The fire caused an estimated £1 million of damage, destroying the club’s office and storage facilities at the historic fort.

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Pictured: Firefighters tackling the blaze back in May.

The club’s General Manager, Darren Attwood, described at the time how the  blaze had destroyed expensive equipment – hand green mowers, ride-on green mowers, lifting equipment, grinding equipment, and the club’s workshop and tools.

For many of these, he added, there is an 18- to 24-month waiting list.

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Pictured: The club’s facilities in Fort Henry, Grouville (Rob Currie)

One building, deemed too dangerous, has already been demolished.

A new planning application now proposes to demolish more of the building, and replace some of the club’s facilities.

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Pictured: The aftermath of the fire in May. (Rob Currie)

If the application is successful, the club would build a new single-storey workshop, a new single-storey welfare building, upgrade the fire performance of the walls to the vehicle storage, and install sprinklers.

The welfare building would contain two staff rooms, toilets, showers, and a locker room.

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Fire at Fort Henry “devastating” for Royal Jersey Golf Club