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The All Party Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment (APPGEBE) has launched and inquiry and call for evidence on a New Homes Ombudsman following the publications of the report Better redress for homebuyers – How New Homes Ombudsman … Continue reading →

RICS is one of a coalition of more than 30 organisations from around the world to develop landmark industry standards to address fire safety in buildings. By Einar Helland Berger [CC BY-SA 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-sa/2.5)],from Wikimedia Commons

As part of National Parks Week, UK National Parks are celebrating the roles of some of the people involved in caring for these special landscapes, and showing how Government funding is supporting them to develop new experiences which attract new … Continue reading →

The Western Telegraph reports on how, if you ever wanted to own a piece of British military history, Pembroke Dock’s Defensible Barracks – one of ‘west Wales’ most iconic buildings’ – is a real opportunity as it has been put … Continue reading →

The revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) has been issued, setting out government’s planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied.

Civic Voice (CV) is seeking cases to inform a review to find out how planning decisions in Conservation Areas are performing against national planning policy, with case examples to be submitted to info@civicvoice.org.uk by 31st August 2018. image: Fiona Newton

Friends of the Earth (FOE) is considering a legal challenge over the government’s new planning rules for England, following the release of the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).

The Ministry for Housing Community and Local Government (MHCLG) has announced the establishments of a panel of experts, to diagnose issues that affect health of England’s high streets and ‘advise on the best practical measures to help them thrive’. image: … Continue reading →

The Chartered Town Planner Apprenticeship Trailblazer Employer Group today received confirmation that their appeal to overturn the decision by the Institute for Apprenticeships to not approve the Level 7 Chartered Town Planner Apprentice Standard has been rejected.

The BBC has highlighted an exhibition offering new access to ‘‘Before and after’ shots of Birmingham taken about 50 years apart that are being displayed in a new exhibition.

Once again Scotland’s built environment link body BEFS has offered its suggestions for the Edinburgh International book festival, which this year range from early history to high rise and urban landscapes to bogs, so there’s something for everyone.

Historic England (HE) and Arts Council England, along with a range of archaeology and museum organisations, have developed an action plan to address the challenge of sustainable management of archaeological archives.

The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) has published its sixth annual report on the Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP), with many having significant impacts on the historic environment.

  England’s Environment Agency is calling on volunteers in Ponteland to help their local community prepare for flooding. ‘The Flood Warden logo which is worn by wardens across the North East’ Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government … Continue reading →

Normally kept hidden by lush grasses and crops, old and prehistoric features are making themselves known as a result of the heatwave through imprints on fields and lawns, some for the first time in known memory.