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Paragraph 13 ArchaeologyI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

No phase of the authorised development is to commence until the undertaker has commissioned a programme of further exploratory investigation in respect of that phase in accordance with section 2 of the schedule of archaeological works (Document 6.24) which has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority, or in the case of the highway works, the relevant highway authority. The exploratory investigation must be carried out in accordance with the approved programme and must be timed so that the results can inform the scope of the further archaeological mitigation measures, referred to in sub-paragraph (2).

(2)

No phase of the authorised development is to commence until a programme of archaeological mitigation measures informed by the exploratory investigation referred to in sub-paragraph (1) has been implemented in accordance with a written scheme of mitigation measures in accordance with section 3 of the schedule of archaeological works (Document 6.24) which has been approved in writing by the local planning authority, or in the case of the highway works, the relevant highway authority. The written scheme of mitigation measures must include and make provision for the following elements—

(a)

mitigation fieldwork;

(b)

post-mitigation fieldwork and analysis;

(c)

reporting and dissemination of findings; and

(d)

preparation of site archive, arrangements for deposition and sustainable management at a store approved in writing by the relevant planning authority.

(3)

The approved mitigation measures must be carried out in accordance with the relevant written scheme of mitigation measures for that phase of the authorised development.

Annotations

Commencement

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Sch. 2 para. 13 in force at 2.2.2016, see art. 1