Greater london archaeological priority areas

Research

These are the questions we answer during the Research stage.

Answering them wil help us learn more about the Greater london archaeological priority areas consideration, determine if a data standard is required and whether we know enough to move on to the next stage.

  • Do we understand the lifecycle of a Greater london archaeological priority areas?

  • Do we understand how the data is created/produced?

  • Where will or should the data be used?

  • Who are the statutory consultees for Greater london archaeological priority areas?

    Historic England, Greater London Authority

  • Other than the statutory consultees who are the primary users of Greater london archaeological priority areas? How do we expect them to use Greater london archaeological priority areas?

  • What are the planning needs for this data?

    When plan-making, planning officers will consult archaeological advisers on the plan’s spatial policies to developing a suitably robust underlying evidence base.

    When dealing with planning applications, planning officers will validate the application, ensuring that it meets the local authority’s local requirements, potentially through the requirement of an archaeological assessment, and consult Historic England when required and other interested parties as appropriate. Planning officers will also often add an archaeological planning condition, take advice from archaeological advisers before discharging conditions; and take action if conditions are not being complied with.

  • Who are the types of users who might benefit from having access to Greater london archaeological priority areas data?

  • What are some potential uses of Greater london archaeological priority areas data?

  • What's the value of adding Greater london archaeological priority areas data to the platform?

  • From what we have learnt so far are there any risks to making Greater london archaeological priority areas data available?

    Further research will need to be done into the validity of the data, regarding how up-to-date it is, as it was last updated 9th May 2024. We will need to review how regularly this is updated, and assess risks.