Northstowe Planning Application Documentation.
10 Mar. 2011
Details of the archaeology of the Northstowe AAP site was provided in Document 27 of the 2007 Northstowe Planning application. Yesterday the developers and SCDC provided LDHS with the following information and link to the SCDC Northstowe information. Document 27 provides information on the archaeology of the site and how it will be excavated. LDHS is concerned that only a small fraction of the archaeology may be excavated, and hopes that the developers/ planners will ensure that additional excavations will be carried out if significant archaeology is found after the initial 10% is excavated. 10% excavations means that significant archaeological losses could occur unless safeguards are put in place prior to the planning permission being granted. In return, the developers and Northstowe will benefit from the publicity that will be generated should a significant find be made.
The information we received is as follows:
I would suggest this is the starting point for understanding the nature of the investigations, discussions, safeguards and proposals in relation to the archaeology and historic resource at Northstowe. More specifically Chapter 9 and Appendix 9 of the Environmental Statement (Documents 6 and 7) and the ‘Archaeology and Built Heritage Strategy’ (Document 27) should be of particular interest. The documents are all available on South Cambridgeshire District Council’s website and more than likely there are still copies with the Parish Councils. The SCDC website link to the Northstowe page is:
http://www.scambs.gov.uk/CommunityandLiving/NewCommunities/MajorDevelopments/Northstowe/default.htm
Below are some more links documents relating to the Northstowe planning application.
Northstowe Area Action Plan.
Under this heading can be found amongst other things:
- Northstowe AAP (adopted 2007).
Direct access to this document - Final Inspector’s Report (adopted 2007).
Direct access to this document
(3) Northstowe Planning Application 2007 documents.
- Document 27 – Archaeology & Built Heritage Strategy