Mouchel’s Heritage team provides positive solutions to projects which involve archaeology, historic buildings, historic landscapes and conservation.
We seek to minimise project risk by ensuring that archaeology and built heritage issues are considered at the planning and design stage. We consider legislative and conservation requirements with a commitment to our clients’ interests and needs. With offices across the UK, our consultants offer the highest levels of technical expertise and considerable experience of working at all stages of a project lifecycle; from pre-application, through planning to discharge of planning conditions. Our services Our clients benefit from a range of services from pre-site acquisition risk audits to archaeological desk based assessments in support of planning applications. We design and manage programmes of archaeological investigations including watching briefs, archaeological evaluations and archaeological excavations. Through proactive management of heritage issues and liaison with the client and stakeholders, we ensure archaeological investigations do not disrupt construction programmes.  | | We are leaders in survey and interpretation of historic buildings, monuments and landscapes. We advise clients on business planning, conservation, interpretation and audience development. Our consultants can advise on how to get the maximum benefit from heritage assets. | | | |
We provide the following services:
- Provision of heritage planning advice
Archaeological and built heritage desk-based assessments and appraisals Design and management of archaeological fieldwork Heritage assessments (as required for listed building and scheduled monument applications under the new PPS5 guidance) Expert witness for appeals and public inquiries Conservation management plans/conservation statements Chapters for environmental impact assessments Historic building recording/survey, analysis and interpretation Historic landscape characterisation
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Our experience We have undertaken archaeological and built heritage projects for various public and private sector clients including the Oil and Pipelines Agency, Essex County Council, the National Trust and English Heritage. Recent projects include: Historic building survey and analysis of the coach house at Hanbury Hall (National Trust) Design and management of archaeological evaluation and excavation in advance of the A13/A130 Sadlers Farm Junction Improvements, Essex Historic building survey, appraisal and advice for Oldham Town Hall (Oldham Borough Council) Archaeological assessment and management of archaeological evaluation for the Oil and Pipelines Agency in advance of the construction of a 28km pipeline relay in Surrey and Kent Archaeological desk-based assessment and historic building survey of Rudchester Farm (Northumberland County Council) Archaeological field survey and assessment of the A5 Western Transport Scheme (Road Service, Northern Ireland)
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