Archaeology services and fees
You can pay for advice, a site visit, or approval of certain documents online.
If you don't know which service you need, contact the archaeology service.
Make a payment online
If you know which service you need, you can pay online.
View a list of fees for archaeology services we offer below:
The monitoring service includes:
- a 1-hour site visit
 - confirmation of sign-off (normally provided within one day of the site visit)
 
The cost is £257 including VAT. Additional time is £169 per hour.
The advice service includes:
- a 1 hour desk-based research (may include preparation of a brief, checking WSIs, checking archaeological reports)
 - written advice within 20 working days of receipt
 
The cost, including VAT is:
- £175 for minor schemes
 - £351 for major schemes
 
Additional time is £169 per hour.
The advice service (including site visit) includes:
- a 1 hour desk-based research, may include preparation of a brief, checking WSIs, checking reports
 - a 1 hour site visit within 10 working days of receipt (subject to client availability)
 - written advice within 10 working days of site visit
 
The cost, including VAT is:
- £433 for minor schemes
 - £608 for major schemes
 
Additional research or site-visit time is £169 per hour.
The priority service includes a:
- priority site meeting undertaken as a matter of urgency
 - written response provided within 5 working days of site visit
 
The cost is £780 (including VAT).
Remote or digital search (single project use) charge:
- £138 for standard search
 - £208 for extended search
 - unusually large or complex searches to be individually costed
 
Priority search (2 working days) charge:
- £69 surcharge to above
 
Standard searches are those involving no more than 50 monument records or updates of a search undertaken within the past 5 years.
Extended searches are those involving 51 to 150 monument records.
VAT is not payable on HER searches.
Charge:
- £69 for standard search
 - £208 for extended search area
 - unusually large/complex searches to be individually costed
 
Printing/photocopying charge:
- £0.11 per sheet
 
Licence for reproduction of images charge:
- Buckinghamshire Archive rates apply
 
VAT is not payable on HER searches.
Remote or digital search (single project use) charge:
- discretionary charge
 
Visit to HER (in addition to above) charge:
- discretionary charge
 
Priority search (2 working days) charge:
- discretionary charge
 
Printing or photocopying charge:
- discretionary charge
 
Licence for reproduction of images:
- no charge
 
VAT is not payable on HER searches.
For further details email [email protected]