10th August 2008, 06:14 PM
David,
What I was inferring is that the ground breaking works and any footings should be considered under the planning consent because there is archaeological potential.
If the developers progressed with the ground works without planning permission then it should be equally seen as if they had actually constructed the building. I find it puzzling that they started without consent when archaeology could have been a condition. Ignorance is no excuse and all that.
can a developer 'box out' or lay concrete without planning being informed anyway?
If there is archaeology at the site as indicated by the local plan and the DC archaeologist has been informed by the planners and responded appropriately then the DC arch has done their job, regardless of what the planners state in their conditions.
and would planning even bother informing the DC arch?
I believe there has been a bit of this going on in Wales recently.
Would a DC arch be able to place conditions on something that needed no conditions?
I assumed that it would need conditions prior to ground-breaking, or do you mean that the archaeology is now gone...?
What I was inferring is that the ground breaking works and any footings should be considered under the planning consent because there is archaeological potential.
If the developers progressed with the ground works without planning permission then it should be equally seen as if they had actually constructed the building. I find it puzzling that they started without consent when archaeology could have been a condition. Ignorance is no excuse and all that.
can a developer 'box out' or lay concrete without planning being informed anyway?
If there is archaeology at the site as indicated by the local plan and the DC archaeologist has been informed by the planners and responded appropriately then the DC arch has done their job, regardless of what the planners state in their conditions.
and would planning even bother informing the DC arch?
I believe there has been a bit of this going on in Wales recently.
Would a DC arch be able to place conditions on something that needed no conditions?
I assumed that it would need conditions prior to ground-breaking, or do you mean that the archaeology is now gone...?