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Lara.
Deepest apologies if I have caused offence to you and yours. I just called the houses as I saw them. No offence was intended.
As for your last note:
"What would have happened if this development had not reared its ugly head, what were the existing plans, have they all just been dropped?"
The only plans that currently exist for the upkeep of the Western Heights to the best of my knowledge include grass cutting, hedge trimming, tidying, guided walks, and keeping an eye by those interested: reporting vandal damage etc.
Currently there are no plans to re-point, rebuild, conserve, open up, or carry out any structural work on any of the monument at all, just like the last 10+ years. (Save the repointing of the exterior wall of the Redoubt by English Heritage between 1994-1998 at a cost of approximately £250K).
And I think that's the point. A 'Blanket NO' gives no possibilities and the thing slowly falls down as it has been doing since about 1957 when the military pulled out.