Heritage
Visualisations for heritage project
Assessing & delivering change.
Many project proposals have to be developed within the context and setting of heritage assets, buildings, areas and landscapes. Our visualisations, designed for heritage consultants, effectively illustrate proposals in their setting and demonstrate potential impact on heritage assets. Our visuals aid informed assessment and build stakeholder confidence in good design.
We provide tailored visualisation services for heritage consultants’ distinct needs. Whether for Heritage Impact Assessments (HIA), conservation area designs or heritage asset restoration, our team creates high-quality, accurate visuals that clearly convey the anticipated effects of proposed intervention.
Our collaborations with Historic England, Cadw, National Trust and English Heritage along with other stakeholders showcase our approach in heritage settings.
Feeder Canal St Vincents Works Proposed AVR3
Feeder Canal St Vincents Works Existing View
Supporting heritage impact assessments
Heritage Impact Assessments (HIAs) are crucial for safeguarding cultural and historical assets.
We adopt a collaborative approach to support heritage consultants, by producing high-quality site visuals that effectively convey the potential impacts of proposed developments on sensitive heritage environments.
The Heritage Impact process is strict yet allows for more interpretation compared to other assessments. We meet the requirements of English Heritage (Seeing the History in the View) and Historic England for HIAs by creating accurate Verified Views that illustrate how new designs will integrate with listed buildings, fit into conservation areas, and affect scheduled monuments.
Our precise visuals can also effectively demonstrate:
- The impact of restoration or renovation on listed buildings, helping planners and developers ensure proposals are suitable and respectful of heritage.
- The potential benefits of redevelopment: visualising how heritage assets will regain their prominence once unsuitable or harmful structures are removed.
- The gradual development and evolution of a site over time, showcasing changes to a heritage setting at various stages.
- With our experienced team, NPA Visuals provides heritage consultants and heritage architects with visualisations that clearly demonstrate how proposed projects can positively contribute to heritage conservation.
Our approach to heritage visualisation
Rigorous principles ensuring accuracy, content and compliance
We will liaise with you to take into account the particular heritage setting of the project, to ensure we fully understand the location and your project needs.
Working collaboratively with heritage consultants and in consultation with Local Planning Authorities, we help identify key viewpoints for assessment, ensuring our visuals demonstrate the relationship of the project proposals with their surrounding setting, in a way that informs your work
We use the appropriate field of view and high quality camera equipment to capture the setting of a project proposal. We ensure that any heritage visualisation we produce accurately reflects all aspects of the location, whether it is a registered landscape, conservation area or other heritage setting.
Regardless of whether a heritage visualisation is needed for a Heritage Impact Assessment or to communicate project proposals accurately, we meticulously adhere to the relevant UK frameworks and guidelines. This includes compliance with local planning authority standards, the Landscape Institute guidance and others such as the London View Management Framework, where it applies.
By focusing on these technical details, we ensure that our visualisation methods fulfil the necessary criteria for Heritage Impact Assessments. Our commitment to accuracy guarantees that consultants can trust our representation, providing them with confidence in the accuracy and integrity of our work for use in their assessments.
We will liaise with you to take into account the particular heritage setting of the project, to ensure we fully understand the location and your project needs.
Working collaboratively with heritage consultants and in consultation with Local Planning Authorities, we help identify key viewpoints for assessment, ensuring our visuals demonstrate the relationship of the project proposals with their surrounding setting, in a way that informs your work
We use the appropriate field of view and high quality camera equipment to capture the setting of a project proposal. We ensure that any heritage visualisation we produce accurately reflects all aspects of the location, whether it is a registered landscape, conservation area or other heritage setting.
Regardless of whether a heritage visualisation is needed for a Heritage Impact Assessment or to communicate project proposals accurately, we meticulously adhere to the relevant UK frameworks and guidelines. This includes compliance with local planning authority standards, the Landscape Institute guidance and others such as the London View Management Framework, where it applies.
By focusing on these technical details, we ensure that our visualisation methods fulfil the necessary criteria for Heritage Impact Assessments. Our commitment to accuracy guarantees that consultants can trust our representation, providing them with confidence in the accuracy and integrity of our work for use in their assessments.
Fyne Court Walled Garden - Evening Terrace visualisation
Fyne Court Walled Garden - Main Path visualisation
Fyne Court Walled Garden - Panoramic Garden View
Fyne Court Walled Garden - Contemporary Terrace visualisation
Our work at heritage sites
Our precise visual representations of proposed renovations, adaptations, and restorations show how projects will change and conserve listed buildings and structures.
Our renovation visualisations showcase how a property will look once the renovation is complete. This involves creatively reimagining its spaces, enhancing its aesthetic appeal and often integrating modern features.
Our heritage visualisations reflect the unique character and importance of historic places, ensuring that any proposed changes are visually understood in relation to the archaeological, cultural and heritage significance of the site.
We create detailed imagery of proposed developments within conservation areas, where the aesthetic, natural and historical value needs to be maintained to preserve the area’s special character.
We create heritage visualisations for proposals that impact properties managed by heritage and conservation bodies such as the National Trust, English Heritage and Cadw, as well as other significant national bodies.
Our precise visual representations of proposed renovations, adaptations, and restorations show how projects will change and conserve listed buildings and structures.
Our renovation visualisations showcase how a property will look once the renovation is complete. This involves creatively reimagining its spaces, enhancing its aesthetic appeal and often integrating modern features.
Our heritage visualisations reflect the unique character and importance of historic places, ensuring that any proposed changes are visually understood in relation to the archaeological, cultural and heritage significance of the site.
We create detailed imagery of proposed developments within conservation areas, where the aesthetic, natural and historical value needs to be maintained to preserve the area’s special character.
We create heritage visualisations for proposals that impact properties managed by heritage and conservation bodies such as the National Trust, English Heritage and Cadw, as well as other significant national bodies.
‘Restoration’ Projects
In cases where inappropriate development has occurred in the past, we can create visualisations that illustrate the site’s potential appearance following the removal of these elements. Our visualisations of ‘un-development’ showcase how eliminating certain structures or buildings can elevate the heritage value of the site and enhance the integrity of its surroundings.
By delivering precise, high-quality visual representations, we play a vital role in ensuring that projects with potential to impact heritage sites are approached with the utmost care and respect.
Want to learn more
Our experienced team creates visualisations for Heritage Impact Assessments and heritage projects, improving clarity in the planning process.
Using the latest software and equipment, we ensure precision and accuracy. Our visualisations assess development impacts, support informed decision-making and build stakeholder confidence, all while collaborating closely with heritage professionals to incorporate their insights.