Council grants planning permission for 'jarring' 13ft pole to be erected at 5,000-year-old landmark

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Council grants planning permission for 'jarring' 13ft pole to be erected at 5,000-year-old landmark.

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A council has approved plans to install a "jarring" 13ft column in the car park at a designated World Heritage Site dating back 5,000 years.The plans were submitted to Wiltshire Council by the National Trust to construct a pole, comparable in height to a double-decker bus, at the site of the Avebury stone circle.The structure, fitted with a satellite link and solar panel, will support new solar-powered parking terminals to replace the existing pay-and-display machines.Reports indicate the column will function as a communications tower, enabling visitors to make phone payments in the area where mobile signal is notoriously poor.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The Avebury Society, a civic and heritage group dedicated to safeguarding the World Heritage Site, has formally objected to the application.The organisation expressed concern while the column may sit outside the direct sightline of those standing within the stone circle, it falls "well within the setting of the monument and will...

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