SPPS Strategic Planning Policy Statement Edition 2 (December 2025)·Page 41
Areas of Archaeological Potential
Local Development Plans should identify and highlight areas within settlement limits where archaeological remains are likely to be encountered during development, to inform prospective developers.
LDPs should also highlight, for the information of prospective developers, those areas within settlement limits, where, on the basis of current knowledge, it is likely that archaeological remains will be encountered in the course of continuing development and change. These will be referred to as areas of archaeological potential.
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