18th September 2013, 07:12 PM
tmsarch don't be sorry. If I was a landowner and your pipeline company wanted to consider my land in the "option stage" I would insist that the archaeologists who undertook the survey was appointed by me and to be paid for by the pipeline developer. When all was done I would then charge what had been spent on doing the archaeology survey as the cost of archaeology lost from the value of my land and charge that as compensation. As a compensationary charge I think that this would be exempt of vat. hum now what kind of survey would I insist on. thinks
Reason: your past is my past