5th April 2011, 10:15 PM
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF
THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE
Article 5
Each Party undertakes:
i) to seek to reconcile and combine the respective requirements of archaeology and development plans by ensuring that archaeologists participate:
a. in planning policies designed to ensure well-balanced strategies for the protection, conservation and enhancement of sites of archaeological interest;
b. in the various stages of development schemes;
ii) to ensure that archaeologists, town and regional planners systematically consult one another in order to permit:
a. the modification of development plans likely to have adverse effects on the archaeological heritage;
b. the allocation of sufficient time and resources for an appropriate scientific study to be made of the site and for its findings to be published;
iii) to ensure that environmental impact assessments and the resulting decisions involve full consideration of archaeological sites and their settings;
iv) to make provision, when elements of the archaeological heritage have been found during development work, for their conservation in situ when feasible;
v) to ensure that the opening of archaeological sites to the public, especially any structural arrangements necessary for the reception of large numbers of visitors, does not adversely affect the archaeological and scientific character of such sites and their surroundings.
The financing of archaeological research and conservation
If this is worth the pixels its written on, then can one assume that archaeological advice to planners is a legal requirement? And would Big Society do-gooders, if not appropriately qualified or experienced, be suitable advisers?
THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE
Article 5
Each Party undertakes:
i) to seek to reconcile and combine the respective requirements of archaeology and development plans by ensuring that archaeologists participate:
a. in planning policies designed to ensure well-balanced strategies for the protection, conservation and enhancement of sites of archaeological interest;
b. in the various stages of development schemes;
ii) to ensure that archaeologists, town and regional planners systematically consult one another in order to permit:
a. the modification of development plans likely to have adverse effects on the archaeological heritage;
b. the allocation of sufficient time and resources for an appropriate scientific study to be made of the site and for its findings to be published;
iii) to ensure that environmental impact assessments and the resulting decisions involve full consideration of archaeological sites and their settings;
iv) to make provision, when elements of the archaeological heritage have been found during development work, for their conservation in situ when feasible;
v) to ensure that the opening of archaeological sites to the public, especially any structural arrangements necessary for the reception of large numbers of visitors, does not adversely affect the archaeological and scientific character of such sites and their surroundings.
The financing of archaeological research and conservation
If this is worth the pixels its written on, then can one assume that archaeological advice to planners is a legal requirement? And would Big Society do-gooders, if not appropriately qualified or experienced, be suitable advisers?