27th December 2011, 03:37 PM
I think we need to see what the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) says when it is published in the New Year. Sources close to the ground were suggesting at the recent TAG conference that archaeology has done all right out of the discussion and consultation and that there has been very little taken away from the principles outlined in PPS5.
If that is the case then it is up to archaeologists to make the case with relevant planning authorities that archaeology is professionally represented in the planning process, perhaps using the Fenland and Sandwell cases as examples of bad practice and intent led by ignorance. I think if we fail to make our case, given the opportunity once NPPF is implemented, we have very little to complain about....
If that is the case then it is up to archaeologists to make the case with relevant planning authorities that archaeology is professionally represented in the planning process, perhaps using the Fenland and Sandwell cases as examples of bad practice and intent led by ignorance. I think if we fail to make our case, given the opportunity once NPPF is implemented, we have very little to complain about....
With peace and consolation hath dismist, And calm of mind all passion spent...