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The 2019 Spring Conference of the Vernacular Architecture Group (VAG) will be held in Looe, East Cornwall, from 23 to 27 April and applications for student bursaries are due by Friday 15 March. image: VAG website

The Countryside Stewardship (CS) scheme opened on 18 February for farmers, foresters and land managers to request 2019 application packs to allow for applications for a range of schemes that pay for environmental benefits. image: Peter Badcock

The Government’s announcement in December 2018, launching the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission, has put a new focus on the importance of high quality design or ‘beauty’ when building the homes the nation needs, and Civic Voice has launched a … Continue reading →

Nominations open for World Monuments Watch 2020: Until 1 March 2019        

The Committee on Standards in Public Life published a report on 30 January 2019 , following a year-long review and wide consultation , on Local Government ethical standards which recommended that local government standards system needs more robust safeguards.

Government has backed a project to build rooftop properties in London on the top of existing buildings and they will be part of a £500m project to build more than 11,000 affordable properties across the country… image: LocalGov website

Design Council’s free online Inclusive Environments CPD has been launched so built environment professionals can increase their understanding and knowledge of inclusive design as standard practice at a national level.

All around England, buildings old and new grace our streets and squares, our cities and our coastline, so Historic England asked: What building can’t you live without? image: HE website

The secretary state for communities James Brokenshire has written to Wirral and Thanet councils warning them that Whitehall intended to intervene over their failure to put local plans in place as, under the 2004 Act Local Plan, the 338 local … Continue reading →

Croydon Council plans to issue an Article 4 Direction to protect family homes from conversion into houses of multiple occupation (HMO).

The latest RIBA survey of architects indicates a considerable fall in optimism about their future workload.

From 2020 young people taking T Levels – the technical equivalent of A levels – will benefit from a £38 million funding boost. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

The Historic Towns and Villages Forum (HTVF) invites applicants to join its Board, with details to be submitted by 4 March.

Former PRP boss Andy von Bradsky has been named the government’s head of architecture in a £60,000 post created as part of ministers’ focus on beauty in built environment, and so ‘promote better design and style of homes’.

The former Pattern Store, a Grade 2 listed building constructed in 1897 for the Great Western Railway in Swindon, is to be turned into a new church for the town. image: Diocese of Bristol website

England’s Ministry of Housing, Communities and local Government(MHCLG) has provided guidance with practical information on the legal requirements that would be required in a no deal scenario in relation to construction products. Parliamentary copyright images are reproduced with the permission … Continue reading →