Thread by @Donal_Lucey

CIfA response to potential weakening of heritage protections in the planning system:
archaeologists.net/news/cifa-resp…

@OliverDowden @RobertJenrick @guardiannews @InstituteArch @HistoricEngland @ALGAO_UK @Policy_Exchange

#planning #archaeology #planningsystem #planningprocess #heritage

Key messages: evidence shows archaeology is not a block to planning applications, loosening planning laws undermines practice of sustainable development, and the NPPF is the only real protection afforded to non-designated archaeology. @BBCNews @BBCScienceNews @SkyNews @Telegraph

Protection of archaeological remains in England is very weak compared to other countries e.g. Ireland, unless remains are Scheduled or in an Area of Archaeological Importance. Let's not erase the past by not even looking for archaeology before development.
@archaeologyuk

This would destroy evidence of the first humans who lived in your area, the story of the changing landscape of your home. This will take away from the story of how your town developed and who came before you.
@DailyMailUK @TheSun @DailyMirror @MetroUK @Channel4News @thetimes

A chance to connect with people who lived long ago will be gone. Destroying archaeology without looking for it and recording it means that you destroy a part of England, that is then gone forever and cannot be replaced.
@itvnews @EnglishHeritage @Independent #Sustainability

@InstituteArch