{"id":364564,"date":"2026-01-11T14:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T14:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/364564\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T14:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T14:35:11","slug":"new-plans-for-englands-grandest-monument-in-lancaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/364564\/","title":{"rendered":"New plans for &#8216;England&#8217;s grandest monument&#8217; in Lancaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The council owns the park and monument, which are leading attractions, hosting events and weddings. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A separate planning application has been lodged to demolish a 1980s wooden pavilion-style former caf\u00e9 and shop, both rendered unsafe due to their deteriorating condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Planning permission is required because the location is in the official Williamson Park Conservation Area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The cleared area will then be covered in stone paving with a white picket fence built around it, before a long-term plan is finalised for the site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In comments to the council, the Lancaster Civic Vision group said it &#8216;regrets&#8217; the loss of the caf\u00e9 building but accepts it is no longer fit for purpose, and outlined its hopes for a replacement ahead of the new tourist season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The council owns the park and monument, which are leading attractions, hosting events and weddings. A separate planning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-364564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}