10th September 2008, 05:41 PM
The purpose of an evaluation is not to characterise a site it is to provide enough infomation so that an informed planning decision can be made ie preserve in situ or an archaeological planning condition will be imposed. As soon as either of these thresholds is reached no more work can be demanded by the planning system.
Risk is a matter for the developers.
This is not to say that futher post determination evaluation may be neccessary to say define what the scope of the excavation is going to be. The Hey and lacey review is flawed in many respects - it calculates the percentage needed to find every site.
Peter Wardle
Risk is a matter for the developers.
This is not to say that futher post determination evaluation may be neccessary to say define what the scope of the excavation is going to be. The Hey and lacey review is flawed in many respects - it calculates the percentage needed to find every site.
Peter Wardle