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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/22/02485/DOC

Conditions or Reasons:

2)
Part A: No development shall take place until an archaeological written scheme of investigation (WSI), has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

The WSI shall include the following components:

1. a method statement comprising a staged approach of Building Recording (Level 3) of the present structures (ensuring the present building assessment complies with a level 3 record) and Archaeological Monitoring for the investigation of any archaeological remains that will be affected by the development

2. an outline strategy for post-excavation assessment, analysis, archive preparation and publication, including details of the timetable for each stage of the post-excavation works

Part B: The said development shall only be implemented in full accordance with the approved WSI and this condition shall only be fully discharged when:

1. All elements of the building recording and archaeological fieldwork have been undertaken and the date of completion has been confirmed in writing by the Local Planning Authority

2. the post-excavation assessment, analysis and final archaeological report has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. This shall be done within 12 months of the date of completion of the archaeological fieldwork unless otherwise agreed in advance in writing by the Local Planning Authority

3. the preparation of the site archives (both physical and digital) for deposition at stores approved by the Local Planning Authority has been undertaken and confirmed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. For the digital archive this will include confirmation of the intention to deposit with a CoreTrustSeal certified repository dedicated to storing archaeological archives.

4. the preparation of an archive report and the submission of a publication report (if applicable) have been undertaken and confirmed in writing by the Local Planning Authority

Unless otherwise agreed in advance in writing by the Local Planning Authority, items 3, and 4 of Part B of this condition shall be completed within 2 years of the archaeological fieldwork date of completion.

This condition is pre-commencement as a failure to secure archaeological investigation in advance of development, to secure the long term future of the archive and to make the record of that work publicly available would be contrary to policy HE1 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan 2015-2035 (adopted July 2021) and paragraph 205 of the National Planning Policy Framework that requires developers to record and advance of understanding of the significance of any heritage assets affected by development before they are lost (wholly or in part).

3) No development shall commence on site in any circumstances to commence unless the local planning authority has been provided with either:

a) a licence issued by Natural England authorizing the specified activity/development to go ahead;
or
b) a statement in writing from the relevant licensing body to the effect that it does not consider that the specified activity/development will require a licence.

Reason

In the interest of mitigating the impact of the proposal on protected species (policy EE3, Central Bedfordshire Local Plan and section 15, NPPF)

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