The Island Development Committee (IDC) rejected plans to demolish greenhouses and build a packing unit and laboratory on the Sandpiper Vinery site.

The committee felt Healthy Direct's plans for the site were too big for the amount of crops that were going to be grown.

It is now up to the company to submit scaled-down plans for reconsideration.

The company's original plans for the site ignited fierce opposition from neighbours angered by the size of the proposed building.

Objectors to the scheme were concerned it would be built in one of the island's protected Green Zones.

The IDC initially gave its backing to the project but its decision was overturned by the Court of Appeal.