22nd September 2006, 07:38 PM
Paul PPG 16 is a guidance document that provides the boundaries in which planning authorities write their archaeology policies published in their UDPs. I am very happy to say all the boroughs in my patch have included within the explanatory paragraphs in their UDPs that archaeologists should be suitably experienced and qualified. There are no qualifications as to what types of archaeological work the archaeologist has to be suitably qualified to undertake. Out of the districts I have previously worked in I cannot think of one which has limited its UDP to follow this part of PPG16. This is how the Planning Policy Guidance is applied in practice.
This interpretation of PPG16 has been supported in enquiries into UDPs all over the country and I believe that the interpretation of what represents a 'suitably qualified archaeologist' has also been challenged and judged upon by the Local Authority ombudsman and upheld.
This interpretation of PPG16 has been supported in enquiries into UDPs all over the country and I believe that the interpretation of what represents a 'suitably qualified archaeologist' has also been challenged and judged upon by the Local Authority ombudsman and upheld.