Historic Building Support Consultancy Services for South Cambridgeshire District Council

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South Cambridgeshire District Council awarded a contract to Judith Shepherd for historic building support consultancy services.

The contract, valued at AUD 25,000, was for a fixed term of one year starting 26 October 2015, limited to a maximum of 18.5 hours per week with a review after six months.

The consultant, a qualified postgraduate in Conservation with significant experience and IHBC registration, was engaged to support the Consultancy Team in delivering services on the Historic Environment.

Key responsibilities included assisting on planning appeals as an expert witness on Conservation and Listed Buildings, developing and delivering the Team's service offer to local communities regarding neighbourhood planning, providing refresher training to planning officers on historic and built heritage conservation, scoping and delivering a project to update the Council's heritage at risk register, enabling the transfer of the GII Listed Landbeach Tithebarn to the Tithebarn Trust, and providing specialist advice on pre-applications and applications related to historic and built heritage conservation.