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Sanctuary S
Sanctuary Nov 27, 2012 08:15:19
Replying to VBB

VBB wrote:
tjj wrote:
To someone with no awareness of ancient sites they are not that easy to discern (unlike Avebury).
Even Avebury - in several recent examples utilities contractors have turned up to fix faults and started digging the place up, add to this the peace rave (or whatever it was) where some people (who thought they knew about Avebury) started erecting a stage only to be told they were doing it on part of a scheduled monument, and take the householder unwittingly attempting to build a rear porch or do something about the uneven floor in the kitchen with a kango only to be told that it might be an Avenue stone... (the last bit isn't what happened but you take the point)...
Do all the owners of the properties within the WHS have to apply to have any form of building work done internally VBB? I suppose someone working within their own house (removing and replacing an old floor for instance) may consider that as the site has already been built upon then its actual site had already been disturbed, so a direct replacement doesn't need a planning or building consent.

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VBB Nov 27, 2012 17:04:42
Replying to Sanctuary

Sanctuary wrote:
VBB wrote:
tjj wrote:
To someone with no awareness of ancient sites they are not that easy to discern (unlike Avebury).
Even Avebury - in several recent examples utilities contractors have turned up to fix faults and started digging the place up, add to this the peace rave (or whatever it was) where some people (who thought they knew about Avebury) started erecting a stage only to be told they were doing it on part of a scheduled monument, and take the householder unwittingly attempting to build a rear porch or do something about the uneven floor in the kitchen with a kango only to be told that it might be an Avenue stone... (the last bit isn't what happened but you take the point)...
Do all the owners of the properties within the WHS have to apply to have any form of building work done internally VBB? I suppose someone working within their own house (removing and replacing an old floor for instance) may consider that as the site has already been built upon then its actual site had already been disturbed, so a direct replacement doesn't need a planning or building consent.
Nail hit on head - most would take that view but only a couple of years back a High Street property was being renovated and a sarsen was discovered that led to EH knocking on the door when it was moved. How would the householder know their responsibility - osmosis?