1st September 2005, 09:14 PM
I have posted at length about the treat to the Dorchester Landscape on Britarch and the Thornborough Websites.
There is a basic issue about the methodologies for dealing with strategic planning for gravel which I have discussed elsewhere.
The basic point is that bad master planning is going to rob us of the hinterland of half of class 2A henges if we are not careful and thus perhaps the chance to ever understand them.
The mitigation strategy is what I would expect in many ways. The consultant working for Tarmac has worked in the area for 30 years. The plough damage argument they use is an interesting one and they have a point.
There are some fundamentals I would disagree with ie the notion that preservation by record, by implication of ASNI, is accepted practice. I think the issue of sustainability is key here and in particular the issue of sustainability as discussed in the EH document.
EH have consultants retained on this project as it is for them ot address these points as I am sure they will. The mit strat does not rubbish the EH statement it suggests that the site is not following the analysis they have previously presented. This may or may not be correct. The system for determining if a site is NI is far from perfect and there are frequent debates about this.
Peter
There is a basic issue about the methodologies for dealing with strategic planning for gravel which I have discussed elsewhere.
The basic point is that bad master planning is going to rob us of the hinterland of half of class 2A henges if we are not careful and thus perhaps the chance to ever understand them.
The mitigation strategy is what I would expect in many ways. The consultant working for Tarmac has worked in the area for 30 years. The plough damage argument they use is an interesting one and they have a point.
There are some fundamentals I would disagree with ie the notion that preservation by record, by implication of ASNI, is accepted practice. I think the issue of sustainability is key here and in particular the issue of sustainability as discussed in the EH document.
EH have consultants retained on this project as it is for them ot address these points as I am sure they will. The mit strat does not rubbish the EH statement it suggests that the site is not following the analysis they have previously presented. This may or may not be correct. The system for determining if a site is NI is far from perfect and there are frequent debates about this.
Peter