Archaeology services and fees
You can pay for advice, a site visit, or approval of certain documents online, including searches of the Historical Environment Record (HER).
If you don't know which service you need, contact the archaeology service.
Request services
Select a service to find out more, make a request and pay.
The advice service includes:
- 1 to 2 hours of desk-based research and report
- written response within 20 working days of receipt
The cost, including VAT is:
- £266 for minor schemes (1 to 9 dwellings or development is under 1,000sqm)
- £355 for major schemes (10 or more dwellings or development 1,000sqm or more)
Additional time is £177.45 per hour.
Service includes:
- 1-hour site visit
- confirmation of sign-off normally provided within one day of site visit
- additional time charged at hourly increments, hourly rate of £177.45
Fee: £266 (including VAT)
This is not the same as pre-application advice.
This service is to be used by applicants or their contractors to request review and approval of written schemes of investigation (WSI) and fieldwork reports.
The advice service includes:
- desk-based review of one WSI and one fieldwork report
- written advice within 20 working days of receipt of each document
The cost, including VAT is:
- £266 for minor schemes (1 to 9 dwellings or development is under 1,000sqm)
- £355 for major schemes (10 or more dwellings or development 1,000sqm or more)
Additional time is £177.45 per hour.
This is not the same as pre-application advice.
This service is to be used by applicants or their contractors to request review and approval of written schemes of investigation (WSI) and fieldwork reports.
The advice service includes:
- a desk-based review of one WSI and one fieldwork report within 20 days of submission
- a site visit (subject to client and officer availability)
The cost, including VAT is:
- £532 for minor schemes (1 to 9 dwellings or development is under 1,000sqm)
- £710 for major schemes (10 or more dwellings or development 1,000sqm or more)
Additional time is £177.45 per hour.
Request standard archaeological advice including a site visit.
Not currently available.
Only make payment once you have agreed the scope with the HER team using their enquiry form.
The payment form asks you for the reference number associated with that enquiry.
Strategic searches involve selected heritage constraints as GIS only data, intended to guide initial site selection for large developments or infrastructure proposals.
- Strategic HER search – data within 10 working days (£145)
- Priority strategic HER search – data within 2 working days (£217)
Only make payment once you have agreed the scope with the HER team using their enquiry form.
The payment form asks you for the reference number associated with that enquiry.
Standard searches involve up to 50 HER monument records, with records also provided for a range of other datasets held by the HER.
- Standard HER search – data within 10 working days (£145)
- Priority standard HER search – data within 2 working days (£217)
Only make payment once you have agreed the scope with the HER team using their enquiry form.
The payment form asks you for the reference number associated with that enquiry.
Extended searches involve 50 to 150 HER monument records, with records also provided for a range of other datasets held by the HER.
- Extender HER search – data within 10 working days (£218)
- Priority extended HER search – data within 2 working days (£290)
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]
Charge:
- £72 for standard search
- £218 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.