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  When dealing with an area as vast as the Western Heights that is so tied in with Dover as a whole it is difficult to treat any one part as separate from the whole. Planning regulations require a certain amount of money from developers for 'community' projects. As Paul rightly says, the WHPS is in a good position to be able to access this for the benefit of the heights. A large project such as the proposed National War Memorial (on a site once home to many of the fallen) would employ skilled stone masons etc. who could in turn offer apprenticeships giving work to local youth and giving them skills that can carry them on. More money coming into the town would mean more businesses surviving and through them more money to spend on local infrastructure (such as road improvements).
  
  At one time the Home Office and the MoD have demolished, filled in and built on various parts of the heights with no consultation whatsoever. The current proposals are going through a lot of consultation. Before we get too carried away let us not forget that there are already houses built over old tunnels in the citadel area, I hope nobody is suggesting they be demolished.

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