16th November 2011, 09:34 PM
Are we in a position where we can say for certain that some Councils are requiring development led archaeology to be undertaken by ROs only, or is this still hearsay? If so can we name exactly which councils are requiring this? I don't see that this would be a break of the AUP as this would be council policy and public knowledge. There's been a lot of useful discussion on this thread, but are we worrying about something that isn't happening. Some councils may be requiring RO status for council own developments (ie where they are the client), but are any actually dictating RO status for all development control work in their area?