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Building in an historic environment;
the threats and opportunities
Chairman Ian Lamond
Partner, Stephens and Scown Solicitors
 In 2006 Cornwall's mining heritage was incribed as a World Heritage Site. The second workshop, held at CPR Regeneration and Robinson's Shaft in Pool, sought to clarify the opportunities for leisure and business and the planning and development issues.
Ian Lamond of Stephens and Scown gave an introductory paper which set out the current (as of July) planning framework. A summary of this paper is included in this issue of Newslink. This was followed by papers from Chris Smith of English Heritage, Nick Johnson of Cornwall County Council and Dr Alyson Cooper of Carrick District Council which were designed to give an overview of national policy and local implementation.
 Cornwall is held in very high regard throughout Europe in the field of landscape character assessment and the workshop was privileged to hear first hand of the issues and opportunities arising from historic designations. It was clear that there are very good economic opportunities for development in such areas and that a partnership between the private and public sector can and does
lead to mutual benefits. Aclear message was given; namely it was important for developers to engage with English Heritage and local authorities as early as possible to assist a smooth and successful completion of a project proposal.
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Ian Lamond
Partner, Stephens & Scown Solicitors,
Member of the Law Society’s Planning Panel
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Ian Lamond is a partner in Stephens & Scown a firm with a national
reputation in the minerals sector.He is Leader of the Planning Team
and a Member of the Law Society's Planning Panel. He has particular
experience of the mining and waste industries and acts for
Imerys, Aggregate Industries, Hanson and the mineral operator
on Portland Island.
Ian and his team work for residential developers, caravan park owners and
other leisure and tourism business throughout the South West. Ian also
works in the Lands Tribunal and in recent years has been particularly
involved in claims for compensation by mineral operators arising from the
impact of the Habitats Regulations on mining sites where they are within
SACs or SPAs.
 Ian Lamond - PowerPoint Slides (PDF file) - 247KB
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Alyson Cooper
Project Manager, Falmouth HERS & Penryn THI,
Conservation Team Leader, Carrick District Council
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Alyson Cooper read History of Art at Manchester University and was then
sponsored by the University to complete an MA in Architectural
Conservation. She lectured at the School of Architecture and obtained
a PhD. She has been a regular contributor to the Architectural
Conservation course at the University of Plymouth and external examiner
at Bristol University.
She is currently Team Leader of the Conservation Section at Carrick
District Council, Project Manager for the Falmouth HERS and Penryn THI,
and Branch Treasurer and Cornwall representative for the Institute of
Historic Building Conservation.
Alyson Cooper - PowerPoint Slides (PDF file) - 4.5MB
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Nigel Tipple
Chief Executive, CPR Regeneration
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In joining CPR Regeneration Nigel Tipple brings with him 15 years
experience gained in the delivery of major regeneration programmes
in Yorkshire. His responsibilities have included the development of
public/private partnerships to deliver key industrial and commercial
projects resulting in the creation of thousands of new jobs and the
reclamation of extensive areas of derelict land.
Nigel was actively involved in the management and delivery of the
Yorkshire Objective One programme. With Leeds City Council he
developed leisure services and at the Leeds Development
Corporation was responsible for the management and delivery of
land reclamation and highways infrastructure capital programme.
He holds an MBA and is a member of the Chartered Institute
of Management.
Nigel Tipple - PowerPoint Slides (PDF file) - 4.4MB
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Thelma Sorensen
Chairman, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Economic Forum,
Chairman, Cornwall Business Partnership
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Thelma Sorensen was born into a Cornish farming family. She has had
a long career in the insurance industry and worked closely for many
years with a large privately owned construction company. She was
elected in 2003 to the Chair of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Economic Forum, a position she currently holds and, as such, has
played a key role in writing Strategy and Action and in the planning
of the Convergence programme.
She passionately espouses the role of the private sector in the
development of Cornwall’s future economic growth in partnership
with the public sector.Thelma has played a leading role in developing
new approaches to planning in order for the system to meet the
needs of a modern Cornish society.
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Chris Smith
Territory Director,West Midlands & South West England,
English Heritage
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Chris Smith, has been an historic Environment management
professional since 1974. He has worked for local authorities in
the North East and South West of England. After 6 years with a
Community Development Trust in the post-industrial Valleys, he
joined English Heritage.
Whilst Assistant Regional Director in the South West region, he worked
with the South West Regional Development Agency, local authorities and
other partners towards the establishment of the Gloucester Heritage
Urban Regeneration Company. He is an observer on the GHURC Board.
He is now Territory Director for the West Territory in the Planning and
Development Group. He co-ordinates the Urban Panel, which is jointly
owned by CABE and English Heritage and which undertakes senior peer
group reviews of major urban issues.
Chris Smith - PowerPoint Slides (PDF file) - 1.8MB
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Ian Morrison
Team Leader,Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly,
English Heritage
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Ian Morrison has worked for English Heritage since 1993, for the last
eight years as an Inspector of Ancient Monuments for Devon and
Cornwall. In 2004 he was appointed to Team Leader of the
multidisciplinary Devon and Cornwall team in the South West Planning
and Development department.
He has two degrees in archaeology and is a member of the Institute of
Field Archaelogists. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Ian Morrison - PowerPoint Slides (PDF file) - 1.6MB
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Deborah Boden
Manager,Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
World Heritage Site,Member of the Local Authority World
Heritage Forum
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Deborah Boden has a BA (Hons) in History from the University of Wales,
Cardiff, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Museum Studies from the
University of Leicester. She has worked in museums throughout the
country. Appointed in 2003 to lead the Cornish World Heritage Bid.
Deborah Boden, as Project Co-ordinator, successfully led the process to
Inscription in 2006. In 2003 she led partner museums (including the Royal
Cornwall Museum in Truro) in achieving £10m government funding for a
three year programme of investment and capacity building.
Deborah is now involved in consolidating the World Heritage Site and
is actively promoting an extension to the current World Heritage Site
inscription to the Cornish Diaspora and the legacy left by miners in
countries as far afield as Mexico and Australia.
Due to illness,Nicholas Johnson presented this paper.
Nicholas Johnson - PowerPoint Slides (PDF file) - 3.3MB
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