30th May 2005, 12:12 PM
The curators job: ie a local planning authourity archaeological officer
1. To operate the planning system from an archaeological point of view. This includes development control and strategic planning as well as enforcemnt.
2. To act as as the LPA in house consultant on archaeology for developments they are undertaking.
3. To compile and maintain a sites and monuments record and make that available
4. To advise on the conservation of Ancient monuments on land the authourity own and indeed the purchase of land with monuments on them.
5. To liase with other public bodies and other departments in the LPA with repsonsibilities for the historic environment such as Conservation Officers, EH, DEFRA, Environment Agency, DCMS, and similar.
6. To facilitate public awareness of archaeology in conjunction with other bodies particularly other LPA ones like a Musuems Service.
The one thing there job is not there to do is to stop developers making a profit. There are circumstances when development which involves the disturbance of archaeological remains is permissable.
Peter
1. To operate the planning system from an archaeological point of view. This includes development control and strategic planning as well as enforcemnt.
2. To act as as the LPA in house consultant on archaeology for developments they are undertaking.
3. To compile and maintain a sites and monuments record and make that available
4. To advise on the conservation of Ancient monuments on land the authourity own and indeed the purchase of land with monuments on them.
5. To liase with other public bodies and other departments in the LPA with repsonsibilities for the historic environment such as Conservation Officers, EH, DEFRA, Environment Agency, DCMS, and similar.
6. To facilitate public awareness of archaeology in conjunction with other bodies particularly other LPA ones like a Musuems Service.
The one thing there job is not there to do is to stop developers making a profit. There are circumstances when development which involves the disturbance of archaeological remains is permissable.
Peter