24th February 2006, 02:27 PM
Grubby
You say
Iam interested in what you are saying but am slightly worried where ths is going. I appreciate that the application has been refused on the basis that the remains will preserved in situ -
No - see my earlier post on this issue. The application has been refused on the grounds that the LPA will not approve an application that precludes preservation in situ - this is the only action that the LPA can take if they are convinced that pres. in situ is required. As they (the LPA) admit, they cannot guarantee pres. in situ as they do not have any powers to control actions that may harm the archaeological remains as along as those actions do not require planning permission.
What is required in order to achieve pres. in situ is either Scheduling (with appropriate class consents) or some form of DEFRA-funded / monitored land management scheme.
With regard to your suggestion that Venutius should talk to the farmer, does the farmer own the land, or rent it from Tarmac ? If the latter, I would think that Tarmac are unlikly to enter into any agreement with DEFRA that restricts their chances of putting in further applications for extraction here.
Beamo
You say
Iam interested in what you are saying but am slightly worried where ths is going. I appreciate that the application has been refused on the basis that the remains will preserved in situ -
No - see my earlier post on this issue. The application has been refused on the grounds that the LPA will not approve an application that precludes preservation in situ - this is the only action that the LPA can take if they are convinced that pres. in situ is required. As they (the LPA) admit, they cannot guarantee pres. in situ as they do not have any powers to control actions that may harm the archaeological remains as along as those actions do not require planning permission.
What is required in order to achieve pres. in situ is either Scheduling (with appropriate class consents) or some form of DEFRA-funded / monitored land management scheme.
With regard to your suggestion that Venutius should talk to the farmer, does the farmer own the land, or rent it from Tarmac ? If the latter, I would think that Tarmac are unlikly to enter into any agreement with DEFRA that restricts their chances of putting in further applications for extraction here.
Beamo