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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"]Headland has provided multiple stages of archaeological mitigation work for this project over the years, requiring a well-organised team working on several sites along the cable system; subsequently revealing a complex story of landscape use, change and...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"]The geophysical survey team successfully completed a large linear scheme with non-consecutive access to proximal sites. Headland was able to utilise multiple teams to ensure the survey was completed within timetable. This project demonstrated our ability to...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"]In recent years there has been a rapid expansion in the number of solar farm projects in the United Kingdom with an attendant increase in the requirement for archaeological works prior to the consenting of these schemes. Changes in government policy and in...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"]Large-scale construction projects can have a long lifespan. Headland can take a project from inception through planning; produce guidance and other supporting documents to assist the contractors on site and undertake archaeological works to mitigate the effects of construction. On long running...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"]Conditions of consent for a development may require the design of a Programme of Archaeological Works. This needs to meet the requirement of the planning conditions but also needs to be practically achievable and fit with intended methodologies of the developer or...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"]Supporting our clients through the planning process often results in us providing expert witness at planning appeals. Headland has a full-time dedicated Expert Witness, and a track record of success at public inquiries.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_column_text] Project Summary Headland continues to work with RES (UK & Ireland)...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"]The effect on the setting of heritage assets in the surrounding landscape is often a determining factor in whether a wind farm will be consented. However, despite some flexibility in design which allows turbines and other infrastructure to avoid known archaeological sites...