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<p>It was clear at the time of the grant award that, should the Development Consent
Order be approved by the Secretary of State for Transport, approximately 4.54 hectares
of the total 168 hectare area to be acquired would be the subject of permanent compulsory
acquisition by National Highways. The National Heritage Memorial Fund’s grant was
in response to a time-limited opportunity to secure multiple archaeological sites
across this much larger area of land in the World Heritage Site. This included a substantial
portion of Stonehenge Avenue. Without the National Heritage Memorial Fund’s grant
the opportunity to safeguard and conserve a significant area of internationally important
archaeology would have been lost.</p><p>The National Heritage Memorial Fund Board
was aware of the potential for compulsory purchase and took the decision that, since
the area to be affected by potential compulsory purchase was a very small proportion
of the overall site, this did not outweigh the benefits of safeguarding a much larger
area through the time-limited opportunity presented.</p>
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