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With regards to the Grand Shaft, as I have pointed out before, #969, was in 1995, completely renovated by IMPACT - The Joint Environmental Initiative of KCC and DDC.
It is now considered, according to the CGI-HS p60 it is in ' Poor condition and almost impassable access have however limited public enjoyment of Grand Shaft for many decades.' It is statements such as these this that is being replicated in order to convince people that the ONLY way forward is for CGI to allow them to desecrate the Western Heights and Farthingloe Valley.
Almost all of the Western Heights is a Scheduled Ancient Monument - Fortifications, Roman lighthouse and medieval chapel and contains two Listed Buildings - the Citadel and the Grand Shaft.
This National Ancient Monument, overlooking the Channel, represent the largest, most elaborate and impressive surviving example of early 19th century fortification in England - within it are an unparalleled group of fortifications that add up to more than the sum of their constituent parts.
Not only do we say that but Liv Gibbs BA MA (Cantab.) Ph.D. holds a similar opinion -p142 of the joint DDC, English Heritage and Kent County Council commissioned Built Heritage Conservation Framework for Dover Western Heights (BHCF).
Dr Gibbs lists a number of supporting statements, including that the site elicits, 'strong emotions and feelings of empathy in visitors to the site today through the combination of the immense scale of the site, the number, complexity and awesome nature of the defences, the range of defensive devices designed to outwit and defeat an attacking enemy force, and the architectural embellishment of defensive elements.' (ibid Gibbs p141).
Further, in 2006 Dover Town Council (DTC) considered applying for World Heritage Status (WHS) for Western Heights and in 2010 KCC applied for this status to cover the adjacent Straits of Dover. Article 15 of the WHS will prevent the destruction of the heritage coastline.
The fact is that CGI state, on several occasions, that their plans will permanently alter the character and appearance of the Western Heights National Ancient Monument. This is a sacrilege for which Dover will never be forgiven if the development is allowed to go ahead.
Lorraine