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Heritage Services
Specialist advice on listed buildings, conservation areas and historic sites, drawing on more than 25 years’ experience in the private and public sector and combining a practical working knowledge of town planning with specialist heritage expertise.
Historic estate, Surrey
Our heritage expertise
Our heritage service is led by Jo Evans, who has over 25 years' experience in the private and public sector across all aspects of building conservation and historic areas. Jo is a member of the IHBC and the RTPI.
Her experience covers drafting local planning policy and design guidance, designation of conservation areas, heritage at risk, enforcement and prosecution cases, setting assessments, development management, appeals and inquiries, as well as lectures and seminars.
Jo is a past Chair of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), having previously been its Membership Secretary and Chair of its Member and Ethics Committee. She also sits on the Guildford Diocesan Advisory Committee and the Guildford Cathedral Fabric Advisory Committee.
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How we can help
Statements of significance
Research and statements of significance for a wide range of projects, to inform development proposals and assess their likely impact on the built heritage.
Setting assessments
Assessing the setting of listed buildings, historic estates and gardens.
Enforcement and prosecutions
Specialist advice on enforcement and listed building prosecution cases, including project managing the professional team to regularise unauthorised works.
Churches
Applications and advice relating to churches of all denominations.
Appeals and public inquiries
Heritage evidence and appearance at planning appeals and public inquiries.
Listing applications
Research and advice on applications to add a building to, or keep it off, the statutory list.
Historic interiors
Assessments of historic interiors to determine the extent and significance of fixtures and decorative schemes.
Complex sites
Advice on complex sites that need a working knowledge of town planning alongside heritage expertise.
Owners and purchasers
Advice to owners and prospective purchasers of sensitive historic sites and buildings.
Selected projects
Ibstock Place School, Roehampton
Heritage advice and consultancy to assess the impact of proposed new sports facilities on listed buildings, conservation area and local heritage within the setting of the site.
ENFORCEMENT
Listed farmhouse, Sussex
Complex and detailed technical advice on enforcement and potential prosecution following unauthorised works to a listed house. We project managed the professional team of lawyers, architect, structural engineers and restoration specialists, and secured regularisation of extensive works and alterations.
HISTORIC INTERIORS
Historic interiors
Assessments of historic interiors to determine the extent and significance of fixtures and decorative schemes within historic buildings.
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT
Former barn
Advice to secure listed building consent for alterations for residential use.
SETTING ASSESSMENT
Palladian House in Surrey
Research and advice to the owner of a former country house, now in educational and religious use. Proposed use of the buildings and wider site for events and educational uses.
LISTING APPLICATION
Former lime treatment works, Kent
A successful application to add the building to the statutory list, enabling it to be considered for conversion to residential use.
HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND RECORDING
Country House, Surrey
Heritage consultancy to provide an historical analysis of the development of the building and the site to support applications for alterations within the gardens and wider grounds.
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
Hop kilns
Research and analysis to provide a statement of significance for a complex of hop kilns, which informed the proposals and secured consent for conversion to residential use.
COMPLEX INSTALLATIONS
School in Surrey
Listed building consent obtained for the introduction of security measures within a sensitive Grade I listed building.
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT
Private house, Surrey
Advice to the owner and structural engineers regarding repairs and stabilisation of sensitive interiors. Listed building consent obtained swiftly and positive engagement with the council, to allow urgent works to proceed.
TOWNSCAPE ANALYSIS
Woking Town Centre
Advice to Woking Council to determine applications for proposed tall towers within the conservation area.
Further experience
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Setting assessment and statement of significance for a large Sussex estate
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Advice to the owners of a historic estate in Surrey on its historic gardens and on development within the grounds
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Heritage advice and appearance at a public inquiry for a housebuilder