Will Stonehenge lose its Unesco World Heritage status? A month earlier, in February 2024, a High Court judge had rejected a legal challenge against plans to build a road tunnel under the World Heritage site in Wiltshire, south-west England, paving the way for one of the UK's most controversial construction projects in living memory. However, Unesco have condemned the plan …
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The British government went against the recommendations of planning officials Thursday, approving controversial plans for a road tunnel to be built near the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge in southern England. The decision by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps goes against the recommendation of the Planning Inspectorate, which warned of “permanent” and “irreversible” harm arising from the project, unseen in the site’s …
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