ANGUS LOCAL PLAN REVIEW FINALISED PLAN - Angus Council

3.36 Sites considered to be of national importance are scheduledby Scottish Ministers as Ancient Monuments. There are over 200such sites in Angus with additional sites regularly being incorporatedinto the List. In addition, there are other monuments of regional orlocal significance. All of these sites and monuments, whetherscheduled or not, are fragile and irreplaceable.3.37 The owner or occupier of a scheduled ancient monument isrequired to obtain consent from Historic Scotland for repairs,alterations, demolition, or any work affecting the monument. Inorder therefore to protect the scheduled monument any planningapplication that may affect it will be notified to Historic Scotland andtheir comments taken into account in determining developmentproposals.PAN 42 : Archaeology – thePlanning Process andScheduled MonumentProcedure (1994)Archaeological remains offer atangible, physical link with thepast. They are a finite and nonrenewableresource containingunique information about ourpast and the potential for anincrease in future knowledge.Such remains are part ofScotland’s identity and arevaluable both for their own sakeand for education, leisure andtourism. The remains are oftenfragile and vulnerable to damageor destruction; care musttherefore be taken to ensure thatthey are not needlesslydestroyed.Policy ER17 : Archaeological Sites of National ImportancePriority will be given to preserving Scheduled AncientMonuments in situ. Developments affecting Scheduled AncientMonuments and other nationally significant archaeologicalsites and historic landscapes and their settings will only bepermitted where it can be adequately demonstrated that either:Scheduled Ancient Monument(SAM):The site of a scheduledmonument and any othermonument which in the opinionof the Scottish Ministers is ofpublic interest by reason of itshistoric, architectural, traditional,artistic or archaeologicalinterest.a) the proposed development will not result in damage to thescheduled monument or site of national archaeologicalinterest or the integrity of its setting; orb) there is overriding and proven public interest to be gainedfrom the proposed development that outweighs thenational significance attached to the preservation of themonument or archaeological importance of the site. In thecase of Scheduled Ancient Monuments, the developmentmust be in the national interest in order to outweigh thenational importance attached to their preservation; andc) the need for the development cannot reasonably be met inother less archaeologically damaging locations or byreasonable alternative means; andd) the proposal has been sited and designed to minimisedamage to the archaeological remains.Where development is considered acceptable and preservationof the site in its original location is not possible, the excavationand recording of the site will be required in advance ofdevelopment, at the developer’s expense.3.38 While the best examples of valuable archaeological sites aredesignated of national importance there are numerous examples ofhistoric sites in both urban and rural areas that are of localsignificance. There are also other sites where finds may have beenmade in the past but no remains are known to date.Angus Local Plan Review71Finalised Plan