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Pete G Jun 25, 2004 12:24:44

we won the Countryside rights of way appeal against Silbury being classed as open country,
PeteG

Rhiannon Jun 25, 2004 12:32:39

Replying to Pete G

common sense prevails for once - well done

baza Jun 25, 2004 12:56:52

Replying to Pete G

Good news. :o)

It was a daft proposal in the first place - probably by someone with no knowledge of its archaeological significance.

BTW Pete, I'll be back this weekend to help take down the yurt, so see you soon. :o)

third degree Jun 25, 2004 14:31:26

Replying to Pete G

well done pete ! .at last ,someone in charge with a brain

goffik Jun 25, 2004 17:19:20

Replying to Pete G

Yes - well done to all involved - can't believe it went as far as it did! What's wrong with the world, eh?

Now all we need to do is stop the thing from collapsing and we're done!

G x

Pete G Jun 26, 2004 02:50:33

Replying to Pete G

Peer wins battle of Silbury Hill

Lord Avebury was celebrating a victory yesterday after the Planning Inspectorate ruled that the 4,700-year-old Silbury Hill in Wiltshire, Europe's largest man-made mound, should not become open country under the new right-to-roam legislation.

The Liberal Democrat peer, who has the freehold of the land, had objected at a public inquiry last month to the Countryside Agency's attempt to reclassify the 130ft mound as "unimproved chalk grassland".
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/06/26/nbul26.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/06/26/ixhome.html