29th May 2011, 03:58 PM
That's all just scary! I've been involved in a project where, for whatever reason, the local council weren't talking to the County and hence weren't using the archaeological curatorial services provided by same - luckily everyone seemed to happy (either officially or unofficially) to go with what we recommended as the consultant/contractor (the planner from the District not being too up on archaeological matters), and so the whole thing worked out fine, but it really wasn't an ideal situation and its worrying that thistype of situation may become more commonplace