1st February 2007, 02:12 PM
Unitof1
As far as I can see you talked to EH and to the Church and to the 'locals' and no-one agreed that evaluation was necessary regardless of the advice given in the Church of England/English Heritage document. Maybe you were right and they were all wrong - however you conclude by having a go at consultants - why? Did you talk to any - were any involved in this matter?
As a consultant I have dealt with a number of similar schemes to the ones that you describe, and have referred to the advice given in the Church of England/English Heritage document since it was introduced. Evaluation has been in the form of trial trenches or test pits depending on the nature of the proposed works and the available access. Evaluation here means just the same as it does anywhere else - use whatever means are available to get more information about what is below the ground and how to mitigate impacts on it.
Beamo
As far as I can see you talked to EH and to the Church and to the 'locals' and no-one agreed that evaluation was necessary regardless of the advice given in the Church of England/English Heritage document. Maybe you were right and they were all wrong - however you conclude by having a go at consultants - why? Did you talk to any - were any involved in this matter?
As a consultant I have dealt with a number of similar schemes to the ones that you describe, and have referred to the advice given in the Church of England/English Heritage document since it was introduced. Evaluation has been in the form of trial trenches or test pits depending on the nature of the proposed works and the available access. Evaluation here means just the same as it does anywhere else - use whatever means are available to get more information about what is below the ground and how to mitigate impacts on it.
Beamo