10th February 2009, 10:11 PM
http://www.york.gov.uk/leisure/Local_his...rch_sites/
While this isn't directly related to contractor lists as such I've never understood how, in the era of PPG16, polluter pays and all that, York City Council can force developers to use one contractor in the centre of York. Does this happen in other areas of the country? Is it just that I'm misreading this? After the 4 months and 2 weeks can the developer choose their own contractor/consultant? And what happens with post-ex costs? Why does the council not act as curator in these areas, and instead pass it on to a contractor? Am I being overly cynical about the situation??!!
Quote:quote:There are seven Areas of Archaeological Importance (AAI's) in York. These are listed in Appendix D of the City of York Local Plan.
If you want to carry out work in one of these areas that disturbs, tips material on or floods the ground, you must complete an operations notice and send it to us. You can download an operations notice on the right hand side of this page. We will validate the notice and send it to the York Archaeological Trust (YAT), who will respond to the notice in one of the following ways:
that it has no interest in the operation, or
that it wishes to observe and record the operations (an archaeological watching brief), or
that it wishes to excavate the site in advance of the operation taking place. In this case the YAT can claim a period of up to four months and two weeks to carry out an excavation. You will not be under any duty to pay for the costs of any esulting archaeological work.
It is an offence to start work within six weeks of submitting the operations notice or to start work within an area of archaeological importance without completing an operations notice. It is also an offence to use a metal detector within an AAI.
While this isn't directly related to contractor lists as such I've never understood how, in the era of PPG16, polluter pays and all that, York City Council can force developers to use one contractor in the centre of York. Does this happen in other areas of the country? Is it just that I'm misreading this? After the 4 months and 2 weeks can the developer choose their own contractor/consultant? And what happens with post-ex costs? Why does the council not act as curator in these areas, and instead pass it on to a contractor? Am I being overly cynical about the situation??!!