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.

Decision

Resolved:

That Cabinet:

1. 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. 2.    endorses the amended Setting Study as set out in Appendix 2.

That Cabinet recommends that Council:

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