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Jan - #595 I must just say that you use the term NIMBYism far too much - I can assure you that in a majority of cases of the people that attended the meeting last night that is not the view the concern is the ruination of an Ancient Scheduled Monument. NIMBY refers to an objection that is happening in the vicinity of one's property but happy for the development to happen elsewhere, we don't want this development anywhere, including Farthingloe, and I would challenge anyone who found out that houses and apartments were going to spring up in an area, that has not been allowed to be developed on for many years because of the Ancient Scheduled Monument status, and after at least 10 years of successfully stopping any developments from going ahead, to not have a feeling of 'NIMBYism' and I use that in a positive sense.
Howard #596 - The Village is not insular, there are of course some people who do not know WHPS, as they are new to the area or possibly not as passionate of the visible archaeology but there are many that do and recognise the work that they do - however, from the area above the Knights Templar Church the correlation between the Grand Shaft area and Drop Redoubt area becomes blurred, not many people venture up there.
The Open Days do not really take in what the Village can offer - for example, can we not run boot fairs/antique fairs/craft fairs/ sports days/medieval fairs on the football pitch to run in conjunction with the open days, with profits being given to WHPS? Have a costume guide near the KT Church, bring the two areas together more and make visitors realise that the whole area is an Ancient Scheduled Monument.
There were 25 people at the meeting from all over the Village and I had many apologies, we will be reforming the Western Heights Residents Association as many wanted an official forum to voice concerns.
I think that this 'late' outburst of feelings is partly due to the fact as I mentioned before that all previous attempts to develop the Western Heights have failed and possibly this development was not taken seriously, many believed that the 'public consultation' was not done properly, and as this site is not outlined in the Councils Core Strategy is therefore contrary to the Local Plan.