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01Planning

Heritage statements for houses in Hammersmith and Fulham

Hammersmith and Fulham asks its applicants three plain questions, and a yes to any of them brings a heritage statement: is the site in an archaeological priority area, does the proposal affect a heritage asset such as a listed building, and does the work involve demolition in a conservation area. We answer them for your address first, then write only what the council needs. From £655, fixed before we start.

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02The fee

One fixed fee, published

Heritage statement

from £655

The total you pay. No VAT to add.

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What you get

Your address checked against the council's questions on heritage assets and archaeology
A statement of what is significant about the building and what the works change
The photographs the council's listed building checklist asks to see with the statement
A schedule of works where listed building consent is being sought
The finished statement as a PDF, set out for the online upload
Free amendments if the council wants the statement revised before it decides

Council fees are paid to the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and are separate from ours.

03How it runs

How we work out whether you need one

The three checks come from questions 15 and 17 of the council's householder, minor and full checklist.

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04Planning

The council's questions, not a list of documents

Hammersmith and Fulham's validation checklist for minor, householder and full applications is a set of yes-or-no questions. Question 15 asks whether the development is within an archaeological priority area or would affect a heritage asset such as a listed building, and says that if so, a heritage statement should be provided. Question 17 asks about demolition in a conservation area, and asks for a heritage statement including photographs.

The council's making a planning application page links the checklist as it stands today, and the file name carries the date 21 June 2017, so the wording is older than most. The questions are still the ones validation officers work through.

A pale green double door under a fanlight, between black columns, on Hammersmith Terrace, with iron railings either side — A pale green double door beneath a fanlight on Hammersmith Terrace, between black columns and iron railings.Photograph: Stefan Czapski, CC BY-SA 2.0

05Planning

Listed building consent has its own checklist

A separate checklist covers listed building consent, including conservation area consent for demolition. It asks for a heritage statement including photographs. It says little about what the statement must contain, so the content follows national policy and the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.

For those applications we set out the significance of the house, a room-by-room schedule of works, and the effect on each historic element, with photographs keyed to the plans. The checklist's brevity does not mean the officer will read less, only that they will ask afterwards if the statement is thin.

06Planning

What the checklists leave unsaid

Neither checklist sets out what the statement must contain, so we write to the national tests: the assessment of significance the National Planning Policy Framework asks for, and the two statutory duties in the 1990 Act. Each is answered under its own heading, so that if the officer's validation reply asks for more, the answer is already on the page.

A second-floor plan laid out on a drawing board with a parallel rule, pens and a scale — A floor plan laid out on a drawing board, the starting point for the schedule of works.Photograph: netan, CC BY 2.0

07Planning

A borough of 47 conservation areas

The national planning data lists 47 conservation areas and 268 list entries in Hammersmith and Fulham. The list is short for a London borough, but the conservation areas are many, so the usual question is not whether the house is listed but whether the street is protected and the work affects it.

08The record

Figures that shape the job

47
Conservation areas the national planning data lists for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
Source: planning.data.gov.uk, conservation-area dataset, checked 25 Oct 2026
268
Historic England list entries inside the borough's planning boundary.
Source: planning.data.gov.uk, listed-building dataset, checked 25 Oct 2026
Q15
The question that asks whether the site is in an archaeological priority area or affects a heritage asset such as a listed building, and says a heritage statement should then be provided.
Source: LB Hammersmith and Fulham, validation checklist for minor, householder and full applications (file dated 21 June 2017), checked 25 Oct 2026
Q17
The question on demolition in a conservation area, for which a heritage statement including photographs is asked.
Source: LB Hammersmith and Fulham, validation checklist for minor, householder and full applications, checked 25 Oct 2026
LBC list
The checklist for listed building consent applications asks for a heritage statement including photographs.
Source: LB Hammersmith and Fulham, validation checklist for listed building consent, checked 25 Oct 2026
s.72
In a conservation area the 1990 Act requires special attention to the area's character and appearance whenever the council decides an application.
Source: Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, section 72, checked 25 Oct 2026

09Questions

What clients ask before they instruct us

Does Hammersmith and Fulham always ask for a heritage statement in a conservation area?

Its householder, minor and full checklist asks about demolition in a conservation area and about effects on a heritage asset. A clear yes brings a statement, and for other cases we read your proposal against the questions and tell you what applies.

What is an archaeological priority area?

It is a part of the borough where the council expects buried remains. The checklist asks a heritage statement for development inside one, so we look up the maps for your address.

The council's checklists carry old dates. Are they still in force?

They are the ones the council publishes on its application page today. We check with the planning service when wording looks out of date, and we note in the statement which version we worked from.

Is the photograph set included?

Yes. The council asks for photographs with a heritage statement for demolition in a conservation area and for listed building consent, and we take them on the survey visit as part of the fixed £655.

10Boroughs

The same service in other boroughs

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We look up the conservation area, listing and Article 4 position, then reply with a fixed fee. A message before 3pm is answered the same working day.

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