26th July 2010, 12:58 PM
kevin wooldridge Wrote:I don't quite understand. The developer knows there is an archaeological potential for this land, but has decided not to develop. Fair enough...but why does this need to be kept a secret? Surely he should be congratulated for his alturism....
On the other hand he might want to use the land sometime in the future for, oh, say, growing spuds or some similarly destructive agricultural activity (ploughing competitions aren't good for archaeology by the way), no planning permission required but might conflict with any management agreement accompanying scheduling? Or maybe he might want to sell the land to a potential developer (its in a prime 10-houses location), not really his problem if the new owner then commissions some geophys...shocking but all too likely...