Policy information sourced from Mole Valley Local Plan
ENV49 - AREAS OF HIGH ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL
Where significant development proposals fall within an Area of High Archaeological Potential the developer will be required to provide an initial assessment of the archaeological value of the site preferably before, or otherwise as part of, any planning application.
If as a result of that assessment important archaeological remains are considered to exist:
- the developer may be required to arrange for an archaeological field survey to be carried out before the determination of the planning application and
- where important archaeological remains are found to exist and can justifiably be left in situ, provision will be made by planning condition or agreement to minimise or avoid damage to the remains. Alternatively, where there is good reason to believe archaeological remains exist but preservation of known remains in situ is not justified, a planning condition will normally be imposed requiring a programme of archaeological work in accordance with a scheme approved by the Council to take place before any development commences and the results and any finds should be published and made available for public display.
For more information please see the Local Plan