Salisbury MP, John Glen MP and Wiltshire Council’s Cabinet Member for Transport Cllr Dr Mark McClelland [Note 1] recently wrote to the new Transport Secretary, Anne-Marie Trevelyan (see below). They raised UNESCO’s Advisory Mission’s report on the proposed A303 Stonehenge road project and asked the Minister to support National Highways’ scheme, … Continue reading →
Submissions on the latest consultation prior to redetermination of the A303 Stonehenge road scheme have now been published. The consultation gave the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) the opportunity to publish the report by UNESCO’s Joint Advisory Mission (World Heritage Centre, ICOMOS and ICCROM) following their visit to … Continue reading →
Context The Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps, wants to redetermine the Development Consent Order (DCO) for the very same Stonehenge road scheme condemned by UNESCO, the panel of five independent planning inspectors, and hundreds and thousands of our supporters, following the High Court’s quashing of Shapps’ decision to … Continue reading →
Grant Shapps is reviewing the A303 Stonehenge road widening scheme The Secretary of State for Transport wants to make a new decision on the Stonehenge road scheme. He asked National Highways for responses to five matters he wishes to consider: Alternatives, Policy, Carbon, Environmental Information, and Any Other Matters. National … Continue reading →
UPDATE 24 February 2022: SUBMISSIONS BY NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AND SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRANSPORT’S CONSULTATION ON THESE SHOULD BE VIEWED ON THE PLANNING INSPECTORATE’S SITE HERE The Transport Secretary’s decision to proceed with the A303 Stonehenge road widening scheme was roundly quashed by the High court last July. Instead of … Continue reading →
