Curtilage Training with Charles Mynors

Join IHBC Wales branch for a networking lunch and CPD event with Dr Charles Mynors.

Dr Charles Mynors is a qualified town planner and chartered surveyor, and worked as a historic buildings officer in local government before he was called to the Bar in 1988. He then practised as a planning barrister for 26 years; appearing in court and at inquiries in relation to cases involving historic buildings and areas; he is now a bencher of the Middle Temple, following 20 years on its Estates Committee. He has written five editions of the leading textbook, Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets, most recently with Nigel Hewitson – a new (sixth) edition is due out in 2023 Charles lectured on historic buildings law for many years at Oxford Brookes University; he continues to lecture at the University of Bath, and also at seminars for practitioners.
Charles’s long-standing involvement in planning law reform resulted in an invitation to join the Law Commission in 2016, where he was the principal author of its Consultation Paper and Final Report on Planning Law in Wales; he is currently working closely with the Welsh Government to produce a new suite of simplified planning legislation. He is a distinguished ecclesiastical lawyer, and served as the Chancellor of the Diocese of Worcester from 1998 until 2020. He is also the author of Changing Churches: A Guide to the Faculty System, a second edition of which is coming in 2024.

Topics for the day are being refined but are likely to cover:
Introduction – the sources of law; law and policy; with a particular attention on the Welsh context.
Identifying and recording heritage assets
Repair, maintenance, finance and public acquisition
Works affecting listed buildings and other heritage assets
Matters to be considered
Unauthorised works

The event starts at 12:30 with a networking lunch, and will finish at 5pm.

Not able to get to Cardiff but would like to join remotely? We are looking into a hybrid delivery if demand is sufficient. Please email [email protected] to register your interest before 4th March. Tickets will be priced c.£15 for members.

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