Salisbury District Council has granted planning permission for English Heritage’s plans to build a £67.5m visitor centre at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, UK.

However, the project can only proceed if several conditions are met. The government must approve the A303 roads scheme, which includes a 2.1km bored tunnel, a flyover, a bypass and junction improvements.

Cllr Patrick Paisey, chair of the Planning and Regulatory Panel, said: “We carefully considered the plans and on balance the committee concluded that the application, with the conditions this council imposed, met all the planning tests.

“Our decision means that no development of the visitor centre can commence without the published Stonehenge roads scheme being given the go ahead by the government.”

The visitor centre was designed by Australian architects Denton Corker Marshall and will contain exhibitions, educational facilities, a café and other amenities.

The application for the scheme was originally turned down in July last year pending a review of the Stonehenge roads scheme. English Heritage lodged an appeal against it and the council invited a fresh application after the publication of the A303 document. Details: www.salisbury.gov.uk