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Archaeological conditions, authority by authority
The archaeological requirement on your site is shaped by which authority determines it and which advisor scopes it. These pages set out how each one works in practice.
Cambridgeshire
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Each page covers how archaeological advice reaches that authority, how its conditions are typically worded, what a written scheme needs to contain, and where programme risk sits.
Archaeology and Planning Conditions in Greater Cambridge
Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire are planned through the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning service, and that shapes how archaeological conditions are worded, monitored and discharged across both areas.
South CambridgeshireArchaeology and Planning Conditions in South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire carries much of the county's strategic housing and employment growth, and much of it sits on landscapes with a high likelihood of buried archaeology.
Cambridge CityArchaeology and Planning Conditions in Cambridge City
Within the city, sites are smaller, deposits are often deeper and better preserved, and the archaeological cost per square metre can be far higher than on a greenfield site outside it.
East CambridgeshireArchaeology and Planning Conditions in East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire covers Ely, Soham, Littleport and the surrounding fen and fen-edge landscape, where preservation conditions can be exceptional and archaeological cost harder to predict.
HuntingdonshireArchaeology and Planning Conditions in Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire takes in Huntingdon, St Neots, St Ives, Ramsey and the Alconbury and Wyton former airfields, with significant employment, logistics and housing delivery.
FenlandArchaeology and Planning Conditions in Fenland
Fenland covers March, Wisbech, Chatteris and Whittlesey — a drained landscape where buried archaeology can sit well below the modern surface.
PeterboroughArchaeology and Planning Conditions in Peterborough
Peterborough is a unitary authority with its own planning service, significant growth allocations, and a fen-edge and gravel terrace landscape of long-recognised archaeological importance.
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