Representation by Kim Adoue
- Date submitted
- 10 January 2019
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I am concerned with the obvious and possible irreversible damage to archaeology of this unique site. The loss of view of the site. Stonehenge is an important visual antiquity on the landscape of Salisbury plain. Permanent damage to the landscape that has a history of thousands of years. Redevelopment could be more of a money making excessive than an attempt to preserve and enhance an ancient site. My worry is that the site of Stonehenge will be over commercialised and become a crowded theme park type visitor centre and not the accessible site it used to be. I don't want the visual supermarket shopping mall type car park that takes over acres of land and becomes a blot on the landscape. Vast concrete marked out parking spaces reminiscent of an industrial estate. The modernisation and enlargement of the facilities at this site could ruin the look and the feel of this ancient site. I believe things should be kept small. Sell tickets online, control visitors. If its sold out to the max then you will book tickets in advance (like the downton abbey house)You will make less money from this site, but money making is not the point of Stonehenge. Protection of its uniqueness is. Preservation of the site is paramount.