Policy information sourced from Old Windsor neighbourhood plan

OW10: ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSETS

Due to the potential impact on assets of archaeological interest and the need to preserve or enhance the historic environment, development proposals within the designated areas shown on the Policies Map must be informed by a programme of archaeological investigation completed in accordance with a written scheme of investigation agreed in writing with the Council’s archaeological advisors.

Elsewhere within the plan area, proposals should be informed by early consultation with the Council’s archaeological advisor, which should determine whether archaeological investigation to inform development proposals will be required and, where they deem it necessary, such investigation should be completed before an application for consent is submitted.

Where archaeological investigation demonstrates that remains of archaeological interest are present or likely to be present within the development site, development should be designed to preserve remains in situ, giving the highest priority to preserving archaeological remains of national importance. Significant loss of remains of archaeological interest within the designated areas is unlikely to be justified, unless it is to ensure the conservation and increased appreciation of the wider area of archaeological interest.

Elsewhere in the neighbourhood plan area, any loss of archaeological remains would have to be robustly justified on the basis of delivering public benefits that could not otherwise be provided, Where the significance of remains does not merit their preservation, an appropriate record should be made of any remains that will be lost and deposited with the Historic Environmental Record.

For more information please see the neighbourhood plan