23rd June 2008, 07:10 PM
No the landowner is not objecting to the pipeline going through their land. What the landowner is looking for is compensation for loss of assets. They do it for loss of crops and they are certain to make sure that the land is reinstated to current and better standard condition. Defra/EH are currently trying to encourage minimum tillage and shallow ploughing methods, to protect potential archaeology. Surley archaeologists should be trying to show the landowners that the archaeology is an asset, an asset which they will lose down the length of the easement and that they should be compensated for its loss to them?