The Norwich evening news has reported on concerns over cuts proposed to the Norfolk County Council historic environment service, in a bid to make £172,000 of savings.
Pages 51-62 of the Norfolk County Council environment, development and transport committee report outline proposals for savings and delivery issues and proposes to ‘Redesign the historic environment service to deliver only the statutory service elements’, saving £172,000 which is deemed to be a low risk action.
The Norwich Evening News writes:
The threat of the £172,000 cuts to the Historic Environment Service could mean:
- The end of the identification and recording service which logs archaeological finds made by members of the public;
- Advice would only be given on a reduced number of planning applications, meaning only statutory obligations would be met;
- The reduction or even ending of advice on historic buildings, other than those Norfolk County Council owns;
- The public archaeological database, known as the historic environment record, for Norfolk would no longer be updated;
- Public events such as archaeology days and school visits would stop.
View Norfolk County Council historic environment pages
View the Norwich Evening News article ‘Fears over cuts to Norfolk heritage department’
