| Plan to protect Stonehenge from developments agreed Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 13:06, 12th October 2025 |     |
From the BBC:
A planning document which sets out how to protect the landscape around Avebury and Stonehenge has been approved.
The Setting Study will be used by councillors to ensure developers do not impact the World Heritage Site and will give guidance on things like building height, light pollution and landscaping.
Wiltshire Council's cabinet backed the plan, but the document's final sign-off will be voted on by all 98 councillors on 21 October.
Councillor Adrian Foster, cabinet member for strategic planning, said: "We have a vital collective responsibility to safeguard these historic sites."
"The Setting Study will ensure that any planning decision or strategy regarding the World Heritage Site is as informed as possible," Mr Foster added.
The decision follows a six-week public consultation held earlier this year, which included a series of drop-in events.
The document integrates guidance from Unesco with advice from Historic England.
| Re: Plan to protect Stonehenge from developments agreed Posted by Clan Line at 21:05, 13th October 2025 | |
So no Premier Inn on the old visitors' car park !
| Re: Plan to protect Stonehenge from developments agreed Posted by LiskeardRich at 10:39, 14th October 2025 | |
It was A bit silly building Stonehenge so close to the main road.
| Re: Plan to protect Stonehenge from developments agreed Posted by John D at 11:48, 14th October 2025 | |
It was A bit silly building Stonehenge so close to the main road.
This reminds me of the infamous American who asked why did they build a Windsor castle under Heathrow's flight path
| Re: Plan to protect Stonehenge from developments agreed Posted by Marlburian at 16:30, 14th October 2025 | |
So no Premier Inn on the old visitors' car park !
In the 1930s there was a cafe by the fork in the road, ‘a cheap flashy little building'. See here.
| Re: Plan to protect Stonehenge from developments agreed Posted by matth1j at 16:34, 14th October 2025 | |
In the 1930s there was a cafe by the fork in the road, ‘a cheap flashy little building'. See here.
Love the road sign!