Greater london archaeological priority areas
Areas of Greater London where there is significant known archaeological interest or potential for new discoveries
- Design stage
- Co-design
- Tags
- local plan
- Datasets
- Frequency of updates
- Quarterly
- Useful links
- Discussion
- Join the discussion on GitHub
- Last updated
- 11 February 2025
Backlog
Who asked for 'Greater london archaeological priority areas' data?
Identified as a potentially high value consideration with possible national data already available
What is the driver for the request?
Other
Which 2024 focus area does the request support?
Modern planning software;Faster local plans
Screen
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?
- Greater London archaeological priority areas (APAs) (publisher: Historic England; coverage: National; licence: OGL v3; fields: area_type;Description;APA Tier Type;GLHER Primary Ref;GLHER Resource ID;Shape_Area;Shape_Length)
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
Research
Who are the statutory consultees for Greater london archaeological priority areas?
Historic England, Greater London Authority
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.
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.