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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/22/01543/DOC

Conditions or Reasons:

12) No development shall commence in relation to the Advance Infrastructure Works or a Development Parcel as defined by the approved parameter plans until a written scheme of archaeological investigation for in respect of that area of Advance Infrastructure Works or that Development Parcel has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

The development shall only be implemented in full accordance with the approved scheme of archaeological resource management.

This written scheme will include the following components, completion of each of which will trigger the phased discharging of the condition:

(i) Field investigation in accordance with the agreed written scheme of archaeological investigation;

(ii) Post-excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design (to be submitted within nine months of the completion of fieldwork at (i)), unless otherwise agreed in advance in writing by the Local Planning Authority);

(iii) Completion of post-excavation analysis, preparation of site archive ready for deposition at a store approved by the Local Planning Authority, completion of an archive report, and submission of a publication report (to be completed within two years of the approval of the Updated Project Design at (ii)), unless otherwise agreed in advance in writing by the Planning Authority);

(iv) A programme of interpretation, public outreach and community engagement.

Reason: To record and advance understanding of the archaeological resource which will be unavoidably destroyed as a consequence of the development and to secure the protection and management of archaeological remains preserved within the development in accordance with the NPPF. This condition is a pre-commencement requirement as a failure to secure appropriate archaeological investigation in advance of development would be contrary to paragraph 141 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) that requires the recording and advancement of understanding of the significance of any heritage assets to be lost (wholly or in part).

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