Consultancy and Desk-Top Assessments

Text Box: Early consideration of your site from an archaeological point of view can save time, money and potential problems further down the line Text Box: Both of these can lead to delays in the planning process and involve additional design costs that may have been avoided with consideration earlier in the project

Text Box: Often the potential archaeological implications of the development are left until a planning application has been submitted This can leave a very short time-scale in which an archaeological assessment and evaluation of the site may have to be carried out should the local planning authority deem them necessary

 

 

Text Box: An assessment involving examination of available archaeological and historical information at the local Sites and Monuments Record and Record Office can be carried out relatively quickly and will identify either known remains of significance on the site or lead to an assessment as to whether the site has the potential to contain remains or not. Historic maps and aerial photographs may show earlier buildings or other remains.

Text Box: Should significant archaeology be present on the site then a redesign of the layout of the development may be required Alternatively the impact on the archaeological resource can be mitigated by a redesign of the foundations