South Ayrshire Local Plan

Scheduled Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites

South Ayrshire has a rich variety of archaeological resources from castles to buried flint scatterings and crop marks. Many new sites of interest may yet be discovered. All these sites form an important part of our heritage and can be valuable tourism and educational resources as well as contributing to general amenity. The Council recognises their importance and will seek to ensure that they are protected, interpreted and promoted or recorded as appropriate.

POLICY BE6*

The Council will seek to protect scheduled ancient monuments, (including their setting) and archaeological sites and encourage sympathetic proposals for their promotion for educational or recreational purposes.

NOTE 1
Applicants will be required to provide sufficient information to enable the evaluation of the importance of the site and enable full assessment of the impact of the proposals on that site.

NOTE 2
The use of management agreements to mitigate the effects of potentially conflicting land uses upon standing structures, earthworks or buried deposits may be required.

NOTE 3
The Council may seek guidance from an appropriate archaeological information service in considering applications within its area, including those within the Historic Medieval Burgh areas of Ayr, Ballantrae, Dundonald, Dunure, Girvan, Maybole, Newton on Ayr, Prestwick, Straiton, Symington and Tarbolton.

POLICY BE7*

Where the Council is convinced that the benefits of proposed development outweigh the benefits of preserving archaeology resources where known or considered likely to be present, the Council will ensure that provision is made by the developer for the proper excavation and recording of possible remains.