2nd February 2012, 09:42 PM
I believe the stewardship standard (produced by IfA a few years ago) was aimed at those devised management plans for archaeological assets (regardless of planning context), while the new standard is aimed at those who identify the need for archaeological works but do not themselves carry them out. It could be argued that these overlap a lot (as do the FE and Excavation standards), but they benefit from tighter focus and more helpful guidance to those using them.