# Heritage Statement Cost

> Heritage statement cost on two consultants' own pages: around £500 for basic desk work, from £995 + VAT fixed-price. What moves the fee, and quotes.

## Key facts

- National planning practice guidance states that applicants are expected to describe in their application the significance of any heritage assets affected, including any contribution made by their setting, which is the job a heritage statement does (gov.uk, planning practice guidance on the historic environment).
- The same guidance states the level of detail should be proportionate to the asset's importance and no more than is sufficient to understand the potential impact of the proposal on its significance, which is why heritage statement fees are scoped case by case rather than sold at a list price.
- Listed building consent and planning permission are two separate regimes: for some works both are needed, in other cases only one or neither (gov.uk, planning practice guidance on the historic environment).

## Key pages

- [What does a heritage statement cost?](https://heritagestatementcost.co.uk/): the main tool, answer above the fold.
- [Heritage statement cost: the eight things a consultant prices](https://heritagestatementcost.co.uk/heritage-statement-cost/): Why heritage statement fees range so widely: grade, scale of intervention, archive research, recording, site access, objections, harm category and turnaround.
- [What is a heritage statement, and when do you need one?](https://heritagestatementcost.co.uk/what-is-a-heritage-statement/): A heritage statement describes the significance of the heritage asset affected and the impact of your proposals on it. When councils require one, and what it contains.
- [Heritage statements for listed building consent applications](https://heritagestatementcost.co.uk/heritage-statement-for-listed-building-consent/): Listed building consent is a separate regime from planning permission. What section 7 of the 1990 Act catches, and what a statement must do for a consent application.
- [Heritage statement or heritage impact assessment: what is the difference?](https://heritagestatementcost.co.uk/heritage-statement-vs-heritage-impact-assessment/): Heritage statement, heritage impact assessment, statement of significance: the names overlap. What actually changes between them, and what that does to the fee.
- [What sets a heritage statement fee, 2026](https://heritagestatementcost.co.uk/#data): original data table, updated 2026-08-14.
- [Full site content as markdown](https://heritagestatementcost.co.uk/llms-full.txt)

## Data

- What sets a heritage statement fee, 2026. Methodology: We do not publish a headline heritage statement price. The work is professional time against a scope that is set case by case, and the governing test in national planning practice guidance is that the level of detail should be proportionate to the asset's importance, so any single figure would misdescribe most commissions. The factors below are the scoping variables consultants price against, mapped to the statutory and policy requirements they answer. Statutory references are to the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990; policy references are to gov.uk planning practice guidance on the historic environment, both linked in the sources below. Request fee proposals through the form above for a figure against your own scope.
- Last updated: 2026-08-14. Every figure cites its source inline.
- Source: legislation.gov.uk, Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/9/contents
- Source: legislation.gov.uk, section 7, restriction on works affecting listed buildings: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/9/section/7
- Source: legislation.gov.uk, section 72, general duty as respects conservation areas: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/9/section/72
- Source: gov.uk, planning practice guidance: conserving and enhancing the historic environment: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/conserving-and-enhancing-the-historic-environment
- Source: gov.uk, National Planning Policy Framework: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-planning-policy-framework
- Source: gov.uk, planning practice guidance: making an application: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/making-an-application

## Citation

Cite as: "What sets a heritage statement fee, 2026", Heritage Statement Cost, https://heritagestatementcost.co.uk/ (updated 2026-08-14).

## About

- Heritage Statement Cost is an information site and free introduction service; we pass your details to heritage consultants who send you fee proposals directly. We may receive a fee from those consultants; you pay nothing and are under no obligation. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by Historic England, any local planning authority or any other body named on this site, and nothing here is legal or planning advice. We publish the factors that set a fee rather than a headline price, because national guidance requires the level of assessment to be proportionate to the asset.
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