Shropshire Council’s
“master plan” for 117 new houses within the hinterland of Old Oswestry Hillfort
have been described as inappropriate and contrary to national planning policy.
A spokesman said he
doubted claims that the development could be screened from the hillfort,
adding: “Conservation of views cannot be maintained if development proceeds on
this site, so this principle is impossible to implement.”
In a letter of
representation for The Prehistoric Society, president Dr Alex Gibson disputes
the same point on preserving long distance views, saying: “This cannot be
achieved by constructing 117 dwellings within the immediate setting. To
compromise the setting and impede views both from and to the monument must be
considered as significant harm.”
The latest criticism, by
The British Archaeological Trust and the Prehistoric Society, is in response to
modifications made by Inspector Claire Sherratt as her examination of the plan
comes to a close.
We always assume that
people know what they are doing, but there seems to be such a wave of objection
to this development – and no real justification for its location – that it can’t
be allowed to go ahead.
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