Heritage Consultant

Bourne End

£40,000-£50,000

Full Time

Conservation/Environment, Town Planning

1 May 2026

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Member of the RTPI/RICS.
• Provide specialist advice on heritage and archaeology matters to clients, ensuring 
compliance with planning policies and legislation.
• Prepare Heritage Statements, Archaeological Desk Based Assessments, Impact 
Assessments, and other supporting documentation for planning and listed building consent 
applications.
• Assess the significance of historic buildings, sites, and landscapes and provide 
recommendations to client to enhance or preserve significance or minimise potential 
harm. 
• Liaise with local planning authorities, Historic England, and other stakeholders to negotiate 
heritage-related planning matters.
• Conduct site visits and heritage appraisals to assess potential impacts of proposed 
developments to a variety of heritage assets.
• Advise on conservation best practices, including material choices and repair methods to 
assist clients in managing change to their heritage assets.
• Keep up to date with relevant legislation, policy changes, and best practices in heritage 
and archaeology.
• Support clients through the planning process, from pre-application advice to post-consent 
conditions.
• Work efficiently and effectively, delegating work of an appropriate level of complexity to 
more junior staff to maximise cost-effectiveness and ensure more junior members of staff 
expand their experience.
• Proactively seek and secure new instructions from existing and new clients to the business. 
This will involve searching out new contacts and sources of work and devising and 
undertaking strategies to secure new fee-paying work, including delivering CPD to key 
contacts. 
• Attend networking and other similar events to promote the Company and seek new leads 
and instructions. Consider initiatives to promote the Company and input to the wider 
marketing of Walsingham Planning. 
• Create LinkedIn content as requested to celebrate your success, the companies success 
for promote areas of interest to your role. 
• Maintain accurate Coretime records.
• Maintain monthly and quarterly Fee Forecasting spreadsheets and quarterly WIP Report

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