Potential developers have been given an extra month to submit proposals on how Marginal Wharf can be redeveloped.

Bermuda Land Development Company, the landowner, asked for “expressions of interest” on the property in St David’s last month.

However, the deadline for ideas to be submitted has been extended from October 17 to November 21.

A spokesman for the BLDC told The Royal Gazette: “Due to the effects of Hurricane Gonzalo, the deadline was extended a second time to November 21, 2014 in order to give all respondents an opportunity to participate.”

The BLDC has already received a raft development proposals from local and overseas firms to rejuvenate Marginal Wharf.

Suzanne Roberts-Holshouser, the St David’s MP who is also the acting chairwoman of the BLDC, said that she had been encouraged by the number of submissions received, although details of the submissions have not been made public.

At present, the land around Marginal Wharf is occupied by a handful of boatyards and tradesmen, and large areas of the site have become overgrown and have fallen into disrepair.

The berth itself is blighted by the rusting hull of the Niobe Corinthian.