Object

Representation ID: 3146

Received: 01/03/2023

Respondent: Historic England

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Many of the policies include an archaeology criterion which states that ‘The HER should be consulted to determine the need for any archaeological surveys prior to development’.
Whilst we welcome the inclusion of a criterion for archaeology, in our view some assessment is needed to inform any planning application (rather than waiting until
after permission is granted but before development). This is consistent with the policy set out in para 194 of the NPPF. We therefore advise that the archaeology criterion should be amended to read, ‘Planning applications should be supported by archaeological assessment including the results of field evaluation where appropriate.’ This applies to a number of sites in
the Plan.