Policy information sourced from Bromley Local Plan
Policy 46 Scheduled Monuments and Archaeology
Planning permission will not be granted for development that would adversely affect Scheduled Ancient Monuments or other Nationally Important Archaeological Sites, involve significant alterations to them or harm their settings.
When considering planning applications for development involving excavation or other ground works the Council will require that:
- Within the defined Areas of Archaeological Significance, a written statement of the likely impact is submitted in the form of an archaeological assessment (which can be desk based); where necessary information cannot be obtained by other means, an archaeological field evaluation should be carried out prior to determination;
- At sites of potential archaeological importance (as defined below), where permanent preservation in situ is not justified, provision shall be made for an appropriate level of investigation and recording to be is undertaken by a recognised archaeological organisation before any development commences.
Where investigations indicate that in situ preservation is inappropriate, excavation and recovery should be carried out by a reputable archaeological body, before development commences. Any such investigations shall be in accordance with a detailed scheme to be approved in advance by the Council and the results shall be subsequently published.
Where in situ preservation is appropriate, suitable designs, land uses and management strategies will be required, and any archaeological strategy that the Council may produce in the future should be promoted.
For more information please see the Local Plan