Blue Willow Heritage works on behalf of clients during the planning process, providing independent advice as well as problem solving and workable solutions that protect a site’s heritage and further our client’s aims. Through a combination of research, on-site surveys and cooperation with other built environment professionals and local authorities, we produce thorough and high quality design advice and reports that clear planning hurdles and achieve workable compromise for the benefit of buildings and their occupants.

Aside from a thorough and detailed understanding of the planning process and the impact that heritage issues have on it, our primary strength is our ability to work with each key stakeholder on projects we’re involved with to achieve each party’s desired outcomes. From private individuals to contractors, architects, planners and local authorities, we have a deep understanding of each party’s needs and goals, and the ability to work constructively to achieve them.

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Heritage and Planning Services

Blue Willow Heritage is able to provide advice and support across a wide range of sectors and contexts, including: private residences, commercial and industrial buildings and private and public sector developments of any size and scale. In service of this we can produce and advise on a wide range of reports and documents to support the planning process, including:

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• Heritage Impact Assessments

• Listed Building Consent

• Desk-Based Assessments

• Historic Building Appraisals

• Statements of Significance

• Historic Building Recording

• Conservation Area Appraisals

• and Conservation Management Plans.

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Where We Are

With offices in Harrogate and York, Blue Willow Heritage offers heritage advice and heritage consultancy across Yorkshire, the north of England and Great Britain as a whole. We have a particular specialism in Yorkshire agricultural buildings thanks to years of experience working around York and Leeds, and we now have clients throughout Britain for whom we provide heritage and planning services on a wide range of types and styles of building.