Conservation Management Plans (continued)

Conservation Management Plans should be working, easily accessible documents. Although each Plan has a finite life, it should be robust, based on a firm understanding of significance, and capable of being easily up-dated by an organisation. We aim to make our plans comprehensive & we don’t shy away from addressing the most difficult management issues, an important aspect of creating a single integrated plan.

To produce a CMP, we will bring together a team with the appropriate skills & expertise tailored to the needs of each site. For a large site these could include archaeologists, ecologists, historic landscape consultants, paint researchers, architects or engineers. For museums in historic buildings we work with specialists in collections care.

Further Reading –

“Conservation Plan – a guide to the preparation of Conservation Plans
for places of European Cultural Significance”
James Semple Kerr, National Trust of Australia (ISBN 1 86364 026 6)

“Informed Conservation – understanding historic buildings and their
landscapes for conservation”
Kate Clark, English Heritage (ISBN 1 873592 64 7)

A model brief has been produced by the Heritage Lottery Fund. This can be adapted to suit your project. For large & complicated projects it is sometimes worthwhile considering employing expert advice so that you get exactly what you need for your site & we can provide this service.

For more information on commissioning Conservation Plans, see the Heritage Lottery Fund website – guidance notes