Register here - as a registered user you get more features and fewer ads.
The National Trust has presented its options appraisal to Kennet District Council with regard to the future of car parking and overnight stays during pagan observances at Avebury. The appraisal will form the basis of an ongoing consultation process with stakeholders on how best to work towards a consensual and sustainable solution to these twin issues.
Concurrently, the Trust has also withdrawn its appeal to an enforcement notice served on its main Avebury visitor car park by Kennet District Council and submitted a planning application to allow it to comply with the notice (1).
The National Trust has been working towards submitting an options appraisal to identify potential sites for the creation of a car park and overnight accommodation at pagan observances. Any solution needs to balance the interests of Avebury’s disparate groups as well as protect the archaeology of the World Heritage Site, minimise disruption to the village, ensure access for worship for the pagan community and conform with police concerns over traffic flows.
The appraisal submitted to Kennet outlines nine potential sites (2). Following discussions, it is evident that no agreement exists among the groups of stakeholders on a preferred option, and therefore the Trust will not be submitting a planning application based on one of the nine options. The appraisal will, therefore, lead future discussions on a solution and hopefully be the launch pad for finding a consensus among all interest groups.
Laurie Clark, National Trust North Area Manager, said: “The National Trust is committed to working towards finding a consensual and sustainable solution to the issues of parking and overnight stays for pagan observances at Avebury. This means in the short term complying with the enforcement notice served on our car park by Kennet and, in tandem, working towards a temporary compromise solution for 2007 pagan celebrations.”
Source: http://www.aveburylodge.co.uk/News.html via coldrum
Something is not right. This message is just to keep things from messing up down the road