PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage·Page 19·3.17
Development Proceeding with Archaeological Works Programme
Where archaeological remains are of lesser importance, the Department may permit development to proceed requiring the developer to carry out a professional archaeological works programme according to a Department-prepared brief.
There will however be occasions, particularly where archaeological remains of lesser importance are involved when the Department may decide that the significance of the remains is not sufficient when weighed against all other material considerations, including the importance of the development, to justify their physical preservation in situ and that the development should proceed. In such cases developers will be required to prepare and carry out a programme of archaeological works using professional archaeologists and working to a brief prepared by the Department.
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