9th February 2007, 04:09 PM
Always better to sell land as 'vanilla' packages with the archaeology evaluated and conditions discharged, you'll get a better price. Any prospective purchaser will normally carry out the necessary checks to establish if the site is of archaeological interest and as a curator I regularly respond to enquiries from solicitors etc. As has been discussed elsewhere on this forum it's often not so much the cost of dealing with archaeology that is problematic to developers but the delays involved and the cost of having other (more expensive) contractors sitting idle. Over to the consultants on this one!