Heritage Impact Assessments (HIA) & Heritage Statements in
Wales & England
If you are planning alterations, extensions, or development involving a Listed Building, Scheduled Monument, or site within a Conservation Area, local planning authorities will require a formal assessment of how your project affects the historic building and the surrounding historic environment. A Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) or Heritage Statement is the key document required to secure Listed Building Consent and planning approval.
At ArchaeoDomus, our small team provides clear, constructive, and compliant Heritage Impact Assessments across Wales and England. Through the assessment process, we aim to carefully determine the impact of your scheme and, where required, actively help you develop appropriate mitigation strategies to support and enhance your project. Whether that involves recommending sympathetic material changes that complement historic fabric or designing practical, efficient archaeological mitigation, such as watching briefs or building recording.
We help bridge the gap between design aspirations and planning requirements, keeping your project smoothly moving forward.
Supporting Your Design & Securing
Listed Building Consent
Planning policies set out by Cadw (in Wales) and Historic England (in England) encourage proposals that celebrate and protect historic significance of buildings and their settings.
A well-prepared HIA demonstrates to planning officers how your proposed designs respect the physical fabric and the setting of a building or landscape. Commissioning an assessment early in the design process brings key advantages to your project:
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Inform Smart Design Choices: Understand your building’s unique heritage value early, allowing your architectural plans to align naturally with planning expectations.
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Streamline Planning Consent: Provide planning officers with clear, authoritative evidence to support your application and secure approvals without unnecessary delays.
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Enhance Historic Value: Successfully balance modern living requirements, energy efficiency, or development goals with sensitive conservation.