Archaeological watching brief on builders' trenches at Burslem School of Art, 2000

The Treaty of Malta (Valetta Convention) is one of several international agreements that lays out a legal and ethical framework in which all archaeology is to be carried out

PPG16
This is the Planning Policy Guidance for Archaeology and Development Planning.
This guidance is laid out for use by archaeologists, developers, amenity groups and planning authorities. The policy sets out how archaeological remains should be preserved or recorded in both urban and rural areas. It gives advice for the handling of archaeological discoveries and remains within a development plan. Archaeological remains are acknowledged as irreplaceable pieces of evidence of the past. In Stoke-on-Trent the known areas of archaeological sensitivity are defined on the Sites and Monuments Record
The policy covers all development that requires planning permission-either as belowground works or changes to historical, architectural or industrially important buildings. Applications maybe subject to an archaeological evaluation.