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Principal Design and Conservation OfficerCivic Recruitment Limited • Lewisham, LEW, gb
Principal Design and Conservation Officer

Principal Design and Conservation Officer

Civic Recruitment Limited • Lewisham, LEW, gb
6 days ago
Salary
£39.70 hourly
Job type
  • Permanent
  • Temporary
Job description
Job Description

3 months contract with a local authority

Rate: £39.70 per hour Umbrella


Summary

  • This role involves leading the provision of specialist conservation, heritage, and urban design advice within a local authority on a 3-month contract. The position is crucial for ensuring the protection and enhancement of the historic environment across the borough. The successful candidate will play a key role in planning decisions, policy development, and regeneration projects, ensuring that heritage considerations are integrated into urban planning processes.

Responsibilities

  • Provide expert conservation and urban design advice on complex planning applications, listed building applications, major developments, and regeneration schemes.
  • Lead on heritage matters within the Strategic Planning Team, ensuring the historic environment is considered in planning decisions and policy development.
  • Manage conservation area appraisals, conservation management plans, Article 4 Directions, heritage strategies, and supplementary planning documents (SPDs).
  • Lead pre-application discussions and negotiations with developers, architects, consultants, and stakeholders to secure high-quality design outcomes.
  • Prepare reports, recommendations, briefings, and presentations for Planning Committees, senior management, elected members, and other decision-making bodies.
  • Represent the Council at Planning Hearings, Public Inquiries, court proceedings, and stakeholder meetings as an expert witness where required.

Requirements

  • Significant experience in building conservation, heritage management, urban design, or planning.
  • Experience advising on listed building applications, conservation areas, heritage assets, and complex planning proposals.
  • Degree in Conservation, Historic Buildings, Town Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Heritage Management, or a related discipline.
  • Relevant professional qualification in a conservation, planning, architecture, or heritage-related field.
  • Membership of a relevant professional body such as IHBC, RTPI, RIBA, or equivalent.
Additional Information

  • Rate: £39.70 per hour Umbrella
  • Working hours: 28 hours per week
  • Temporary position for 28 hours a week to cover until permanent position filled.
  • Location: 1 Catford Road, Catford, London, Greater London, SE6 4RU, United Kingdom
  • Work pattern: 2 days in the office - typically Tuesday and Wednesday.
  • Bi-weekly payment schedule.
  • Enhanced DBS required.
  • The role closes on 10th August 2026, apply ASAP.



Requirements
To lead the provision of specialist conservation, heritage, and urban design advice across the borough, ensuring that the historic environment is protected, enhanced, and appropriately considered within planning decisions, policy development, and regeneration projects
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