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The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, offers his support to help make the city the world’s first National Park City and one of the greenest cities on earth. 

From 1 September 2017 a Heritage Impact Statement will be required to support any application for listed building or conservation area consent in Wales, as the Heritage Impact Statement will replace the Design and Access Statement in the application process … Continue reading →

New guidance to help professionals assess the potential impacts of future development on Scotland’s coastal landscapes has been published by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). image Fiona Newton, IHBC

In an opinion piece, Peter Raisbeck suggests that there are people in this world who don’t think architecture has much to do with research.

Towns and cities across the North of England can bid for grants to help build a lasting regional legacy from the Great Exhibition of the North. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

An historic 120-year-old barn, the Cadbury Barn, Manor Farm Park, just off Bristol Road South, once owned by the Cadbury family, has been razed to the ground by arsonists.

British Land, Costain, Crossrail, Kier, Multiplex, SBID, Sir Robert McAlpine and Skanska were all represented when Stone Federation Great Britain met stakeholders in its creation of an ‘Ethical Stone Register’.

As a follow-up to last year’s Capability Brown tercentenary, the Gardens Trust, supported by Historic England, is preparing a report on Capability Brown landscapes at risk.

As part of the Government’s Industrial Strategy, a record £80m-plus is being invested to create a step-change in collaboration between the country’s internationally-renowned creative industries and universities across the UK.

Chair of Built Environment Scotland (BEFS), Graeme Purves, tells members about the restoration of an overgrown renaissance garden in Granton as a catalyst for urban renewal.

Leading architects, writers and historians back bid to save Southwark tube station – a modern ‘architectural sensation’.

Fyfe Glenrock, the Scottish arm of stone wholesaler Pisani (which went into Administration in June), has been bought for an undisclosed sum by aggregates and construction company Leiths (Scotland) with its headquarters in Aberdeen, where Fyfe Glenrock’s premises are.

A blog on the Preservation Leadership site argues that in video games, place is one of the most important components to player engagement. image from Blog/ Tenement Museum NY

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has published Planning Practice Guidance to support permission in principle and brownfield registers of land suitable for housing, while a national data standard that all local planning authorities in England are encouraged … Continue reading →

At least half the new homes built on public land in London will have to be affordable to benefit from faster planning permission under a new approach to development set out in ‘Supplementary Planning Guidance’ published by the Mayor, Sadiq … Continue reading →

Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) has submitted its response to the Scottish Government’s position paper on the planning review, published in advance of an anticipated Planning Bill this autumn.

Nominations are now open for Heritage Heroes Award which will be announced by The Heritage Alliance (THA) on Heritage Day 2017, with entries closing on 30 September.

The High Court has granted permission to SAVE Britain’s Heritage (SAVE) with the Victorian Society and others, to challenge the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government over his refusal to call in the Paddington Cube proposals for public … Continue reading →

Work has begun, as a result of campaigners fight, on the reconstruction of a beloved pub the Carlton Tavern, Maida Vale which was knocked down illegally by its owners.