“I reach this conclusion for a number of reasons, the cumulative effect of which I judge to be overwhelming.”Ī panel of expert inspectors recommended that development consent be withheld because the project would substantially and permanently harm the integrity and authenticity of the site, which includes the stone circle and the wider archaeology-rich landscape. This was not merely a relevant consideration which the (transport secretary) could choose whether or not to take into account.
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“In this case the relative merits of the alternative tunnel options compared to the western cutting and portals were an obviously material consideration which the (transport secretary) was required to assess. And he said Shapps’s failure to consider alternative schemes breached the world heritage convention and common law. On Friday, Holgate said there was a “material error of law” in the decision-making process because there was no evidence of the impact on each individual asset at the historic site. He overruled the recommendation of planning inspectors, who warned it would cause “permanent, irreversible harm” to the Unesco world heritage site in Wiltshire. Shapps backed the £1.7bn scheme to overhaul eight miles of the A303, including a two-mile tunnel, last November. “It should look again at its roads programme and take action to reduce road traffic and eliminate any need to build new and wider roads that threaten the environment as well as our cultural heritage.” But now that we are facing a climate emergency, it is all the more important that this ruling should be a wake-up call for the government. “Ideally, such a tunnel would begin and end outside the world heritage site. The Stonehenge Alliance has campaigned from the start for a longer tunnel if a tunnel should be considered necessary.”
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They said: “We could not be more pleased about the outcome of the legal challenge.