Paragraph 12 Archaeology
No part of the authorised development may commence until for that part—
an archaeological mitigation strategy has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with Historic England;
any additional trial trenching required pursuant to the approved archaeological mitigation strategy to inform the approach to mitigation has been carried out in accordance with the outline written scheme of investigation and the approved archaeological mitigation strategy; and
where additional trial trenching to inform the approach to mitigation has been undertaken under sub-paragraph (b) updates are made to the archaeological mitigation strategy approved under sub-paragraph (b) to account for the results of the additional trial trenching carried out and such updated archaeological mitigation strategy has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with Historic England.
The archaeological mitigation strategy under sub-paragraph (1)(a) must be substantially in accordance with the outline written scheme of investigation.
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), “commence” includes any permitted preliminary works except that part (a) of the permitted preliminary works is only included with respect to intrusive archaeological surveys.
Any approved archaeological mitigation strategy (whether pursuant to sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (1)(c)) must be implemented as approved and maintained throughout the construction, operation and decommissioning of the authorised development and any archaeological works or watching brief must be carried out in accordance with the approved strategy.