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Historic Environment Team Homepage
This is the Homepage for Shropshire Council's Historic Environment Team on Discovering Shropshire's History.
What We Do
We help the Council to manage its own historic assets.
We provide advice on development plans, planning applications and Environmental Stewardship schemes
We provide advice on Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
We manage the Historic Environment Record
We enhance and protect the Historic Environment through targeted projects.
Meet The Team
The Historic Environment service is based at the Shirehall in Shrewsbury. However, the Conservation Officers and the Archaeological Planning Advisors are split to cover three areas for Shropshire: North, Central and South. We also supply archaeological planning advice for the Telford and Wrekin area.
Historic Environment Manager: Andy Wigley
Principal Conservation Specialist: Philip Belchere.
Senior Archaeological Projects Officer: Hugh Hannaford
Historic Environment Technician: Berwyn Murray
Historic Environment Technician: Joe Crook
Senior Historic Environment Records Officer: Penny Ward
Archaeological Technician: Giles Carey
NORTH AREA (Wem / Oswestry)
Senior Conservation Officer: Ruth Hitchen
Planning Archaeological Advice: Andy Wigley
CENTRAL AREA
Conservation Officer: Karen Rolfe
Planning Archaeological Advice: Andy Wigley
SOUTH AREA (Bridgnorth / Ludlow)
Senior Conservation Officer: ben Williscroft (former South Shropshire Area)
Conservation Officer: Becky Jones (former Bridgnorth Area)
Archaeological Advisor: Charlotte Orchard
TELFORD AND WREKIN COUNCIL AREA
Archaeological Planning Advice: Hugh Hannaford
(Advice on Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas in the Telford & Wrekin Council area is provided by Telford & Wrekin Council Planning Department's Conservation Officers.)