Issue 40 winter 23 web - Flipbook - Page 60
support for heritage
at risk work
Jubb Clews has been providing support for heritage at risk work to Local Authorities and
enforcing bodies nationally since its inception. The processes set out within the legislation for
England are summarised in the national guidance Stopping the Rot published by Historic England. These processes are critical in determining the survey brief and often require a multidisciplinary survey team to look at the asset. The inspection includes the historic fabric, it’s
setting, curtilage structures and fittings.
Inspections are usually undertaken on behalf of Local
Planning Authorities and entail pre-inspection review of
the casework documents to understand the parties and
context as well as the significance of the asset itself. This
is where a combination of expertise in both heritage
protection law and construction technology is needed to
fully understand the background factors and plan the
inspection in order to capture the key data about the risks.
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Access for the inspection can be quite restricted due to
time or safety constraints. Sites can be very dilapidated
and pose serious inspection risks such as unidentified
asbestos, live services, weak floors and confined spaces.
Contentious cases occasionally require that the inspection
is undertaken within the terms of a warrant. Specialist
equipment such as indoor UAVs, full asbestos PPE and
methane detection are used along with dynamic risk
assessments to manage the inspection risks while the
condition data is collected.