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A revised bid for a ‘huge shed’, an industrial unit, planned for opposite the historic terrace of homes overlooking Turnchapel Wharf and Plymouth Sound, is provoking controversial, reports PlymouthLive.

The Irish Government has been forced to strengthen its climate mitigation plan following the Irish Supreme Court ruling in favour of campaigners indicating that a more ambitious strategy is required.

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has moved into phase three of the Scottish Government’s route map out of current lockdown, and is looking to hear from businesses, organisations and community groups again.

Entries are now invited for the 2020 Philip Webb Award, while the submissions will close at 5pm on 14 September 2020.

Wales has launched a new £9.5m programme to reduce the carbon footprint of existing social housing, make energy bills more manageable and provide new job opportunities.

One in three jobs are at risk at The Bletchley Park Trust, which oversees work to remember the contribution of British codebreakers during the Second World War. image: Bletchley Park website

Details are available of the taskforce of experts who have offered their time and expert advice as England has developed proposals for planning reform are available. image: Open Government Licnece v3.0

The shortlists for two of the most important prizes in architectural history – the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion and the Colvin Prize – have been revealed by the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB).

TrailTale is an app for discovering new places and interesting points in Great Britain, tied especially to heritage cities, towns and villages.

Rights: Community: Action has instructed Leigh Day Solicitors to issue a ‘pre-action’ letter warning of a Judicial Review claim in relation to the government’s new rules on permitted development rights.

Funding of £3.8 million will help protect jobs and assist the re-opening of iconic heritage sites closed during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been announced. image: NTS

Welsh ministers have announced a £260m funding boost for councils, bringing the total amount of government COVID-19 support to almost half a billion pounds.

Historic England (HE) has launched a new addition to Heritage Counts, ‘Heritage and the Environment’  which explores the key aspects affecting England’s natural and built environments and the relationships that exist between them. image: HE 

Northern Ireland (NI) Communities Minister Carál Ní Chuilín is to make a further £10.8M funding available to the voluntary and community sector to assist recovery from and prepare for any possible second wave of Covid-19.

England’s Circular 03/2020 provides additional information further to the introduction of new permitted development rights to extend buildings upwards as well as the publication of the Manual to the Building Regulations. image: for illustration purposes only – Open Government Licence … Continue reading →

Cash strapped historic churches helped by the National Churches Trust as the COVID-19 pandemic has had a serious impact on the finances of many churches. image: for illustration purposes only – Joanna Theobald

The #bettertowns consortium has launched the ‘#bettertowns roadmap’, a data based methodology for bringing about positive change in towns by repurposing forgotten spaces and re-engaging with their communities through realistic and actionable projects. image:Better Towns website

Trees for Life has submitted a planning application for the world’s first rewilding centre at its 10,000-acre Dundreggan Estate in Glenmoriston.