Free archaeology

[kevin wooldridge]

Here is an interesting twist to the thread. The UN have ruled that the UK is in breach of the Aarhus Convention in making available to the public, data liable to affect planning decisions. I was not aware that this convention covered decisions likely to affect cultural heritage and the landscape, i.e archaeology, but it does!! The convention states that this data must be made available for general public perusal and, if a charge is levied, that the charge is fair and proportionate. One wonders if £500 a day is either of those

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The full text of the convention can be found here......http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/p...cep43e.pdf