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 →
The Stonehenge Alliance has written an open letter to the Prime Minister, asking for dualling of the A303 through Stonehenge World Heritage Site (WHS) to be abandoned. This follows the Government’s decision not to appeal against the High Court judgment quashing development consent for the scheme. The letter highlights that … Continue reading →
The inescapable facts of the situation have led UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee today (22 July 2021) to confirm that if the outcome of Save Stonehenge WHS’s legal challenge allows the A303 Stonehenge scheme to proceed and the scheme is not modified, consideration will be given to placing Stonehenge, Avebury and … Continue reading →
