Unintended Consequences? Planning Bill Threat to British Archaeology

The recently passed Housing and Planning Act 2016 and the proposed Neighbourhood Planning & Infrastructure Bill were both mentioned on 18 May during the Queen’s Speech to mark the start of the new parliamentary session at Westminster. As the Council for British Archaeology (CBA) has noted in a letter to the Planning Minister, Brandon Lewis…

Archaeology North West 2016: A Year in the life of CBA North West

The Council for British Archaeology’s spring AGM (in 2016 on the 7th May) is a chance to reflect on the past year in archaeology in the North West. Many of the themes are familiar from the last couple of years. Nationally, the big worry in archaeology remains the financing of local authority planning advisory services. Planning archaeology posts…