24th August 2011, 09:01 PM
(This post was last modified: 24th August 2011, 09:06 PM by tom wilson.)
In summary, Local Planning Archaeologists can recommend that (1) assessment work requested to support a planning application is insufficient to determine the significance of a heritage asset and any impact on it caused by the proposed development, or that (2) mitigation work is insufficient to discharge a planning condition. After that, it's over to the council planning department to enforce. For applications this may involve regecting it or requesting more work. For conditions on planning permission, this may involve requesting more work, or a two-stage process detailed in planning law, first notifying the wrongdoers to give them a final opportunity to comply, and then prosecuting them.