Case Study: North York Moors National Park Authority achieves cost-efficient digital surveying of historic buildings with Ordnance Survey

North York Moors National Park Authority - Customer Case Study

The North York Moors National Park Authority (NYMNPA) needed to survey Grade II listed buildings across eight parishes, update its Buildings at Risk register and move to fully digital, publicly accessible Historic Environment Record within a tight five‑month timeframe. To deliver a reliable, mobile-first condition survey, the authority engaged GIS consultancy exeGesIS to develop a bespoke tablet application using Ordnance Survey mapping data.

exeGesIS built an easy-to-use app with GPS mapping, offline/online working, photo capture, dropdown condition fields and auto-generated risk status; eight tablets and trained volunteers surveyed 762 Grade II listed buildings (about 25% of the park) over two months. The solution (cost ~£13,000 plus hardware/licences) removed paper and second-stage data entry (saving ~£65 in paper costs), improved HER data quality, enabled faster, repeatable five-year surveying cycles and delivered measurable time and cost efficiencies for the NYMNPA.

North York Moors National Park Authority

Beth Davies

Building Conservation Officer