Heritage Consultants · UK-Wide
Heritage consultancy services for owners, developers and architects who need to know where they stand.
Heritage Unlimited works on listed buildings, conservation areas and historic sites across the UK. We assess what’s there, prepare the documents your application needs, and liaise with the local authority on your behalf.
Heritage Unlimited is a specialist built heritage consultancy working on listed buildings, conservation areas and historic sites across the UK. We prepare the documents and provide the advice that planning authorities need, and that get projects approved.
Who we work with
Specialist heritage consultancy services, tailored to who you are.
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Architects & Planning Consultants
We work alongside architects and planning teams to deliver the heritage component of an application: heritage statements, impact assessments, listed building consent. Accurate, on programme, and written to the standard local authorities expect.
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Developers
Whether you’re working on a listed asset or building near one, the heritage position can make or break a scheme. We provide the assessments and statements that give your application the best chance of approval.
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Public Sector
Local authorities and public bodies trust us to assess, advise on and document the historic environment in their care, from conservation area appraisals to heritage assessments of buildings in active use.
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Private Owners
You’ve bought, inherited or want to adapt a listed building. We help you understand what you can change, what consent you’ll need, and how to secure it without compromising the character of the property.
Headline services
Where most projects start.
Most requested
Listed Building Consent
The single most common requirement on a listed property. We prepare the application, the supporting heritage statement, and liaise with the local authority on your behalf.
Learn more →Most requested
Heritage Statements
The document a planning officer is most likely to ask you for. Concise, evidence-based, written to the standard the NPPF and Historic England expect.
Learn more →High-value
Conservation Management Plans
The right document where a building has long-term significance and ongoing change is anticipated. Often grant-funded, always strategically valuable.
Learn more →How we work
Three steps, cleanly defined.
Tell us about your project
Send us a few details: the property, the proposed works, where you are in the process. We’ll come back with an outline approach and indicative cost, usually within 24 hours.
We do the work
We assess the building, prepare the documents, and liaise with the local authority. You stay informed at every stage, but the heritage workload sits with us.
Your project moves forward
Approvals secured, conditions discharged, project delivered. Many of our clients return to us repeatedly because the relationship doesn’t end at consent.
Selected projects
A portfolio of listed buildings, secured.
Every project begins with the same question. What is this building, and what does it allow?
Why Heritage Unlimited
A practice built around one specialism.
Specialists, not generalists
Heritage is all we do. Every project is led by a heritage professional, not a planning team treating heritage as one workstream among many.
Trusted by local authorities
Essex County Council, Tonbridge & Malling Council, Oxfordshire County Council and Witham Town Council all work with us directly. The same authorities our clients submit to.
Clear scope, clear cost
We tell you what’s involved, what it costs, and how long it takes before you commit. No surprises, no scope creep.
What our clients say
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Has a positive service with the Team having used them for the first time via an architects recommendation. Prompt turnaround and contributed to me getting a positive outcome on my planning application. Would use again.
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I would give 6 starts if I could. Heritage Unlimited did a Full Planning Application for a Grade II* building. We recommend them highly. Very competent, thorough and great communicators. Paul, the owner, is a very direct and open person. That very much helps make the best decisions. The quality of work was outstanding. Thank you, Claire and Frances.
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Knowledgable, responsive and very helpful – we had a great experience when we turned to them for help and would definitely use Heritage Unlimited again.
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Highly recommend Heritage Unlimited! They put together a heritage statement for me and the service was great. The team is organised, efficient, and genuinely caring. They made the whole process completely stress-free.
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We would totally recommend Heritage. Their advice and knowledge for our Grade II listed property has been exceptional, we are looking forward to the next chapter for our property.
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Heritage Unlimited were recommended by our local architects and were very reliable, informative, and met our short deadlines, we’re very impressed with their professional yet personal approach and will definitely use them again.
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Heritage Unlimited have been extremely helpful. They are prompt, professional and communicative. I would highly recommend them!
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Very good professional heritage consultant – gave good advice, and helpful contributions/comments on our draft drawings from a listed building consent application, and provided a good Heritage Statement which I had no comments on. I would definitely recommend Heritage Unlimited and would use them again. Thank you.
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Great thorough work , most impressed
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Frances was super helpful, establishing the historical background and context of our house then helping us to untangle our thinking about exactly what scope of works we wanted to investigate, putting this into a tender document and finding suitable contractors to bid for the work. We are really happy with the whole experience of working with Heritage Unlimited.
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Great Service! We will be using them again. Highly recommended.<br>Thank you.<br>From<br>Rkitek Design Ltd
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We have been working with Heritage Limited on a project in Hertfordshire and they have been supportive, helpful and very professional, highly recommended, Tye Architects Ltd
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Brilliant service, good communication, quick turn around and very knowledgeable team. Look forward to working together in the future. George
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Amazing service provided by Paul. He did so much research and provided such a thorough report which ultimately allowed our planning application to be approved. Definitely would not have got the same result without his help. We brought him in after another heritage consultant failed. Would highly recommend their service.
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Paul and his staff have been working with me for several months on a development along a village frontage in Berkshire. There is a mixture of commercial and residential properties, including a Listed Building, all of which have required detailed assessment and historic contextual analysis to produce a plan that respects their origins but enables them to function in the 21st Century. I have been delighted with and appreciative of the advice and support I have received from all those at Heritage Unlimited.
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Get in touch
Tell us about your project. We’ll tell you what’s involved.
A short conversation is usually enough to confirm what’s needed, what it costs, and how the work is best routed. Most enquiries receive an outline approach within 24 hours.
To get a fast outline approach, share:
- The address of the property and its grading, if known
- A short description of the proposed works
- Where you are in the planning process
- Your role: owner, developer, architect, or public body