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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/22/04466/DOC

Conditions or Reasons:

8) Part A: The development hereby permitted shall not commence 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:

method statements for the investigation of all significant archaeological remains present at the site
method statements for the preservation in situ (if appropriate)
an outline strategy for post-excavation assessment, analysis 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:

it has been confirmed in writing by the Local Planning Authority that all elements of the archaeological fieldwork have been completed
a Post Excavation Assessment report and an Updated Project Design or a final archaeological report has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. This shall be done within one year of the completion of the archaeological fieldwork unless otherwise agreed in advance in writing by the Local Planning Authority.
the post-excavation analysis as specified in the approved Updated Project Design (if a UPD is prepared); the preparation of the site archive ready for deposition at a store approved by the Local Planning Authority; the preparation of an archive report and the submission of a publication report have all been completed. This shall be done within two years of the conclusion of the archaeological fieldwork unless otherwise agreed in advance in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: This condition is pre-commencement as a failure to secure archaeological investigation in advance of development and to make the record of that work publicly available would be contrary to 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).
(Policy HE3, CBLP July 2021, and Section 16, NPPF July 2021)

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