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Sanctuary S
Sanctuary Jun 22, 2011 09:24:47
Replying to postman

postman wrote:
I dont believe it
I was there just last November and all seemed to be as it should.
But then they bulldozed it flat?
(In my most exasperated Victor Meldrew voice) I Dont Believe it !!!
They must have known what they were doing surely no-ones that ignorant.
Farmers have been felling protected trees and removing hedgerows for years taking the view that once they've done it there's not much anyone can do about it but fine them or more often then not just warn them of their future behaviour when they plead ignorance! You can't exactly put them back again afterwards can you so they walk away smiling the bastards!

N nigelswift
nigelswift Jun 22, 2011 09:34:20
Replying to Sanctuary

Well in the case of a listed building they DO sometimes force them to rebuild it, at huge cost. Making the culprit pay for every penny of a replica wouldn't put the henge back, but it would be something better than leaving it flat. And if EH were deliberately nit-picky and asked for it to be precisely to the contours it used to be, no argument and no negotiation, it might cost £100K to do - i.e. far more than the maximum available fine, which would be satisfying.

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