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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/22/02327/DOC

Conditions or Reasons:

13) No development shall take place within an area, as defined by the areas plan required by condition 3, until a written scheme of archaeological investigation for that area in accordance with Section 12 of the Environmental Statement and the Albion Archaeology Trial Trenching Report dated 24th January 2017 has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The written scheme shall include details of the following components:

A method statement for the investigation of any archaeological remains present at the site;
A programme of interpretation, public outreach and community engagement
A outline strategy for post-excavation assessment, analysis and publication

The said development within each area shall only be implemented in full accordance with the approved archaeological scheme for that area and this condition shall only be fully discharged when the following components have been completed to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority:
The completion of the archaeological investigation, which shall be monitored by the Local Planning Authority;
The submission within six months of the completion of the archaeological investigation (unless otherwise agreed in advance in writing by the Local Planning Authority) of a Post Excavation Assessment and an Updated Project Design, which shall be approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority;
The completion within two years of the conclusion of the archaeological investigation (unless otherwise agreed in advance in writing by the Planning Authority) of the post-excavation analysis as specified in the approved Updated Project Design; 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. Implementation of a programme of public outreach and community engagement.'

Reasons: In accordance with paragraph 141 of the National Planning Policy Framework; to record and advance the understanding of the significance of the heritage assets with archaeological interest which will be unavoidably affected as a consequence of the development and to make the record of this work publicly available. This condition is pre-commencement as a failure to secure appropriate archaeological investigation in advance of development would be contrary to paragraph 141 of the National Planning Policy Framework 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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