On a slightly different tack...
Theres a job starting next week (one I did the evaluation for a while back) where the planning permission for a new house includes a detailed spec for the building/footings, which we practically designed for them to avoid known archaeology, but the services/drains are all 'indicative' on the passed plans, ie the builders have carte blanche to trash what they want doing those, with just a watching brief specified. Does this happen everywhere or is this just a local quirk, and (if so) would this be the type of thing covered by the proposed IFA standards, or wouldn't they go into that sort of fine detail?
Theres a job starting next week (one I did the evaluation for a while back) where the planning permission for a new house includes a detailed spec for the building/footings, which we practically designed for them to avoid known archaeology, but the services/drains are all 'indicative' on the passed plans, ie the builders have carte blanche to trash what they want doing those, with just a watching brief specified. Does this happen everywhere or is this just a local quirk, and (if so) would this be the type of thing covered by the proposed IFA standards, or wouldn't they go into that sort of fine detail?