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For the first time the new Parish Plans process gives us, the people of Yateley, the opportunity to look at our Conservation Areas and Listed Buildings, and to make recommendations as to whether we would like to see changes.

We are also not restricted to the way that 'heritage' was treated in the old planning system. We are now able to define what we think is important about our past. Some will feel that still having common land in Yateley, with registered common rights, is an important factor in Yateley's heritage since the common rights have directly resulted in the lowland heath which now has the highest European environmental classification. Other people, or perhaps the same, will feel that our heritage is closely linked with the use of that common land as a vital wartime RAF airfield. Certainly that fact lead to the development of Yateley from a village of some 3,000 people to the present population of over 20,000. Other historic links, say to the East India Company, or to the brewing and malting industry, have now virtually disappeared on the ground. It is not easy to read the story of a village's history by standing in the road looking at listed buildings and conservation areas. But their very existence can be the stimulous which leads to the the historical research. Let us know what you feel is important about our past, what you think is worth conserving, and why.

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