The Essex Society for Archaeology & History
FORMERLY THE ESSEX ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FOUNDED 1852
Mr. Alistair Day, Planning Department, Colchester Borough Council, Rowan House, 33 Sheepen Road, Colchester, CO3 3WG
19th October 2018
Dear Mr Day,
PLANNING APPLICATION 182120: Land at Queen Street, Colchester
I write as immediate past President of the Essex Society for Archaeology & History (ESAH), which is the County's longest established heritage organisation (founded in 1852).
The ESAH Council has seen a copy of the objections to this application written on behalf of Colchester Archaeological Group (CAG) by Mr Davies (on the CBC Planning website, 26th September 2018).
The application site is in a place of the highest archaeological sensitivity, within the Roman town and so close to the Roman rampart and wall.
While we acknowledge that there are policies and procedures which can minimise the threat to the buried and standing heritage caused by development, we nevertheless feel that the proposed scheme carries a real threat to the buried archaeological heritage of Colchester.
In summary, ESAH fully supports the CAG objections to this application, in which the issues are clearly and succinctly expressed.
Yours sincerely,
Adrian Corder-Birch
Past President Essex Society for Archaeology and History
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