Homeowners and buyers of historic buildings
Planning an extension, new windows, a kitchen, repairs, or buying a listed home? Find out what's involved before you spend on drawings.
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LIVE on TikTok · Wednesdays 10am
Planning to work on a listed building? We help our clients understand the building and the process. Talk it through with Giles.
30 minutes on video with Giles Paul Shorter. Tell him about your building and what you want to do — he'll walk you through how heritage consent works for your project.
RIBA Chartered Architect · ARB Registered · RIBA Conservation Registrant · 17+ years specialising in listed and historic buildings
Book a call with GilesPick a time. Takes about 2 minutes.
Illustrative atmosphere · AI-generated
The conversation
What happens on the call
30-minute videocall · Google Meet · UK time
Pick a time
Choose a slot and introduce your building.
Talk it through
Listing grade, what you want to change, and what the council will want to see.
Leave knowing the route
The documents involved, the order to do things in, and where HeritageAI fits.
Your plans
What people talk
to Giles about
01
Listed building consent
02Extensions and alterations to listed buildings
03Conservation area works
04Repairs and like-for-like
05Change of use
06Preliminary Planning and Heritage Appraisal (PPHA)
07Statement of Heritage Significance
08Heritage Impact Assessment
09Refused applications
Background: stock plaster texture, used for atmosphere.
Published sample documents
See what HeritageAI produces
Sample documents prepared for Old Posingford Farmhouse, a Grade II farmhouse. The figures below are excerpts from the published documents.
Who it's for
Your building.
Your next step.
Architects, agents and heritage professionals
See how HeritageAI prepares the Preliminary Planning and Heritage Appraisal (PPHA). Software access is for vetted professionals — the call is where that starts.
Book a callAbout Giles
Giles Paul
Shorter
RIBA Chartered Architect · ARB Registered · RIBA Conservation Registrant · 17+ years specialising in listed and historic buildings
He built HeritageAI to make the heritage side of planning clearer for owners and faster for professionals. Every Wednesday morning he goes live on TikTok to answer heritage questions in public.
It was built by SOANE Architects Ltd, a heritage architecture practice, for its own use, then made available more widely.
Watch the LIVE on TikTokBefore we talk
A few questions,
answered.
Is this a sales call?
It's a working call about your building. If HeritageAI or a full appraisal would help, Giles will say so; if not, he'll say that too.
Can I get advice on my own building on the TikTok LIVE?
The LIVE covers how the system works in general. Advice on your own building needs the details, which is what the call is for.
Can I sign up to the HeritageAI software myself?
No. Software access is for professionals and is checked first. Book a call to start.
What will the booking form ask?
Your connection to the building, the address, and the story of what you'd like to do. Two minutes, and the more you share, the more the call can cover.
HeritageAI
Your building has a story.
Let's talk about the next chapter.
Book a call with Giles Pick a time. Takes about 2 minutes.