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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/25/00917/DOC

Conditions or Reasons:

5) 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 contain the following components:

method statements for the investigation of any archaeological remains that will be affected by the development
a method statement for the preservation in situ of any archaeological remains that may be found which cannot be fully investigated (if appropriate)
an outline strategy for post-excavation assessment, analysis, archive preparation, reporting and publication, including details of the timetable for each stage of the post-excavation works
an outline strategy for a programme of interpretation, public outreach, and community engagement

The said development shall only be implemented in full accordance with the approved archaeological scheme.

Part B: This condition shall only be fully discharged when:

all elements of the archaeological fieldwork have been undertaken and the date of completion has been confirmed in writing by the Local Planning Authority
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
the preparation of the site archives (including the production of an archive report) 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.
the publication report text has been prepared for submission to a recognised archaeological journal, or an approved final archaeological report is submitted for inclusion in the Historic Environment Record, and this has been 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.

Reason: In accordance with Policy HE1 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (2021) and paragraph 211 of the National Planning Policy Framework (Dec 2023).Part A of this condition is pre-commencement because development works can have an irreversible impact on archaeological remains and an approved programme of investigation must be in place before the development starts.

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