22nd June 2005, 02:11 PM
I am not sure that every body working in field archaeology needs more than a very elementary knowledge of the town and country planning system until they become a curator/consultant/project manager.
The origins of the development plan system for example is of no real relevance - neither is planning for real exercises. A knowledge of the branch of TCP known as development control and its application with regard to conservation and the historic environment is all that is neccessary. The same level of training for a planner will suffice - say one lecture, one essay, and a bit reading. This ought to be covered, these days, in an archaeology degree in any case.
In the eighties at Bradford such topics as archaeological law was included in my MA course.
Peter
The origins of the development plan system for example is of no real relevance - neither is planning for real exercises. A knowledge of the branch of TCP known as development control and its application with regard to conservation and the historic environment is all that is neccessary. The same level of training for a planner will suffice - say one lecture, one essay, and a bit reading. This ought to be covered, these days, in an archaeology degree in any case.
In the eighties at Bradford such topics as archaeological law was included in my MA course.
Peter