Listed Building Strategic Definition Consultancy services

For the purposes of this project consultant services will be defined as follows: -

A person or persons engaged for a specific length of time to work to a defined project brief with clear objectives to be delivered, which brings specialist skills and knowledge to the role and where the Town Council has no ready access to skills, experience or capacity to undertake the work.

The objective of this study is to provide a fully costed financially viable project that the Town Council can progress through the various stages of the RIBA plan of work stages. The final report as a minimum should include:-

• a review of the existing briefing documents,
• developed business case/plan for the options including projects risks
• high level financial operating plan,
• developed consultation with key stakeholders and intensive community engagement,
• evidence of discussions with Cornwall Council's Planning Team to ensure the final proposals are suitable for pre-application submission.
• early discussions with statutory consultees including Cornwall Council (Local Planning Authority) and Historic England,
• Quantity Surveyor's cost plan,
• an appraisal of the capital building investment identifying the key challenges, risks, recommendations and recommended next steps
• it must not displace existing offers within the community and must make provision for the Museum, Library and Town Council offices.
• commission of Heritage Impact Assessment to appraise the Listed and Heritage status of the buildings in relation to the future proposals
• an appraisal of the buildings with recommendations in the context of the brief and the Heritage Impact Assessment

The overall ambition is to see how the uses could form a viable model to run and maintain the buildings into the future. The Town Council is aware that the anatomy of the buildings will limit options and that there will need to be a blend of uses to offer a degree of cross-subsidy, flexibility of use over the longer term and adaptation for the future.