I am delighted with the response and the breadth of the comments expressed. It reminds me of the halcyon days when the Dover Express saw themselves the Forum of Discussions. Sorry Barry if talking about Dover's history is an embarrassment.
Dover's past is important, I write about it almost every week in the Dover Mercury. Although developers, when they are trying to gain planning permission, will promise anything, history shows that their perceived responsibility ends when they have achieved their profit margins.
Concerning Western Heights, money does need to be spent, in Canada a similar, but smaller ancient military establishment is treated as a national treasure. Beautifully preserved etc. etc. Following the 1992/3 Planning decision English Heritage promised to use the profits from Dover Castle to do the same for Western Heights. Except for the initial response, this petered out as those who made the promise moved on. Similarly to what I expect the would be developers will do.
