Please help Hill 60! sign the petition: STOP THE HILL 60 HOUSE! A Wikiword on the subject: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hill_60_(Western_Front)
I've signed. Didn't see this post originally. Despite having been through Belgian planning, I still don't pretend to understand it. Someone must be a friend of someone.
To be honest I can't see what the fuss is about, it's not as if they want to build on the hill. There are other houses there already.
Owen - if they build on that plot it will change the character of that location. I suspect it has been a while since you were there; you would be surprised how the whole area has changed through development.
October 2006 was the last time I was there. Time moves on, things change. As long as the hill itself is preserved & the memorials are safe I can't see a problem with another house.
Owen the point here is that if any development occurs on that plot the view towards Ypres & therefore the whole context of Hill 60 with regard to the battlefield will be lost Chris
On the website today: The housing permit has been displayed today, 24.12.09 Am I reading this right, you have to pay a fee to object to the planning application? We don't have to do that in the UK. I wonder what sort of freedom those men died for?