Carl Carrington Email & Phone Number

My experience is varied and has been hugely expanded by my current job. All I can say, is that Blackpool isn’t your average town and my recent move to head up a group of services around Planning, Building Control, Built Heritage and Land Charges has been influential in developing an increasingly pragmatic outlook!Blackpool has given me a wealth of experience in dealing with the particular problems of seaside towns, their economies and the critical balance between economic growth, communities and good quality development. Because built heritage is such a big part of my background, I’m always looking for ways to weave the added value of heritage into regeneration projects where I can.What am I dong now? : I'm currently in the final stages of delivering a £1.5m shopfront improvement scheme in Blackpool town centre funded by the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership as well as being one year in to managing Blackpool's Heritage Action Zone project which has a strong focus on developing resources for creative industries on the high street. I'm also involved in working Blackpool's levelling up bid, which we hope will build on other projects to deliver a more sustainable future for our town centre.Specialties: Something of a trouble-shooter I specialise in projects that are either complex or have hard to resolve stakeholder issues. This has been invaluable in managing the planning but has also served me well in project management. Much of my project work outside Planning revolves around the facilitation or on the ground delivery of regeneration projects. From bidding to funder and client management to collaborative working with private and third sector partners. Over the last two years, I’ve also been looking at climate change and it’s impact on coastal communities and their economies. In 2019 I organised Sea Change. a 3 day climate change conference with 60 speakers from 13 countries with funding and support from World Monuments Fund and ICOMOS UK. This contributed to my decision to successfully stand for election as a Trustee of ICOMOS UK who, as part of the wider ICOMOS family internationally are at the forefront of research and policy on cultural heritage and climate change across the world.I also sit on the Blackburn Diocesan Advisory Board, The Cathedral and Major Churches Project Support Panel and I'm a Parish Councillor.....

Listed skills include Historic Preservation, Conservation Issues, Local Government, Sustainability, and 18 others.