Planning permission (F/COL/05/0576) was granted for the construction of a rear extension to the former Globe Hotel measuring 10m by 11m, following removal a the flat-roofed extension, with a watching brief condition. <1> The watching brief was limited. One borehole was dug, from which one piece of painted wall-plaster was retrieved from between 1.5m and 2m below ground-level. A 450mm deep trench was later dug by hand to locate a drain. This was dug north to south and east to west within the area to be built upon. This was monitored but only revealed modern deposits from the car park. Piles were drilled and ground beams for the extension excavated and concreted without an archaeologist being present, and therefore any archaeological remains exposed were not recorded. According to the ground contractors, the ground beams were 1m deep. At this level, the upper 200-250mm of robbed-out walls to the Roman building should have been encountered.