The CBA also works closely with other environmental bodies such as the Council for the Protection of Rural England, the amenity societies and wildlife organisations in order to bring about better understanding of the links between the natural environment and the historic environment. The CBA has a strong record in putting the archaeological case on matters to do with environmental land management. We are an active member of Wildlife and Countryside Link. In June 1996 we submitted evidence to the House of Commons Select Committee on Agriculture's inquiry into Agri-Environment schemes. The CBA proposes the application of environmental principles to all forms of agricultural support.
Local plans provide the local policy frameworks within which planning decisions are taken.
The CBA accordingly tries to comment constructively on all of those upon which it is consulted. Much of the comment we provide has constructive effect. But we don' t always win arguments. In 1995 the CBA, CBA Wales and many others counselled against a Government proposal to introduce a single summary planning policy document for Wales, saying that this would undermine the system of accessible and comprehensive guidance provided by existing PPGs. CBA's Memorandum of Evidence to the 1997 follow up inquiry by the parliamentary Welsh Affairs Select Committee on the preservation of historic buildings and ancient monuments in Wales, with links to previous CBA statements on conservation in Wales.