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The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (DBEIS) is urging tradespeople to sign up for TrustMark accreditation as part of the new Green Homes Grant scheme. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

Britain’s biggest house builder Barratt has found structural design defects within seven more multi-storey concrete frames built over 10 years ago, with the alert first raised when defective ACM cladding was removed following the Grenfell disaster at one major scheme … Continue reading →

The government is bringing forward changes that will improve building and fire safety, so that people will be, and will feel, safer in their homes. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

The National Lottery Heritage Fund(NLHF) currently is currently running a Digital Skills for Heritage programme with various strands.

A delightful country station dating from the golden decade of railway building and used in the filming of Dad’s Army has received a reprieve from imminent demolition. image: SAVE website – by Breckland DC

The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) has announced the second round of Transformational Project Grants to charities and social enterprises with fresh, imaginative ideas for revitalising their local high streets and town centres in England. image: AHF website

Research led by Bartlett School of Planning (UCL) academics, published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), concludes that new housing created through permitted development rights in England since 2013 is more likely to be characterised by … Continue reading →

A new report by Transparency International UK, ‘Permission Accomplished’, published in July 2020, indicates that Councils across England lack essential safeguards to prevent corruption in the planning process.

The Green Homes Grant scheme which offers vouchers for energy efficiency work such as cavity wall insulation launches in September, but campaigners are stressing the importance of the quality of the work being guaranteed.

New guidance is being issued by Trustmark to homeowners for when they have tradespeople carry out work in their homes, ‘The Work Safe. Safe Work’ campaign.

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has published its report ‘A plan for nature in the north of England: Natural Assets North final report’, which argues that ‘Reversing the underinvestment and under-valuation of nature will increase the resilience of … Continue reading →

Northern Ireland’s (NI) Department for Communities’ Historic Environment Division (HED), in partnership with The Prince’s Foundation, have launched the NI Heritage Skills Programme, with applications open until 28 August.

Footage of buildings being flattened in a noisy demolition may be a popular feature of local TV news reports, but architects say such structures should be protected – to fight climate change, reports the BBC on recent evidence given to … Continue reading →

Dunston Staiths is a pier-like runway that was used to tip countless millions of tons of coal into the cargo holds of the huge ships on the River Tyne below, and it’s recue is the focus of a BBC report … Continue reading →