Purpose

Cabinet to consider making a recommendation to
Council on the adoption of a new Supplementary Planning Document
for the Setting of the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage
Site.

Content

Resolved:
 
That
Cabinet:
 

1.   
notes the response to the consultation on the
draft WHS Setting Study Supplementary Planning Document (the
Setting Study) set out in the Consultation Statement at Appendix
1.

 

2.   
endorses the amended Setting Study as set out in
Appendix 2.
 
That
Cabinet recommends that Council:
 

3.   
Adopts the Setting Study (Appendix 2) to Council
as a supplementary planning document at its meeting on 21 October
2025.

 

4.   
Delegates to the Corporate Director, Place, in
consultation with the Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning,
Development Management and Housing, the authority to undertake the
final stages associated with the formal adoption and publication of
the Setting Study, including any minor textual changes in the
interests of clarity and accuracy.

 
Reason for decision:
 
To
ensure that the WHS Setting Study is formally adopted as a
Supplementary
Planning Document (SPD) that provides guidance to developers and
supports
Core
Policy 59: the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the World
Heritage
Site
will be sustained.