Archaeological Investigations | Heritage Surveys | Heritage Assessments | Historic Building Recording
At Arthian, we provide specialist archaeology and heritage consultancy across England, Scotland, and Wales, supporting development, planning, and environmental compliance in a range of regulatory contexts. Our experienced team delivers robust and proportionate heritage solutions tailored to local and national frameworks.
From strategic feasibility to post-consent fieldwork, we support clients across housing, transport, energy, minerals and infrastructure sectors – ensuring historic environments are understood, protected and seamlessly integrated into planning workflows.
We offer a comprehensive range of archaeology and heritage services. Our services include:
Our investigations are tailored to planning conditions and development frameworks across the UK and Ireland.
Services include:
All fieldwork complies with relevant national standards.
We combine field-based observation and desk-based research to assess archaeological potential.
Survey methods include:
We deliver comprehensive heritage assessments that evaluate asset significance and guide planning decisions. Whether your development site is in England, Scotland, or Wales, our consultants tailor each assessment to meet relevant national planning policies and local authority guidance.
We produce:
From navigating the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) in England, to complying with devolved legislation and heritage policies in Scotland and Wales, our assessments are grounded in local context, ensuring your applications are informed, evidence-based and defensible.
Our heritage consultants provide detailed recording and analysis of historic buildings, associated buried features, and their settings across the UK. Whether you’re working in England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland, we tailor our services to local planning contexts and legislative frameworks to ensure compliance and deliver best-practice outcomes.
We offer:
Where landscape or ecological constraints exist, we collaborate across disciplines to ensure documentation is coordinated, cost-effective and responsive to broader project needs.
Our investigations are tailored to planning conditions and development frameworks across the UK and Ireland.
Services include:
All fieldwork complies with relevant national standards.
We combine field-based observation and desk-based research to assess archaeological potential.
Survey methods include:
We deliver comprehensive heritage assessments that evaluate asset significance and guide planning decisions. Whether your development site is in England, Scotland, or Wales, our consultants tailor each assessment to meet relevant national planning policies and local authority guidance.
We produce:
From navigating the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) in England, to complying with devolved legislation and heritage policies in Scotland and Wales, our assessments are grounded in local context, ensuring your applications are informed, evidence-based and defensible.
Our heritage consultants provide detailed recording and analysis of historic buildings, associated buried features, and their settings across the UK. Whether you’re working in England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland, we tailor our services to local planning contexts and legislative frameworks to ensure compliance and deliver best-practice outcomes.
We offer:
Where landscape or ecological constraints exist, we collaborate across disciplines to ensure documentation is coordinated, cost-effective and responsive to broader project needs.
Below are our specialised Archaeology & Heritage Services. For more detailed support, visit our focused service pages.
Deep understanding of planning, infrastructure, and environmental interfaces.
National experience with regional insight and regulatory familiarity.
Fully integrated with geotechnical, hydrological, and ecological disciplines.
Commitment to technical rigour, clear communication, and long-term outcomes.
We’d love to hear from you – whether you have a question, a project in mind, want to explore job opportunities, or just want to say hello.
Yes—we operate across all four nations, including ROI and NI. Our team understands the different planning systems and heritage regulations applicable in each region.
Fieldwork may be required for housing schemes, infrastructure developments, minerals and quarries or renewable energy projects. We provide scoped strategies and liaise with planning authorities to meet regional conditions.
The core principles remain the same, but requirements vary by planning authority. We tailor assessments to suit national guidance, such as the NPPF, Scottish Planning Policy, or the Irish Heritage Act.
Absolutely. Our team delivers building recording across the UK and Ireland, aligned with relevant regional standards and planning conditions.
