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Following the announcement that the London Borough of Ealing decided to delete the role of conservation officer and in view of the Civic Voice campaign on conservation areas and officers, Civic Voice wanted to know from Historic England (HE) exactly … Continue reading →

Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) has issued a briefing on the Planning (Scotland) Bill.

Further to the issue of the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) on 24 July, Historic England (HE) has produced a number of resources outlining the main changes and their implications for heritage.

A new information portal has been launched in Scotland, ‘Partners in Planning’, which aims to provide an online platform ‘to promote a single access point to the knowledge and skills that enables behavioural change in planning’. 

More than 30 rural communities are set to benefit from new or expanded village services from libraries, shops to post offices all delivered by their local pub, England’s Community Pubs Minister Jake Berry has announced. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

People who live in council houses should be made to feel proud of their homes, Theresa May has said. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

The STBA is delighted to announce a 3-year project to test out the Whole House approach to retrofit, pioneered by the STBA and endorsed by Each Home Counts, which is being carried out under the BEIS Building Thermal Efficiency Innovation Fund.

Mairi Gougeon MSP, Scotland’s New Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment has announced a second phase for Outdoor Learning in Nature (OLiN) during a visit with school children to Jupiter Artland Foundation – a sculpture park in woodland … Continue reading →

A user needs survey has been issued on a new OASIS system to ’quickly and simply assess the requirement for the different approaches and materials that will be required by the user community’, which will remain open until the end … Continue reading →

Dover District Council has served section 215 notices on a number of sites in the town centre requiring improvements to the condition of the land and /or buildings. image: By Eluveitie – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18829651

Scottish Parliamentary Motion S5M-13683 from Gordon Lindhurst, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, lodged on 30 August, successfully celebrated the sixth Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival. image: by Fiona Newton

The Theatre Royal Plymouth has been listed in recognition of its importance as an example of post-war repertory theatre, an honour touted by the sector’s news lead, The Stage.

Friends of the Earth (FoE) says revised national planning policy makes it ‘virtually impossible’ for councils to refuse fracking schemes, and threatens legal action.

Seven high streets across Wales have been shortlisted in this year’s Great British High Street Awards 2018, celebrating the UK’s best and most ambitious high streets, with winners receiving up to £15,000 in prize money!

Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) invites those open to exploring strategies for the prioritisation within built heritage to submit their ideas. image BEFS website

A woman has been ordered by the court to pay nearly £10,000 in fines after she built an extension to her home in breach of planning permission and continuously refused planning enforcement warnings and notices.

The Victorian Society (Vic Soc) has released its annual Top 10 Endangered Buildings List which recognises at-risk Victorian and Edwardian buildings and structures throughout England and Wales. Now in its eleventh year, the list aims to expose the plight of … Continue reading →