Heritage consultant London
Heritage consultants in London.
Listed building consent, heritage impact assessments and conservation advice for London’s listed buildings. Recent work includes The Paragon in Blackheath (Grade I, Greenwich), the Old War Office in Whitehall (Grade II*, Westminster) and London Central Mosque in Regent’s Park (Grade II*, Westminster).
We respond within one working day leading to a no obligation outline approach.
Our director, Paul Clarke, is a former conservation officer at Essex County Council. He leads or oversees every London instruction.
London holds around 19,000 entries on the National Heritage List, from Georgian terraces and Victorian mansion blocks to industrial structures and a substantial post-war listed stock. Each borough has its own Local Plan policies, pre-application process and conservation team, and we write every heritage impact assessment and listed building consent application for the officer who will decide it. Zara Hills, our heritage consultant covering the capital, supports the London caseload.
Heritage consultancy in London
What we do in London.
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Listed Building Consent
The majority of London’s listed building consent applications are determined by the 32 borough councils, with Historic England consulted on more significant proposals. We prepare the full application package, the heritage impact assessment, supporting drawings co-ordinated with your architect, and where required a listed building consent report, and manage the submission through to decision.
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Heritage Statements
Planning applications in London’s conservation areas, or for development affecting a listed building’s setting, almost always require a Heritage Statement, now formally called a Heritage Impact Assessment following the NPPF update. We write clearly and concisely, addressing the London Plan, the borough’s Local Plan and the NPPF, to be read by a planning officer rather than to impress a committee.
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Major Schemes and EIA
Larger proposals affecting London’s historic environment, schemes in World Heritage Site buffer zones, tall buildings near listed structures, or those requiring an Environmental Impact Assessment, need a heritage impact assessment meeting Historic England guidance and the GLA’s heritage policies. We produce assessments proportionate to the scheme and robust under examination.
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Conservation Management Plans
London’s institutional owners, universities, livery companies, NHS trusts and housing associations, are increasingly required to hold a Conservation Management Plan before significant change. We produce CMPs that are genuinely useful working documents, not shelf-filler.
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Solar for Listed Buildings
Solar panels on a listed building, or within its setting, usually need listed building consent and often planning permission too. The NPPF requires any less than substantial harm to be weighed against the public benefits of the proposal, and the clean energy generated can count as one of those benefits. We assess the roof, the building’s significance and the views affected, advise on siting that limits harm, and build the public benefit case into the heritage impact assessment and application.
Recent London projects, by borough. Each one has a full write-up.
Westminster: the Old War Office, London Central Mosque and the Royal Naval Division War Memorial. Greenwich: The Paragon, Blackheath. Kensington & Chelsea: Nos. 3-4 William Street, Knightsbridge. Wandsworth: Old York Road. Kingston upon Thames: 8 Eden Street. Barnet: the Watling Estate. Harrow: The Fives Court, Pinner. We take instructions in every London borough, and carry out historic building recording to CIfA standards, Level 1 to Level 4.
Featured London project
A Grade I listed crescent in Blackheath, secured.
The Paragon
A Grade I listed Georgian crescent in Blackheath. Internal works. Listed building consent secured.
Heritage Unlimited prepared the heritage impact assessment supporting listed building consent for internal works to a flat within The Paragon, a Grade I listed crescent of seven blocks designed by Michael Searles in 1794. The application required careful assessment of the post-war restoration fabric and the significance of reclaimed 18th-century materials used by the original restoring architect.
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Common questions
London heritage questions.
How quickly can you respond to a listed building consent enquiry in London?
Do you cover all 32 London boroughs?
Can you advise before a planning application is submitted?
What is the difference between a heritage impact assessment and a listed building consent application?
Do you work on unlisted buildings in conservation areas?
Do you provide a fee proposal before we commit?
Working across the London boroughs
Tell us about your London project.
We are available for new instructions across all London boroughs. Send us the address and a brief description of the works, and you will have a response within one working day.
To get a fast outline approach, share:
- The address and listing grade of the property
- A description of the proposed works
- Where you are in the planning process
- Your role: owner, developer, architect, or public body