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Eloquently put Tom.
Barry, as an historian, my view concurs with Santayana, 'Progress, far from consisting of change, depends on retentiveness ... Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to fulfil it.' - Life of Reason vol I ch xii
Regarding the motel on St James is concerned, my objection was well put by the Dover Society, but sadly ignored by DDC.
Western Heights is more than an ancient monument, it is a site of National importance. It is not a case of waiting to see what the developers plan to do - the developers would be doing Dover more favours by developing a brown site - such as St James's.
If they have the money to slosh around then they should state how much they could spare so that it can be matched by lottery funding and used to help to bring Western heights up to the standard of a National Monument.
Finally, to quote Dr Liv Gibbs - Built Heritage Conservation Framework for Western Heights - DDC Document 2012 page 175:
1.7 A vision for the future use or uses of the Western Heights, and a strategy for the site's integrated conservation management, should be drawn up and, following public consultation, adopted by stakeholders and implemented.
1.8 Consideration should be given to setting up a DWH Forum to allow informed debate about the Western Heights amongst a wide community of stakeholders.
Lorraine