Old Sarum Airfield is an important historical grass airfield with a supporting environmental and social role. It currently operates as a focus for the local and regional community in a diverse manner. It has an important pocket of open grassland ecology supporting many of our threatened wildlife species. This provides the only environmental corridor to the north of the city where over a thousand houses have been or are currently being built in the last six months. The area is frequented by dog walkers, cyclists, parachutists, range shooters, light aircraft and history enthusiasts to name but a few. This may be all be lost should the proposed development for over 470 houses be granted. When the Core Policy was developed for this area, it was stated that any development submission should include an "agreement and implementation of a development master plan, which delivers a high quality development that takes opportunities to enhance the historic environment and protects the amenity of existing residents". This is quite clearly being contravened in the latest plans to be unveiled.

Many people need to oppose this plan, the leisure flying pilots who may see their airfield close, the parachutists who already are blown into neighbouring houses and grounds, and the range shooters who may see their range close. BUT most importantly of all the many who remember and honour the generations of military personnel who have served in the past 100 years at Old Sarum. In the year of the centenary of the start of World War 1 should we really be threatening such an important monument to our armed forces?

If you sign this petition we can show Wiltshire Council that we are not prepared to let this development happen and we are not prepared to accept bad planning decisions.

Thank you