hypothetical games III

[troll]

A tax-paying member of the public wants to take a curator and their LPA to task over their behaviour relating to archaeology in their county/city over some years.Does a member of the public have the right to inspect Briefs/specs held by the LPA?

..knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity..(imam ghazali,ayyuhal-walad)

[Sparky]

Strangely enough, I have been thinking about something similar recently.

If an individual wasn't given the opportunity to view various WSI's that have been submitted and approved for works in a particular area then perhaps a look at the actual reports may give some clue as to what work was done, what were the techniques, the results and the appropriateness of the above to the archaeology in question in its environment and to its local, regional and national importance.

This grey literature is normally available for anyone to view and copy at SMR offices. Are there any reasons why commercial excavation reports cannot be viewed?

[historic building]

Anything produced by a curator is a publicly available document if it has been supplied to answer a planning condition. This material should be retained for five years from the date of the planning application.

For reasons of 'commercial confidentiality' units or developers can request that reports are not made available generally for a period of time. Different SMRs would probably have different policies relating to this.

Ideally briefs and WSIs should be bound into the completed report so anyone who comes to use it in the future can see the rational behind the methodology followed and reported on.

[drpeterwardle]

Troll

All documents submitted as part of a planning application are publically available (with a few exceptions which are not relevant). These are usually available on the net.

Similarly all documents produced by either side should be in the planning file which is publically available at the LPA office. In the better areas again these are on the net.

Prior to the application being made documents are regarded as being confidential by the LPA unless the applicant request otherwise.

The SMRs hold reports which duplicates what is in the planning file.

The net these days is the starting point.

Best wishes
Peter

(For some development the documents are not put on the net because of their size)

[troll]

Many thanks everyone.Will let you know how this hypothetical scenario pans out......

..knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity..(imam ghazali,ayyuhal-walad)

[historic building]

This may seem a bit radical but why don't you just go and speak to the curator about your concerns?

You do realise that anyone can recommend that archaeological conditions should be placed upon a planning application. You just need to justify the recommendation in archaeological terms and back it up with reference to the relevant UDP policies and national planning guidance.

[troll]

Largely cos he`s renowned for being an incompetent muppet.

..knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity..(imam ghazali,ayyuhal-walad)

[1man1desk]

Historic Building:

quote:This may seem a bit radical but why don't you just go and speak to the curator about your concerns?

Troll:

quote:Largely cos he`s renowned for being an incompetent muppet

That's no reason not to put him on the spot - quite the other way around, in fact.

1man1desk

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[BAJR Host]

Of course we are remembering here that this is purely hypothetical.. and therefore not relating to any known or actual event or site... The hotline would be a good place to start for that sort of thing.... as we must be very careful about naming or shaming, alluding or other such action... thanks

Another day another WSI?