Farnham backs public buy of £9.95m Jersey golf course
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- Les Mielles Golf & Country Club in St Peter was put on the market last month with a guide price of £9.95m.
- Matt Topman launched a petition that has attracted more than 600 signatures, calling on government to purchase the site, return most of the land to nature with an education and activities element, and convert the clubhouse into a national centre.
- Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham said he "fancied" the site coming into public ownership and wants to create "an area of outstanding natural beauty" stretching from Simon Sand to Les Mielles, starting by speaking to the National Trust.
- Farnham named three funding routes under consideration: public money, National Trust involvement, and contributions from wealthy residents in the island's "21E community."
- Topman cited previous successful public interventions at Plémont and Grève de Lecq as models — Farnham previously arranged the government purchase of Cafe Romany at the latter following similar calls.
- The National Trust of Jersey declined to comment at this stage.
Why it matters: The £9.95m Les Mielles site sits within Jersey's National Park, and Farnham's stated openness to a public purchase — backed by 600-plus petition signatures — signals a potential repeat of the Plémont and Grève de Lecq playbook, where government bought coastal land to block private development and restore it to nature.
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