Decision details

To:

(i)                  Consider representations made in response to the advertisement of the proposed Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) prohibiting motorised vehicles (except for permit holders) on part of the A344 and the byways within the Stonehenge World Heritage Site (WHS).

(ii)                Consider whether or not to recommend that a Public Inquiry should be held to consider the representations received.

To ensure that the Council is provided with independent advice on the balance between the benefits to the amenity of Stonehenge and the WHS and the interests of those objecting to the proposals when considering whether the proposed TRO should be made.

To:

(i)         Make the Order without modification.

(ii)        Hold a non-statutory Public Inquiry into the proposal.

The proposed Order was advertised in the Salisbury Journal on 21 January 2010.

A total of 499 representations were received of which 325 were objections to the Order,        161 were in support and 13 were comments on the proposed Order.