Historic Building Consultancy Services
Conservation planning for the management of change in the historic environment.
Charlotte Stranks specialises in conservation planning for the protection of historic buildings, sites, areas and heritage assets, and for the management of change within the built environment.
What I offer
A focused suite of heritage services.
Whether a brief pre-purchase appraisal or a full Heritage Statement for a planning application, every report receives the same thoroughness and attention.
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Heritage Impact Assessments
Planning-ready statements assessing the significance of a heritage asset and the impact of proposed works.
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Statements of Significance
Independent assessments of why a building, place, or landscape matters — the foundation for sound conservation decisions.
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Written Scheme of Investigation
A pre-recording document setting out the scope, methodology and outputs of a building recording, agreed with the local planning authority.
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Building Recording
Level 1–4 written, drawn and photographic records of historic buildings, prepared to Historic England standards.
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Pre-Application Advice
Early-stage guidance on what is likely to be acceptable before time and money are committed to a scheme.
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Pre-Purchase Advice
Heritage due diligence on a listed building or property in a conservation area before exchange of contracts.
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House & Site Histories
Researched histories of a building or site, drawing on archival, cartographic and documentary sources.
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About
Drawing on experience from both local authority and private practice.
Charlotte Stranks is a Heritage Consultant with over a decade’s experience in heritage planning, gained across local authority conservation roles and private practice. She has held Conservation Officer posts at Coventry City Council, Bedford Borough Council and South Somerset District Council, and has worked in consultancy for Savills and as an independent practitioner.
She holds a PGCert in Building Conservation from Birmingham City University and an MA in International Architectural Regeneration from Oxford Brookes University, and is based in the southern Midlands.
Charlotte is also founding Craftgate, a new initiative addressing the skills shortage in the UK heritage crafts sector. Craftgate connects young people and career changers with short learning placements alongside heritage craftspeople across the UK.
From stonemasonry to lime plastering, the platform makes endangered building skills visible and accessible to a new generation of practitioners — building the pipeline needed to sustain Britain’s historic built environment.
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