§ Lord Kennetask Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they support the draft planning brief for the Stonehenge World Heritage Site visitors' centre prepared by English Heritage's commercial agents, and particularly the proposal that the commercial operator of the visitors' centre should provide the heritage funding for improvements to the A.303 (including a cut-and-cover tunnel) and a by-pass for Winterbourne Stoke. [HL4324]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe planning brief submitted to Salisbury District Council by English Heritage and the National Trust is consistent with the objectives of the Stonehenge master plan, to which the Government are fully committed. I understand that the brief has now been endorsed by the council's planning committee. The A.303 road improvement scheme is the responsibility of the 127WA Highways Agency and will be paid for from public funds.
§ Lord Kennetasked Her Majesty's Government:
What are the "associated sites" mentioned in English Heritage's appellation of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites World Heritage Site; and what management plan is being prepared for them. [HL4503]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThere are 196 scheduled monuments, mainly burial mounds, in the Stonehenge part of the World Heritage Site, including Woodhenge, the henge enclosure at Durrington Walls, the Avenue and the Cursus, all of which are included in the management plan currently under preparation. There are 67 scheduled prehistoric sites within the Avebury World Heritage Site, including the Sanctuary, Silbury Hill, West Kennet Avenue, the West Kennet Long Barrow and Windmill Hill, all of which are covered by Avebury World Heritage Site Management Plan.