Heritage Consultant

Experienced in the preparation of Heritage Statements and Statements of Significance for planning and listed building consent purposes. 

Part-time Conservation Architect (Planning Services) at City of York Council. 

Other work undertaken: 

Pre-purchase advice for listed buildings

Heritage planning advice incl. planning appeals

Listed Building and Scheduled Monument Consent

Feasibility studies & option appraisals

Conservation Management Plans (CMP)

EOI & grant funding applications

Part-time Conservation Architect (Planning Services)

Dates:  2023 - ongoing

Client:  City of York Council

Providing specialist conservation advice on pre-apps, listed building consent and planning applications, as well as internal capital projects

Member of Diocesan Advisory Committee 

Dates:  2024 - ongoing

With:  Durham Diocese (Church of England)

Advising on consent applications from places of worship

Access Audit for St Edmund's Chapel, Gateshead

Dates:  2025

Client:  PCC Gateshead

Recommendations for improved access to support funding application

Heritage Statement for Keelmen's Hospital, Newcastle

Dates:  2025

Client:  Tyne + Wear Building Preservation Trust

Prepared heritage statement and heritage impact assessment to support the listed building consent application for the proposed adaptation work

Conservation Management Plan for Keelmen's Hospital

Dates:  2023-25

Client:  Tyne + Wear Building Preservation Trust

CMP based on archival research into the history of the site and the building, followed by a detailed assessment of its heritage values and significance. Led the design team and stakeholders in formulating four guiding conservation principles and a number of policies for the proposed refurbishment of this Grade II* listed almshouse from 1701

Statutory approval for works at Durham Cathedral 

Dates:  2016-23

Client:  Durham Cathedral

Preparing all required documents and attending committees to obtain consent both under the Ecclesiastical Exemption process as well as from the Local Planning Authority. Well versed in applying for overlapping consent for external changes or works within the curtilage of places of workship

Funding Applications for works at Durham Cathedral 

Dates:  2020-22

Client:  Durham Cathedral

Assisting with expressions of interest (EOI), funding applications and grant reporting to the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF), Historic England (HE), Department of Culture Media Sport (DCMS) and Environment Agency (EA)