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thesweetcheat Jan 16, 2009 15:21:48
Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:
Here's another spookily similar case - http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/gloucestershireheadlines/Archaeologists-holding-development-say-residents/article-615519-detail/article.html

The issue is very simple and very important. If a place is nationally important, who should decide on how it is curated - the heritage protection system & professionals or the local parish councillors? No contest so far as I'm concerned, the clue's in the word, nationally.

And if the place is internationally important then having the parish and district councils deciding it's fate is just grotesque.

Oh my god. I wasn't aware of that, and it's in my own county. I also note the irony of disturbing a prehistoric site (albeit not a ceremonial one) to make room for a garden of remembrance - interesting how ritual treatment of death has developed over the millenia!

I totally agree about the nonsensical nature of the "decision making process" - as you say, why have national and international heritage bodies if a tin-pot local council can do what it likes anyway?

T thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jan 16, 2009 15:28:04
Replying to thesweetcheat

Also, from the article you linked:

Parish council chairman Bryan Sumner said: “Every time we came up with a final draft, the county council came along with something else they wanted done.”
After the meeting he added: “It has taken two-and-a-half years since the first approval."

Yes Mr Sumner, the fort has only been there 2,000 years, so clearly it is essential that everyone rushes into doing irrepairable damage to it in as short a time as possible... :-)

M moss
moss Jan 16, 2009 15:34:19
Replying to thesweetcheat

thesweetcheat wrote:
Oh my god. I wasn't aware of that, and it's in my own county. I also note the irony of disturbing a prehistoric site (albeit not a ceremonial one) to make room for a garden of remembrance - interesting how ritual treatment of death has developed over the millenia!

I totally agree about the nonsensical nature of the "decision making process" - as you say, why have national and international heritage bodies if a tin-pot local council can do what it likes anyway?

Hereford local council got hauled up in front of the judge over the road built over the Rotherwas Ribbon, (and found guilty) sadly the road had already been built. But if you read the planning application that went through on the Bonds Garage development, the list of 'objections' was a helluva lot longer than the paltry few in favour.