Heritage Services
We provide heritage support from initial site appraisals and consultations, through to preparing and submitting comprehensive heritage documentation for planning applications and EIAs.
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We understand that heritage is integral to our environment and offer comprehensive heritage services are designed to support developers, private clients and local planning authorities.
Our heritage statements and risk appraisals identify constraints associated with both above and below-ground assets, offering recommendations for managing these effectively. We engage with statutory consultees and local authorities on your behalf to establish positions and improve consent chances. Our team prepares all necessary documentation to support your application, from pre-application stages to full submission. This includes built heritage statements for Listed Building Consents, Statements of Significance, historic phasing reports, Scheduled Monument consents, and environmental statement chapters for projects requiring Environmental Impact Assessments.
Post-permission, our network of archaeological and conservation professionals can assist with discharging any imposed conditions. Our expertise spans architecture, archaeology, legislative frameworks, and relevant policies, ensuring our reports and advice are comprehensive and detailed. We excel in analysing building surveys, drawings, Historic Environment Records, aerial photographs, and LiDAR data.
For those wishing to learn more about their historic buildings, we offer detailed researched and illustrated reports on the history and evolution of these structures. We also prepare Conservation Management Plans for securing the future of historic houses, estates, landscapes, and gardens, aiding in funding and planning for future conservation projects.
Additionally, we support local planning authorities by outsourcing heritage work, including determining Listed Building Consent applications and updating Conservation Area Character Appraisals. Our illustrated appraisals identify areas for improvement, development potential, and detailed design policies, drawing on our extensive knowledge of architecture, archaeology, and the role of heritage in placemaking.
With Whaleback's heritage services, you can ensure a balanced approach to development and heritage conservation, safeguarding our cultural assets for future generations while enabling progress.
“Recently worked with the team at Whaleback for a recent planning application. Very professional and delivered everything we needed to get planning permission. I would highly recommend them.”
– Niall, Architect
“We have been extremely impressed with all aspects of the work carried out by the team at Whaleback. From our initial ideas they created something so much better! The planning statement had a lot of background information in which we certainly wouldn’t have been able to write ourselves. We have our planning permission and are very grateful for the input we had from Whaleback and we now look forward to making the plans a reality!”