Thornborough Henges Update
January 2007

Dear supporter of Thornborough Henges,

You may have learnt that ealier this month, Tarmac Northern Ltd received
planning permission from North Yorkshire County Council to quarry most of
the Ladybridge Farm site based upon a second revised planning application.

The council planning committee had been advised that the petition, signed by
10,000 members of the public, was not admissable for this new application.
This was incorrect advice, and it underlined North Yorkshire County Councils
inability to respond to the wishes of its electorate - the petition has
never been debated by the council, in fact most councillors are completely
unaware of its existense.

Because of this, it is now extremely likely that the landscape of
Thornborough will become a preferred area for qwuarrying, and will become
Britain's largest gravel quarry site.

TimeWatch now intend to lobby our central government to expand the level of
protection given to the area, so that a radius of at least one mile from the
major monuments of Thornborough will be protected from quarrying.

In addition, it is our aim to change the direction of our campaigning in
order to investigate ways of enabling better access to the monuments for the
public, so that many more people will come to knw and love these ancient
monuments, and thus increase the value that is placed in keeping them safe.

However, in order to do this, we will require significant funds, so far we
have asked for very little money from supporters, but it is clear that
lobbying central government and creating credible proposals for access and
management of the area will take more than simply the time donated by our
volunteers.

So I am writing to you to ask for a donation of just five pounds to
TimeWatch, so that we may carry out this work, and if needed hire
professional advisors.

Without this money, it is unlikely that we will be able to continue
campaigning to protect Thornborough with the momentum we have thus far
generated and I should also remind you Tarmac have not withdrawn their
appeal against the previous Ladybridge decision; it is highly likely that
they will be able to reverse that earlier decision.

Please if you can, send us the money via our Paypal account - simply go to
http://www.paypal.com and send the money to funds@timewatch.org,
alternatively send a cheque to TimeWatch, Willow House, Brompton Road,
Newton le Willows, North Yorkshire, DL8 1SJ.

I know that few of us these days can spare much cash, but remember how
important Thornborough is; if Tarmac win this, they can quarry just about
anywhere, and now Hanson have decided to quarry the area, it seems that
other companies are joining them.

Thankyou

George Chaplin
Chairman
www.timewatch.org

ORRAR wishes to thank George Chaplin at Ancient Europe for allowing us the use of the above material.  Please do not copy this material unless you ask permission first from Ancient Europe

 

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