Yeah you're probably right there Jimit. (Personally I've given up on ever being able to buy a house and I don't care any more.)

It's interesting that in that article it says that Keiller moved the garage out of the circle.Plus he knocked down a load of houses within the circle. I mean the question is, is Avebury somewhere to live, or is it a museum. It's not like I want a high rise built there but it IS a village isn't it. In fact, that's part of its interest., surely?

Having lived a city that's a world heritage site - i think my main concern with new developments there was that they ought to be properly designed. Instead, what do we get but a nasty new Georgian pastiche of a shopping mall that in my eyes is actually worse than the 'genuinely' 70s buildings that were there before. So as long as they build something decent at Avebury and not (as you say) some tacky cloney houses.. that wouldn't be so bad.
Anyway. Controversial.