owner Trevor Hemmings, Senator Le Sueur said that such a move would have major financial implications.
‘It may come to a point where we have to choose between developing the Town Park or buying the Plémont headland, or even building another school.
Sometimes life is tough and you have to make difficult choices,’ he said.
Economic Development Assistant Minister Deputy Alan MacLean said that the issue of a golf course had come about because they had asked specialists in golf course development to review the Island’s potential as a golf tourism destination.
‘They looked at a number of potential sites and said that the privately owned land well to the south of Plémont headland was one of the finest locations for a golf course they had seen in Europe,’ he said.
