Kate Hannelly-Brown
Partner, Heritage and Design
A heritage consultant, architectural technician and conservation officer all rolled in to one.

A heritage consultant, architectural technician and conservation officer all rolled in to one.

Kate is a heritage consultant whose love of design and conservation sees her working on a variety of asset types across the country.
Kate’s passion is to help clients create projects that have a heritage focus but are also commercially viable. Having ‘been on the other side’ as a conservation officer for two councils, she can see heritage and associated planning issues that might otherwise be missed.
She is particularly passionate about providing clear and helpful design advice, working alongside architects, interior designers, urban designers and other disciplines to help mitigate or eliminate any potential aspects of harm and to robustly present heritage benefits.
Kate also has a keen interest in setting assessments, which is where her concise advice, clearly articulating the heritage opportunities and constraints of a site, ensures that all projects fully take into account heritage considerations from the offset.
Another aspect of Kate’s work is providing enforcement services and advice. She is tenacious in her research to ensure that mistakes are rectified without the need for long, drawn-out court cases or fines.
Expertise
- Bars and restaurants
- Offices and labs
- Science parks and innovation districts
- Industrial and logistics
- College and education
- Retail and leisure
- Hotels and apart-hotels
- Student accommodation
- PRS and build to rent
- Houses and apartments
- Estates
- Strategic land
- Energy and infrastructure
- Farms
- Development Consultancy
- Development Management
- Developing Science and Technology Assets
- College Buildings
- Adding Value to Land and Estates
After getting into a big hole with heritage planning, Bidwells came to the rescue and guided us through long and difficult negotiations. Thanks especially to Kate Hannelly for her patience, advice and cool headedness.
Accreditations

The problem with Non-Designated Heritage Assets
How, why and (crucially) when are buildings that are not considered to be worthy of local listing identified as NDHAs? Kate Hannelly-Brown explains the problems with non-designated heritage assets in our latest planning blog.

What is a Listed Building?
A listed building is a UK building that is recognised by the Secretary of State (for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) as being of national importance due to its historic significance or architectural merit. The building is placed (or listed) on an official register known as the List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Expansion and modernisation of an existing care facility in Earls Colne

Spectacular new student accommodation in the heart of Manchester

The revitalisation of a historic country club

Permission for the second largest residential building in Portsmouth

A new HQ building for Bedfordshire police

A reimagined, inclusive social hub for one of Cambridge’s most distinctive and diverse colleges

Transforming a former bank into a vibrant and bright tavern, we delivered heritage consultancy and planning advice to Langham Hotel.

Heritage advice on a 3,000+ new homes site to inform the promotion of this large development

Advising on the former Master Shipwright’s House part of Henry VIII’s great naval expansion programme in the 16th century

Sensitively converting a former school site of 140+ years, located in a conservation area to 118 residential units
