Estates & Landlords

We’re a recognised and trusted authority, and as frequent speakers at conferences for landlords, estate owners’, surveyors and architects specialising in listed and period retrofit we understand Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards and what landlords need to do to meet them.

We are serious about education and standards. We run our own conferences and talks including Retrofit Revolution, and we’re publishers of Retrofit News. We’re also founders of The Period and Listed Retrofit Academy which advises and trains homeowners, and surveyors on retrofit best practices.

We can advise you on the best way to achieve minimum standards whether you are looking for help for a one-off property or multiple properties, up to whole estates. Fees vary from project to project but are based on an hourly rate of £75 plus expenses.

Specialist Areas

We offer good, clear and practical advice and consultancy in the following areas:

Listed Buildings

Every property is different and we’ll be able to establish whether your project needs a simple Conservation Officer Approval or more detailed Listed Building Consent.

Conservation Officer Approval

We’ll talk to your local Conservation Officer to see whether our insulation qualifies for their approval. If it qualifies they can issue a Certificate of Lawfulness. If not, you will need to make a full application for Listed Building Consent.

We’ll provide simple plans to obtain written confirmation of conservation officer approval in the form of a Certificate of Lawfulness or other written confirmation

For individual homeowners, we charge a £350 fee plus VAT for this service

95% of our installations get approval and do not need a full application for listed building consent.

Listed Building Consent –full application

Every property is different, and we’ll be able to establish whether your Mitchell and Dickinson insulation project requires Listed Building Consent. A full listed building application can be tricky and time-consuming, so we can undertake the approval for you.

We have a four-step process:

1. We talk to your local authority planning department about your project on your behalf to establish whether our insulation qualifies for their approval.
2. We complete the Listed Building Consent forms and submit detailed drawings and schematics
3. We liaise with your local authority planning department on your behalf to answer questions and supply any information that is required
4. We provide you with a report that details the Listed Building Approval and necessary information for the We provide you with a report that details Listed Building Approval and necessary information for the installation.

This service typically takes 3-4 weeks and costs £550 VAT If we have already completed a Conservation Officer Approval for a Certificate of Lawfulness then our fee will simply be an additional £200 plus VAT for the full application for consent as we will already have a head start.