Local Developers are required to pay for an archaeologist&amp;’s report. If anything turns up then it is down to the developer to fund a full scale excavation which can take weeks or even months. <p></p><p> The advice is:</p><p>bring in the archaeologist as early as possible work with them to smooth the processbe flexible on design to accommodate the worksmake the most of the PR opportunity afforded by the dig</p><p></p><p></p><p>&amp; </p><p></p>