The post you are reporting:
"If Alexander has his way, he wants the place to get overgrown, discourage too many people from going up there but 'ask' some 'body' for millions of pounds to repair some walls"
Paul, this is an unfair statement, as it contradicts what I have suggested on this same thread.
My proposal was to create a permanent work-group of paid people who would do periodic grass/root/weed cutting in return for a salary.
And to ask for a work-group to be set up under the direction of one or more authorities responsible for Western Heigts to carry out maintenance repairs on masonry over a set period of time, until the work is complete. This too in return for a salary.
But you have from the start made clear that your intentions are diverse, not limited to Western Heights.
That your main goal is to urbanise Western Heights, and to stray over to Farthingloe, which is an area of outstanding beauty, and do that place in as well with cement blocks and urban areas.
That you want to do this to attract income to Dover's shops and restaurants, claiming this would create employment for local people in shops and restaurants.
Unfortunately for your theory, I must inform you that Dover's commercial outlets are already fully manned with personnel.
You then went on to explain away that the developer - CGI - in return for building almost 900 houses and a hotel - that would compete with existing hotels in Dover and possibly take their business away - would invest money into repairing neglected parts of Napoleonic defences and some WWII air-defence bunkers.
WHPS have gone way beyond their competence in this proposal, and have proposed to destroy, not maintain, that what they were set up to preserve, and to take out neighbouring Farthingloe while they're about it.
At this point, Paul, you might as well propose building a hotel and some houses in Pencester Gardens and ploughing up Connaught Park to build more of the same!
Alternatively, if your aim is still to reap in cash revenues to Dover's shops and restaurants, why not change place and join the Dover Trade and Commerce chamber?
