Notice of commencement of archaeology works on land to the west of A34, Yarlet.

What we are doing

We will be creating ecological mitigation ponds surrounded by grassland habitat creation on land to the west of the A34 at Yarlet, opposite Yarlet School. 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 11 April. We will begin work to create the ponds themselves once we have carried out the archaeological work, the pond work be ongoing throughout the year.

Download information relating to these works

• Notice of commencement of archaeology works on land to the west of A34, Yarlet.

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