Heritage Consultancy Services
Specialist heritage planning services across the United Kingdom.
A specialist heritage practice working on listed building consent, heritage statements, conservation management plans and the wider heritage planning process.
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Commercial headline services
Most-requested · highest project volumeThe services most projects need. The work covers the bulk of listed building consent applications across the UK and forms the core of the practice.
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.
Most requestedHeritage 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.
Most requestedHistoric Building Recording
Specialist recording typically required as a planning condition. We carry out the recording at the appropriate level (1 to 4) and produce the report required for discharge.
Strategic & specialist services
Ongoing or specialist workHigher-value strategic documents and specialist work. Often used at the start of a phased programme or where a building has long-term significance.
Conservation Management Plans
Strategic documents that set out significance, vulnerability and a working policy framework for change. Often grant-funded, always strategically valuable.
StrategicHistoric Building Recording
Specialist recording typically required as a planning condition. We carry out the recording at the appropriate level (1 to 4) and produce the report required for discharge.
StrategicSolar Panels on Listed Buildings
Listed building consent and the heritage case for solar on listed buildings and in conservation areas. ABBE Level 3 accredited advice, and the conversation with the conservation officer handled for you.
StrategicEnergy Efficiency for Historic & Listed Buildings
Solar PV, secondary glazing, internal insulation and heat pumps on listed buildings. ABBE Level 3 accredited heritage advice on what is achievable and how to justify it.
Advisory & appeal services
Pre-application, advice and contested casesAdvice at the points where it changes the outcome: early in a scheme, before the design is fixed, and where an application has been refused and the case for appeal can be made.
Heritage Assessments & Pre-Application Advice
Early-stage heritage input that helps developers and architects scope the right response before submission. Useful at the masterplanning and feasibility stage.
AdvisoryDevelopment Advice
Heritage advice for developers and commercial clients on listed assets and historic settings. Scoping, risk assessment and strategic input on heritage considerations.
AdvisoryHeritage Appeal Statements
Where an application has been refused on heritage grounds and the case for appeal can be reasonably made, we prepare the heritage appeal statement and supporting evidence.
Public sector & local authority work
Direct work for councils and public bodiesHeritage Unlimited is engaged directly by local authorities and public bodies on the same heritage work that private clients submit to those authorities.
Conservation Area Appraisals
Appraisal and management plan work for local authorities, defining the character and management of conservation areas in line with Historic England guidance.
Public sectorHeritage Policy Advice
Heritage policy support to local authority planning teams. Drafting, review and case-specific advice on listed building consent, heritage statements and conservation policy.
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 what comes next. We respond to most enquiries 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