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HERITAGE & PLANNING CONSULTANTS

Chartwood Planning is a trusted heritage and planning consultancy serving Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and the South West. We provide a wide range of professional heritage consultant and planning consultant services to meet your needs. We promise to provide every service to your highest level of satisfaction. 

- Do you need help to secure listed building consent or planning permission?

- Do you need a heritage impact assessment or other heritage report?

- Are you considering refurbishing a listed building and need advice?

Anyone undertaking any form of development, whether it’s extending an existing or renovating a listed building, needs to be aware of the existing listed building and planning regulations. Having a heritage consultant, planning consultant or listed building consultant with extensive experience to work alongside you throughout your project can be invaluable. Chartwood Heritage & Planning is a small but dedicated heritage and planning consultancy predominantly serving Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and the South West although we undertake projects further afield too. We offer a full range of services to help you translate your vision into reality, regardless of the size of your project.

At Chartwood Planning we understand the complexities of the planning and listed building consent system and offer pragmatic and straightforward heritage planning advice to all our clients. 
Our collaborative approach to any project always reflects our key values of honesty, efficiency and professionalism coupled with exceptional value for money. Our advice is always tailored to your individual requirements, as well as being honest and realistic, with a view to securing the very best possible outcome by establishing a clear and precise strategy, tackling any hurdles presented throughout the planning and/or the listed building process.

With our extensive experience we can prepare and submit applications on a variety of developments and renovation projects and are able to advise clients throughout the South West, although we are willing and able to work further afield.

We would be happy to have a chat so give us a call or email us. We’re confident that we will find a level of service to suit your project.

About Us

Chartwood Heritage & Planning is a small, family run practice covering Cornwall and the South West, although we do venture further too. The practice owner, Colin Sellars, is a chartered member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (MRTPI) and is a fully accredited member of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC).

Colin attained a Master’s degree in Town Planning from UWE and then graduated with PGDip in Heritage Identity from the University of Birmingham, in conjunction with the Ironbridge Institute of International Heritage.  

He has extensive knowledge and experience of heritage matters and an excellent understanding of the planning process and all that it can involve, having worked in the public and private sector for more than two decades.

With legislation, professional guidance notes and building technology continually changing it is important to us to remain up to date so that we provide the very best advice. As a member of the RTPI and the IHBC we ensure that we keep up to date with best practice and any changes to local and national policies so as to ensure your project has the very best chance of success.

Royal Town Planning Institute Membership (MRTPI)

Chartered members of the Royal Town Planning Institute (MRTPI) are recognised for their high quality skills and experience and, as such, you can rely upon the designation as a sign of professionalism. Chartered Town Planners must adhere to a code of conduct that specifies standards of professional ethics and all members are required to maintain a level of professional development throughout their career ensuring they remain at the forefront of new developments, legislative changes and the latest knowledge in planning.

Institute of Historic Building Conservation Membership (IHBC)

The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) is the UK’s professional body for historic environment conservation specialists. IHBC members are required to keep their skills up to date and must undertake a minimum of fifty hours of relevant professional development over a rolling two year period. The IHBC designation afforded to full members ensures a high standard of quality control is maintained in any area of historic environment conservation.

Interested in our services? We’re here to help.

We want to know your needs so that we can provide the perfect solution. 
Let us know what you want and we’ll do our best to help. 

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