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What is a Heritage Assessment?
A heritage assessment is a thorough and systematic assessment of the values that give cultural significance to an item or a place, which can be natural, rural or designed landscapes, urban places, individual heritage items, streetscapes, precincts and townscapes. Items and places may be statutorily protected by listing on an LEP or other register of heritage items, may qualify for listing, or be adjacent to, contributory to or form the setting of other heritage items. Heritage assessments must be carried out as part of an REF, SEE or EIS if heritage items or landscapes are present.

When do I need a Statement of Heritage Impact?
When something that you propose or that someone else proposes can affect the significance of a statutory heritage item, a contributory item or the landscape or setting of a listed item or place. Development consent cannot be granted without an SOHI being prepared if a statutory item is affected.

What is a Statement of Heritage Impact?
It is a thorough and systematic assessment of the reasons that an item or a place has heritage significance and of the potential effects of a proposed development on the values that give it significance. It requires appropriate professional skills and expertise. We specialise in landscape heritage assessment, including natural, rural and designed landscapes and urban places, and in impacts on individual heritage items, streetscapes, precincts and townscapes.