The purpose of the group is to provide an expert knowledge resource to support Members and the RIBA's policies, actions and guidance on conservation issues.

Key Activities and Functions

• advise on the formulation, development and implementation of RIBA policy and strategy on conservation matters, and promoting a high public perception of the work of architects in heritage protection.
• advance conservation knowledge and skills in the architectural profession. 
• identify emerging conservation issues and highlight them to the RIBA.
• develop and promote good technical knowledge and practice, and design quality in the heritage environment.
• promote collaboration between related conservation bodies including professional institutes and government agencies.
• collaborate with other RIBA groups to promote 'joined-up' thinking and consistency of Institute conservation policies.
• develop links with appropriate groups in the RIBA Nations and Regions.
• maintain a sufficiently large and representative membership to respond promptly to government and allied conservation, planning and environmental groups requests for consultation.

Chair: Robert Franklin (Robert Franklin: Architect: Designer)

Members:

Jonathan Carey (Donald Insall Associates)                                                                   Alan Chandler (Arts Lettres Techniques)                                                                  Marcus Chantrey (Benjamin + Beauchamp Architects)                                                    Sir Sydney Chapman                                                                                             Richard Spencer Dean (Page & Dean Ltd)                                                                   Hugh Feilden (Feilden + Mawson LLP)                                                                        David Hills (Purcell Miller Triton LLP)                                                                            John Kellett (KR.eativ architects)                                                                                 Keith Knight (Dean Knight Partnership)                                                                       Eleni Makri (Conservation PD)                                                                                    Nigel Sunter (Purcell Miller Triton LLP)                                                                         Jane Jones- Warner (Smiths Gore)

Corresponding members: Hilary Bell (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea), Janet Collings (CDAC Ltd), Christopher Cotton (Purcell Miller Triton LLP), John Fidler (Simpson Gumpertz & Heger), Jane Kennedy (Purcell Miller Triton LLP), Stuart Page (Stuart Page Architects), Joy Russell (English Heritage), Andrew Shepherd (Elden Minns & Co Ltd)

Staff contact:  Gabriela Papankova|

Maintaining standards in the built heritage sector                              

The Conservation Group supports the memorandum of understanding on maintaining standards in the built heritage sector in England developed by Construction Skills, English Heritage and the National Heritage Training Group in March 2009.