Is the plan to invest considerable sums in Aldershot and Salisbury Plain safe?
One of the strategic aims set out in Defence Estate Strategy 2006 is to have an estate of the right size to meet the military need. This will be an estate of fewer, larger sites in the UK and overseas, appropriately located and making the best use of available resources while remaining fully capable of meeting military needs. Sites identified as having the potential for future development include Aldershot and Salisbury Plain. The Strategy for the Army Estate contains a concept of “super garrisons” of which Salisbury Plain and Aldershot are two, into which under any future organisational changes the Army will seek to concentrate. Therefore whilst some units might relocate, or be disbanded, they will be back-filled by units from other locations. The requirement for significant investment in the garrisons included within the project footprint is therefore robust.
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