Sorry if this gets posted twice, but nothing happened when Stewart sent his message (below) to the Forum early today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I agree with Chris.  It s not the most important issue out there, but it is something that needs to be resolved - or at least moved on.  Some of us old lags remember dealing with the issue at length in the 1990s via a series of RCHME hosted seminars.  The idea that DBAs were not Events was I thought tested to death at the time especially by Glen Foard.   However, maybe it is time to once more (finally perhaps) to revisit the arguments - perhaps a special meeting of the ALGAO HER Committee - inviting reps. from othe rparts of the sector?

 

On the subject of Heritage Impact Assessments; these are even less well defined than DBAs (the new version of the IfA S & G on DBAs is I think much improved from the viewpoint of HERs and planning archaeologists).  They became more  prevalent after the publication of PPS 5 in 2010 on the back of policy HE 6.3, and I would agree that some I have seen are useful.  However, the Government Planning Circular on the validation of planning applications, also published in March 2010, contradicted PPS HE 6.3 and made it problematic to require Heritage Impact Assessments before validating planning applications.  Also, unlike DBAs, they are not mentioned in the NPPF.  The lack of planning status for HIAs may therefore mean that in due course they become less common or are re-branded as DBAs? 

 

Stewart

 

 

   Dr Stewart Bryant

   Team Leader, Historic Environment and Biological Record Centre

   Environment Dept.

   Hertfordshire County Council

	Address, CHN108, County Hall, Pegs Lane, Hertford, Hertfordshire SG13 8DN
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Hi Chris,

Maybe you could qualify this by saying 'In my opinion'. In a recent ALGAO survey 76% of respondents said that they recorded these as events.

 

Phil

 

From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chris Webster
Sent: 16 October 2012 17:15
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Heritage Impact Assessments - Event Types or not?

I don't want to go round this again but these are not events, they should be in the HER as sources for the monuments they describe.

Chris Webster
Historic Environment Record
Somerset County Council
Somerset Heritage Centre
Brunel Way
Taunton
TA2 6SF

01823 347434

Online HER: www.somerset.gov.uk/her

 

From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sarah Orr
Sent: 16 October 2012 16:53
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Subject: Heritage Impact Assessments - Event Types or not?

Thanks

 

Sarah Orr
Historic Environment Record Officer
Culture and Environmental Protection
West Berkshire Council

Market Street

Newbury

RG14 5LD

 

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