Welcome to East Anglian Heritage:
Practical heritage planning advice across East Anglia
East Anglian Heritage is a specialist heritage consultancy supporting architects, developers, planning consultants and private clients across Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire.
We deliver clear, proportionate and pragmatic heritage advice that helps projects move forward, from early design stages through to planning approval. Our work is planning focused, grounded in experience, and informed by a strong understanding of local authority expectations and East Anglia’s historic environments.
Heritage advice that supports confident decision-making and successful outcomes.
Heritage advice that supports confident planning outcomes.
- Heritage Statements & Heritage Impact Assessments;
- Listed Building and Conservation Area advice;
- Archaeological Desk-based Assessments and planning condition support;
- Heritage input for major developments and EIA projects.
A pragmatic heritage partner for projects across the East Anglian region
Planning Focused Advice.
We offer proportionate, clear and aligned with policy (both national and local) heritage planning advice.
Regional Expertise.
Our Advice is informed by our understanding of local authority expectations across the East Anglian area.
Senior Level Input.
Direct access to experienced consultancy support.
Professional Standards.
Examples of Heritage and Archaeological Consultancy project undertaken by East Anglian Heritage. We are proud of our efforts on behalf of our clients.
East Anglian Heritage is led by Karl Hanson MA BA (Hons) ACIfA. The practice is a full member of FAME, reflecting a commitment to recognised professional standards. With a strong background in heritage planning and archaeology, Karl provides clear, proportionate advice grounded in regional expertise.
Experienced, Professional Heritage Consultancy
Working Across East Anglian
We support projects throughout Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, with an understanding of the historic character and planning context of the region’s towns, villages and landscapes.
Selected Project Experiences
EAH prepared the Heritage Impact Assessment for a planning appeal at Northwold, Norfolk. Detailed analysis of historic earthworks and landscape character demonstrated that the proposed equine use would safeguard surviving archaeological features while causing no harm to designated heritage assets.
East Anglian Heritage prepared a Heritage Impact Assessment for proposals affecting a historic building on Lower Brook Street, Ipswich. The assessment examined the significance of the asset and its setting within the historic townscape, providing clear planning-focused heritage advice to support the proposed changes.
East Anglian Heritage produced a HIA for the expansion of a Specialist Care Facility, noting pre-application reservations and also outlining the public benefits in a quantifiable way why the public benefits outweighed the harm to the listed building.
Which has led to the successful granting of the planning application for an expansion of the services this care facility can offer to its service users.
East Anglian Heritage produced a WSI (Written Scheme of Investigation) and undertook the follow up HBR (Historic Building Recording survey) of a number of buildings associated with sail making at West Mersea.
This form part of the pre-application work which has lead to the successful granting of the proposed planning application
East Anglian Heritage on behalf of the client as part of applying on their behalf for a SMC Application, undertook the formulation of the supporting evidence and negotiations with Historic England to develop a suitable mitigation strategy with regards to the potential heritage matters to hand.
This led to the successful granting of the SMC for the clients works with limited conditions and a quick turnaround.
Get in touch with an East Anglian Heritage Consultant
Telephone: 07901882243
E-mail: contact@eastanglianheritage.com
Address: Caretakers Cottage, Bowthorpe Hall Road, Norwich, NR5 9AA
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The Athenaeum Assemble Room in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, a multi-phased building which once housed the subscription rooms, where many social activites took place. Photograph © East Anglian Heritage.
East Anglian Heritage is proud to be
Member of FAME
Federation of Archaeological Managers and Employers, the archaeological trade body
Member of the Suffolk Design Collective
Suffolk Design Collective is a professional network bringing together architects, designers, planners and built-environment specialists working collaboratively to promote high quality design and placemaking across Suffolk.
