Notice of archaeology works on land off Blithbury Road, Blithbury

What we are doing

At Stoneyford House Farm to the south of Blithbury Road, to the west of Blithbury, we will be creating ecological mitigation ponds surrounded by grassland and woodland habitat creation. We will use the ecological mitigation ponds to relocate any protected species such as great crested newts before we need to remove any other habitats.

Before we start to construct the ponds, we need to excavate some archaeological trial trenches. These are to help us understand if there are any archaeological features or natural geological deposits, that we need to be aware of before we start any other work.

We will use a mechanical excavator to dig the trenches. No further excavation takes place at this stage.

When the work take place?

We will start the excavation work on 4 April. We will begin the work to create the ponds themselves once we have carried out the archaeological work. This will be ongoing throughout the year.

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• Notice of archaeology works on land off Blithbury Road, Blithbury

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