The fieldwork was undertaken between 30th June and 1st July 2025. Four 1.8m-wide trenches were opened, three 40m long and one 30m long. The trenches were located to cover the areas most likely to be disturbed by construction. The trenches were set out by dGPS survey and opened by a mechanical excavator fitted with a flat-edged bucket, operated by an experienced driver under close archaeological supervision. Overburden was removed down to the top of the archaeological deposits or undisturbed geological deposits, whichever was encountered first. The trenches were subsequently recorded, drawn and photographed in accordance with the WSARM (Albion Archaeology 2025). Abrams Archaeology Ltd, commissioned Albion Archaeology to undertake an archaeological evaluation on land opposite Hatch Farm, Hatch Common, Hatch, Sandy, Bedfordshire. This was to comply with a condition (no. 8) placed on the approved planning application (CB/24/02702/FUL) from Central Bedfordshire Council for the erection of a dwelling and associated landscaping, alongside the creation of a drainage basin. The site, centred on NGR TL 1567 4784, is in the historic core of Hatch. Albion Archaeology excavated four archaeological trial trenches between 30th June and 1st July 2025. The only archaeological features identified were two medieval/post-medieval furrows, an associated gully, a post-medieval ditch and an undated posthole. The only archaeological finds recovered were a small quantity of animal bone and a piece of clay tobacco pipe from the post-medieval ditch. No remains of earlier archaeological provenance were identified, suggesting that the planned development is unlikely to have a negative impact on any significant archaeological remains. The recovered datasets are assessed to be of negligible archaeological significance and have no potential to address local or regional research topics