21st April 2010, 01:34 PM
Dinosaur Wrote:Good return to subject!
I tried to raise this back on, oh, about page 2 of this thread before the IFA-slagging kicked off, went through its tricky teenage years (again) and went of to live in its own thread elsewhere :face-approve:
Shall check out the links, although for a unit in northern England maybe not the most useful....handy examples though of transparency that should be happening everywhere :face-huh:
Hi
Generally I think most authorities will probably use the "companies that have worked in the area" line in order to stay away from any legal aspects.
It should be considered as well that in some authorities lists are only provided to people who ask for them, so that's normally very small scale developers or single householders. Just about every larger developer already knows which archaeologists to use. So the list can be a genuine attempt to help residents (voters) not get ripped off and get value for their money. The system isn't necessarily about helping archaeologists set up new companies it can also be about ensuring the public get the best.
Steven