Heritage Advice

Managing Heritage Risk

The key to managing heritage risk is to consider the implications that heritage can have for a development as early as possible in the development process. The best time for this is often before a client has even purchased land earmarked for development or during master planning.

PCA recommends the early risk approach because it enables our clients to:

Gain a detailed understanding of a site's heritage issues and implications;
Reduce or even remove a site's heritage risk (for example, through foundation redesign, thus avoiding areas of high potential);
Make suitable provision for heritage risk in their budgets and programme;
Maintain control of the programme and cost of heritage;
Gain control over a site's heritage issues and negotiate on an equal footing with the Local Planning Authority or their advisers.

PCA is committed to guiding its clients from the early stages of development process, through planning consent to the discharge of relevant planning conditions. We undertake all negotiation with the County Archaeologists and English Heritage on behalf of our client and ensure that our client's needs and requirements are fairly represented.

Contact our Project Management Team on
Tel (: 020 7732 3925

PCA also offer a range of Pre-planning Built Heritage Services (See Built Heritage Services).

Schematic Drawing of main shed at Kings Cross

Timber drying shed at Sawston, Cambridge

Site of former Royal Naval Airship Station, Kingsnorth, Kent