About GLAAS

The following page contains details of the main activities undertaken by the GLAAS team. Westminster Central London Central London ©EH

Planning Advice

The Greater London Archaeology Advisory Service GLAAS Staff provide archaeological advice to local authority planners, developers and their agents, and local people, for thirty one London boroughs and maintain the Greater London Sites and Monuments Record. Sources of advice on the City of London's Historic Environment and Archaeology in Southwark can be found on their respective websites. Also see GLAAS Frequently Asked Questions.

If you require further information on archaeology and planning please read the devoted Planning Advice page.

Alternatively many simple questions are answered in the GLAAS Frequently Asked Questions.

Non-Planning Advice

Archaeological considerations are important for a wide range of activities outside the development planning system.

For more details of the non-planning advice provided by GLAAS please see the Non-Planning Advice page

Maintaining Standards

It is important that archaeological investigations in London, and elsewhere, are carried out to consistent high standards. In order to help maintain these high standards GLAAS has prepared a number of guidance papers for archaeological work in London.

For more details on the GLAAS guidance papers and other archaeological standards used in London please see Maintaining Standards.

Research Frameworks

London Research Framework or agenda A Research Framework for London Archaeology the research agenda MoL/EH GLAAS seeks to secure a sustainable future for the historic environment. Research frameworks allow us to identify what is significant, focus activities and prioritise the allocation of resources.

For more details on the research framework for London see Research Frameworks.

GLAAS Projects

GLAAS staff are also involved in a number of projects relating to the archaeology of London, including investigations of the Iron Age field systems and Saxon Burial Mounds at Farthing Down in Croydon, and the Sustainable Historic Arsenal Regeneration Partnership (SHARP) European Project.

For more details on the GLAAS projects please see GLAAS Projects.

^{(Last Updated: 15th Jan. 2008 -Robert Whytehead)}