This is one of ten questions posed to Lidl about their proposal to build a new supermarket on the site of The Orchard at our special public meeting on 17 March 2025.
The Cultural and Heritage Assessment in your application states, “The proposals do indicate the desire to retain the monument, moving it to a memorial garden in the S of the site. However, much of the significance of the memorial is derived from its location next to the Orchard, a public house frequented by members of the 303 squadron during the Second World War. As such, the significance of the memorial is enhanced by the presence of the Orchard and its demolition would mean much of the context surrounding the statue and its location would be lost.”
- How do you justify demolishing a historical building and relocating the locally listed Spitfire memorial to a small garden by the side of a public pavement and busy road?
- Do you intend to keep the same memorial Spitfire and stone? The renderings in the plans do not show the stone and do not show the original model Spitfire.
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