Essex County Council’s Historic Buildings and Conservation team sits within Place Services, the council’s public sector environmental consultancy. Place Services provides environmental assessment, planning, design and management services to public bodies, with the aim of conserving and enhancing the natural, historic and built environment and achieving well-designed places. Part of that remit is giving public sector clients and their communities access to trusted advice, resources and training. The team offers courses and training on the care and repair of historic buildings, alongside historic building advice; details of current programmes are published on the Place Services website.
Suitable for: owners, contractors, conservation professionals and local authority staff in Essex seeking training or advice in traditional building conservation.
Services: traditional building skills courses and training; historic building and conservation advice; heritage input to planning and design for public sector clients.
Location: County Hall, Chelmsford, Essex.