It is not just our American cousins who are celebrating this 4th July as we are proud to be launching a new heritage planning consultancy that has a firm eye on breaking down the barriers to successful planning consents when encountering the historic environment.

HAPRO Ltd is a boutique specialist built heritage and archaeology planning consultancy that prides itself on providing sophisticated advice with clarity and expertise at all stages of the planning process. 

From listed buildings and conservation areas, or the quandary of 'non-designated heritage assets', to dealing with archaeological potential and the setting of heritage assets, the desire of HAPRO Ltd is to provide pragmatic solutions to ensure our clients achieve successful planning outcomes when dealing with the historic environment. 

Based in Winchester in the inspiring historic heart of Hampshire HAPRO Ltd aims to provide astute planning advice to our clients when they encounter the historic environment by proposing solutions to heritage challenges. HAPRO Ltd strive to ensure that our client's schemes and proposals integrate with the historic environment for purposeful planning outcomes. 

At HAPRO Ltd we believe that the historic environment does not need to be a constraint to development or change. Planning is important to ensure that the right development happens in the right place at the right time, benefitting communities and the economy; and the historic environment can play a critical role in planning. 

HAPRO Ltd works with you to identify what is important, why it is important, to understand the capacity of a building, site or area has to accommodate proposed change and, if necessary, suggest how the design of a scheme can reduce or avoid harm to heritage assets ensuring a successful planning outcome for development and heritage assets.

The driving force behind HAPRO is Paul White, who has 30 years’ experience in providing heritage, landscape archaeology and archaeological services to a range of development and environmental sector. Paul has built up a reputation for clear, concise and robust assessments which is reflected in the testimonials. 

He specialises in the assessment of heritage significance and has worked with Historic England on strategic reviews and studies for the consideration of designation of different types of heritage assets.

His expertise as a heritage professional and his judgement upon aspects such as the setting of heritage assets and valuing the significance of heritage assets has been tested at planning appeals which include public inquiries and informal appeal hearings.

Read more about the services HAPRO offer here.