World Heritage Watch (WHW) Report 2023, published in May, is dominated by the first heartbreaking reports, compiled by local NGOs and experts, of damage to the four World Heritage Sites (WHSs) in areas of Turkey and Syria devastated by the February earthquake, There are other examples of injury … Continue reading →
Briefing on scheme’s value for money Headline findings: * The original business case by the promoter, National Highways, was rated: ‘low’. Without adding the heritage value of nearly £1bn, the business case would not have achieved this weak out turn. * The basis for the heritage valuation was arrived at … Continue reading →
National Trust AGM, 5 November 2022 Presentation for the resolution on A303 Stonehenge by Dr Kate Fielden Good afternoon everyone. Our Chairman rightly questioned: what will future generations thank us or blame us for? Independent planning inspectors and the former Transport Secretary say the Stonehenge road scheme would permanently and … Continue reading →
Neither our resolution nor any members’ resolution presented to the National Trust AGM last Saturday was successful. Despite our best efforts to inform, engage and spread the word, the voting results for our resolution took us aback: For 30,670 | Against 81,746 | Abstain 15,409 We are naturally disappointed in … Continue reading →
>> READ MORE ABOUT HISTORY OF NATIONAL TRUST & STONEHENGE >> Members’ resolution about the A303 at Stonehenge We ask members, please, to cast their own votes and ask the National Trust to reconsider its support for the Government’s scheme for dualling the A303 across the Stonehenge World Heritage Site … Continue reading →
