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Archaeological Consultancy

Today’s developer more than at any time in the past may have to assess the archaeological importance of a site before planning consent is granted to look at the impact of the development on those archaeological resources.

The assessment will be driven by both national and local planning policies, which can vary, from one planning authority to another. BaRAS is committed to providing informed advice to developers in both the public and in the private sector.

The importance now attached to archaeology within the planning process can require a prospective developer to secure a programme of archaeological assessment and recording before planning consent is granted or as a condition of that consent. To help in this process, BaRAS is able to provide a comprehensive service to the building industry covering the following:-

  • Consultancy
  • Desk-based and environmental impact assessments
  • Evaluation
  • Excavation
  • Historic building assessment
  • Landscape survey
  • Artefact analysis
  • Report preparation

Pembroke fireplace

An eighteenth-century fireplace found during excavations on Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol. The fireplace belonged to no 1 Pembroke Court, part of a row of four terraced houses, which were first occupied in around 1764 and demolished in 1973.