PIGS and chickens will soon grace the land on which Mick Le Tissier wanted to build a bungalow.

The 73-year-old (pictured) says he has now accepted defeat in his fight against the planning authorities to get  over the plot he owns at Rue de la Hougue, Castel.

He has owned it for 18 years and in recent months started advertising it for sale, but no one came close to offering what he believed it was worth. However, an application to the Environment Department, which was partly tongue-in-cheek and requested permission to use the land to look after pigs and chickens, has been granted.

Mr Le Tissier hopes to get a pigsty and chicken coop in place in the coming weeks. And he does not necessarily expect Environment’s decision to be popular among neighbours.

‘I’ve been told I will never get a bungalow up there, so I have decided to make a pig of myself. The neighbours don’t want me to build there, but I know what they would prefer out of the options.’