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Recept Heritage

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How we work

Proportionate, evidence-led heritage work: enough to manage the risk properly, without padding, and always with a person's professional judgement behind it.

  1. 1

    We start from the evidence

    The official list entry, historic maps, the council's policies and what you can tell us about the building and the works. Our own research tools gather and organise this, so the time you pay for goes on judgement rather than searching.

  2. 2

    We match the work to the case

    A straightforward internal change does not need the same report as a new building in a sensitive setting. We recommend the level of work the building and proposal actually need, and say why.

  3. 3

    A heritage consultant does the thinking

    Significance, impact and the case for the works are professional judgements. Every statement is written or checked by a heritage consultant before it reaches you.

  4. 4

    We write for the case officer

    Clear, readable statements that answer the questions a conservation officer will ask, in the terms national and local policy use.

See example work, or compare what each level of statement includes.