The Four 2026 Heritage Impact Assessment Fee Bands
UK heritage-statement fees in 2026 fall into four clean bands. Below the cost calculator, this page sets out what each band buys.
Band 1: £0 , No statement
The asset is wholly undesignated, the site is not in a conservation area, and there is no setting impact on a designated asset. No heritage submission is required. Confirm against the LPA's published validation list before assuming so.
Band 2: £150 to £400 , One-page Heritage Statement
A one-page Statement of Heritage Significance per HEAN 12. Suits Grade II minor internal works, like-for-like fenestration, and minor works in a conservation area. Typically drafted in a day; no site visit; uses the listing description plus desk research.
Band 3: £800 to £3,500 , Full HIA
A full Heritage Impact Assessment structured around GPA 2. Suits Grade II extension, demolition, change-of-use, conservation-area shopfronts and most non-domestic cases. Site visit included; significance, setting, impact and mitigation sections. Ten to twenty-five pages.
Band 4: £1,500 to £5,000+ , HIA plus DBA
HIA plus an Archaeology Desk-Based Assessment. Suits Grade I, Grade II*, demolition with ground disturbance, sites in WHS buffer zones, and most strategic-scale work. Strategic-scale Grade I cases can exceed £12,000.
When the consultant moves you up a band
- The LPA's pre-app letter names a higher-band document.
- Grade discovered during research to be higher than initially scoped (curtilage listing, undiscovered designation).
- Setting impact wider than initially scoped (additional designated assets in the visual envelope).
- Archaeology condition imposed via pre-app.