Policy information sourced from the Waltham Forest Local Plan

73 Archaeological Assets and Archaeological Priority Areas

Proposals which affect Archaeological Assets and Archaeological Priority Areas will be supported where:

A. They provide details of measures that will protect and, where appropriate, better reveal remains of archaeological importance by ensuring acceptable methods are used, proportionate to the significance of the asset. This will include preserving the asset and its setting, including physical preservation in situ where appropriate;

B. Desk-based assessments are provided for proposals within designated Tier 1 Archaeological Priority Areas and for applications for major development in Tier 2 Archaeological Priority Areas to evaluate impacts on any below ground archaeology. Further investigation works, including trial pits, may also be required;

C. The remains are appropriately recorded, assessed, analysed, disseminated and the archive deposited in cases where loss of the asset is justified in accordance with national policy; and

D. The developer undertakes investigations of non-designated heritage assets of archaeological interest that fall either inside or outside of the identified and reviewed Archaeological Priority Areas that hold or potentially hold evidence of past human activity, and the Council will draw on appropriate advice from archaeological experts to assess the results.