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I cannot understand how planning consent given over 50 years ago should still carry weight a generation later, after a lapse of so long a time. Surely the site should be assessed on present knowledge and in the present climate of environmental concern and awareness of how precious and how easily lost is our archaeological and environmental heritage. Such landscapes are unique. Just because our short-sighted forefathers gave permission for rapacious acts upon our countryside to take place - 50 years ago in the relief and aftermath of a gruelling war - shouldn't mean that it holds good for today's enlightened generation.
Along a similar vein - farmers are allowed to do whatever they wish with their land (National Park's excepted) - according to an act given in gratitude for efforts in food production during the last war. Unfortunately, it means in my area, that farming land can be bought up so that valleys, streams and natural gullies can be used for lucrative landfill sites. I also know of a farmer who cut down the four massive oaks on his land - which girth-wise pointed to their being over 1000 years old - in order to help pay for his daughter's wedding! People who live on and farm the countryside should be aware that they make use of it for their own lifetimes - it ought not to be despoiled for monetary gain - it is a precious commodity and should be held in trust for future generations.
Something is not right. This message is just to keep things from messing up down the road