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WHAT WE DO

THE HERITAGE PLACE provides a tailored advisory service integrating conservation, planning, heritage, development and sustainable design across public, private and educational sectors. The consultancy bridges specialist and mainstream practice in the historic environment. The service is responsive, impartial and personalised, helping clients to realise their aspirations.

THE HERITAGE PLACE offers access to all the guidance you might need in one location, as you look to change, care for or better understand your heritage resource. THE HERITAGE PLACE is known for the quality of its communication, high level of service, clarity and delivery.

THE HERITAGE PLACE works with a variety of clients and consultants, including engineers, architects, surveyors, conservation planners, amenity groups and education providers as required to provide the optimum service, always remembering that each case is unique.


Services and packages available include:

  • Advice on Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
  • Site, building and landscape research, analysis and evaluation
  • Statements of Significance and Impact Assessments
  • Conservation Area Management Plans and Area Appraisals
  • Sustainable historic building management plans, advice on retrofit
  • Historic building recording and presentation
  • Health and Safety advice, with particular reference to historic environment development projects
  • Training and Education programmes and content, tailored to specialist and non-specialist audiences
  • Heritage Attraction Promotion
  • Building at Risk surveys and strategies
  • Feasibility studies for regeneration (options appraisals)
  • New design in historic settings.
  • Grant bids and fund-raising
  • Pre-application advice on planning and designated buildings
  • Appeals, hearings and public inquiries
  • Consultation and negotiation with local authorities, government, communities and amenity bodies
  • Community Engagement
  • Presentations for seminars, conferences and continuous professional development
  • Guidance on policy, design. legislation, designation, regulation and conservation
  • Problem-solving for the built and historic environment
  • Free opening advice

THE HERITAGE PLACE offers a free opening advice service. To access click here
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