17th February 2013, 12:01 AM
They have been given a royal charter to do things, funded by the taxpayer. They have a collection policy which sets out which material they will and won't accept.
PPG 16 s.25 and 26 set out the principles under the planning legislation (derived from material considerations under the Town and Country Planning Act 1949 and explicitly including archaeology from the General Development Order 1988) to local authorities to require excavation, recording and publication (PPG16 has been superseded by NPPG5 but the PPG statement is a clearer expression of the point). s 25 says "Such excavation and recording should be carried out before development commences, working to a project brief prepared by the planning authority". Thus the PA has the power to define in its brief what it considers to be appropriate arrangements for publication and archive, which the developer must accept in return fro consent for the development. I recall that you have in the past argued that it is entirely up to you as an archaeological contractor for a developer to decide what you think is an appropriate way to report on or archive your work; if it was done as part of planning, under their brief, then it is not.
PPG 16 s.25 and 26 set out the principles under the planning legislation (derived from material considerations under the Town and Country Planning Act 1949 and explicitly including archaeology from the General Development Order 1988) to local authorities to require excavation, recording and publication (PPG16 has been superseded by NPPG5 but the PPG statement is a clearer expression of the point). s 25 says "Such excavation and recording should be carried out before development commences, working to a project brief prepared by the planning authority". Thus the PA has the power to define in its brief what it considers to be appropriate arrangements for publication and archive, which the developer must accept in return fro consent for the development. I recall that you have in the past argued that it is entirely up to you as an archaeological contractor for a developer to decide what you think is an appropriate way to report on or archive your work; if it was done as part of planning, under their brief, then it is not.