THE pub at the Hampshire Lodge is in line for a facelift. But the hotel is likely to be demolished as plans to build four houses and seven flats on the site have been approved by the Environment Department.

Randall’s managing director Ian Rogers, pictured, has dispelled fears that the pub was to close. And the hotel would be sacrificed only if it made financial sense.

Mr Rogers said the company would carry out a feasibility study to establish if it would be money well spent. He said it was all part of the company’s aims since the takeover of Randall’s, which was completed by The Guernsey Pub Company in April 2006, to make best use of the facilities it has.

‘We have so much land at the Hampshire Lodge and we have had good consultations with the tenant [Peter Leigh]. He felt that it didn’t really work as a hotel and asked if we could see if we could think of a different way of using the land and the building. It took a long time to get the plans passed but we are pleased that they now have been.’