16th February 2012, 09:28 AM
(This post was last modified: 16th February 2012, 12:04 PM by tom wilson.)
First thoughts:
Presumably the buildings/structures don't have any statutory designation (Listed buildings, Scheduled monuments)? Otherwise call Historic Scotland as a law is being broken.
Presumably the demolition is not part of a planning application (therefore has not been considered as a candidate for a planning condition regarding heritage)? Otherwise I would expect a requirement to 'mitigate', usually by recording.
Otherwise (and perhaps some cutratorial folks know another route), the landowners can pull down the kilns however they please.
If the council were consulted regarding a possible future planning application, there may have been an opportunity to tell the developer that any future work would be considered in the light of how they dealt with heritage as part of these preparatory works.
Of course, and most importantly, we don't know what is going on in the local planning office and they may be dealing with this already.*
Tom
PS Emily, welcome aboard!
PPS John, you might not get paid for it but you look and sound a lot more like an archaeologist than a fair few who do
eta: PPPS if sites are really significant heritage assets, they can be Spot Listed or Scheduled. It's extremely rare though.
*PPPPS the most glaringly obvious point that I almost completely glossed over is that maybe the site *has* been recorded in accordance with a planning condition, or that the site has been judged to be too low significance to merit any mitigation, and we just don't know about it.
Presumably the buildings/structures don't have any statutory designation (Listed buildings, Scheduled monuments)? Otherwise call Historic Scotland as a law is being broken.
Presumably the demolition is not part of a planning application (therefore has not been considered as a candidate for a planning condition regarding heritage)? Otherwise I would expect a requirement to 'mitigate', usually by recording.
Otherwise (and perhaps some cutratorial folks know another route), the landowners can pull down the kilns however they please.
If the council were consulted regarding a possible future planning application, there may have been an opportunity to tell the developer that any future work would be considered in the light of how they dealt with heritage as part of these preparatory works.
Of course, and most importantly, we don't know what is going on in the local planning office and they may be dealing with this already.*
Tom
PS Emily, welcome aboard!
PPS John, you might not get paid for it but you look and sound a lot more like an archaeologist than a fair few who do
eta: PPPS if sites are really significant heritage assets, they can be Spot Listed or Scheduled. It's extremely rare though.
*PPPPS the most glaringly obvious point that I almost completely glossed over is that maybe the site *has* been recorded in accordance with a planning condition, or that the site has been judged to be too low significance to merit any mitigation, and we just don't know about it.