Greater london archaeological priority areas

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These are the questions we answer during the Screen 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.

• What is the 'Greater london archaeological priority areas' consideration?

  Archaeological Priority Areas (APAs) are areas where there is significant known archaeological interest or potential for new discoveries. APAs are used to help highlight where development might affect heritage assets. - Historic England

• Is there legislation that defines 'Greater london archaeological priority areas'?

  No

• Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Greater london archaeological priority areas'?

  • The respective London Boroughs

• Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

  • - Historic England
  • Greater London Authority

• Is the Greater london archaeological priority areas a trigger?

  Yes

  • What needs to be done because Greater london archaeological priority areas has acted as the trigger?

    An archaeological assessment, an archaeological planning condition

• Is the Greater london archaeological priority areas something to consult during plan making?

  Yes

  • Provide information about when Greater london archaeological priority areas is used during plan making

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

• Is there any Greater london archaeological priority areas data already available?

  Yes

  • What Greater london archaeological priority areas data is currently available?

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      • url: https://opendata-historicengland.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/historicengland::greater-london-archaeological-priority-areas-apas/about
      • name: Greater London archaeological priority areas (APAs)
      • fields: area_type;Description;APA Tier Type;GLHER Primary Ref;GLHER Resource ID;Shape_Area;Shape_Length
      • licence: OGL v3
      • coverage: National
      • publisher: Historic England
      • attribution: © Historic England [year] and for spatial data only add Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].
      • metadata_url: https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/greater-london-archaeological-priority-area-guidelines/heag098-glaas-archaeological-priority-areas/

• Do we think the data should come from a single source?

  Yes, the data is already available as a complete dataset.

• Will a data standard be required?

  No