Summary
We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.
Historic England have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as our Historic Environment Planning Adviser. This is a fixed term contract until March 2026.
The South West Development Advice Teams assist local communities (including through local authority partners) in appreciating the significance of their local historic environment and its potential to deliver benefits for the community by: promoting the effective use of the planning system at strategic and local levels.
As part of this team, the Historic Environment Planning Adviser takes delegated responsibility for providing Historic England’s advice both to local authority partners in the preparation and revision of development plans, and other strategic planning documents such as design codes, masterplans, development briefs etc., and to local communities in relation to the historic environment and the planning process. Applying the ethos of ‘constructive conservation’ and making effective use of Historic England’s Conservation Principles in all their advisory work, they will also provide advice on strategic planning matters such as national infrastructure projects and on partners’ strategic plans, as well as contributing to national and local guidance.
This is a fixed term cont...