4th April 2011, 02:06 PM
moreno Wrote:Out of sheer coincidence, two of us (archaeologists) lived in a small village in Oxfordshire. Every now and again, down the local, when someone was having a chat about their extention we would drop in the convo "have you any archaeological conditions on your planning?" Blank stare
Not surprising, 95% of planning applications have no archaeological conditions attached. The 5% that do include very few extensions.From experience in a former life, in architecture, between 1990 and 2004 there was only ever one archaeological condition on an application by our practice.
As for the Bill, sheer madness. Can we expect a rash of flat-roofed extensions and bulky loft conversions, even bigger than the current permitted developments, all over the country? Presumably this lunacy will not apply in Conservation Areas???
I wonder though who or what the "independent qualified person" is supposed to be? A planning consultant?