Monthly Archives: February 2009

FIT PAST – FUTURE PERFECT? Conservation: a key to sustainable design Buxton, Thursday 11th June to Saturday 13th June Today IHBC Chair Dave Chetwyn launched the opening of the booking for the IHBC’s 2009 Annual School, the major training event … Continue reading →

The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) are taking forward a joint £8.1m programme entitled Science and Heritage to support leading-edge research which will explore new ways to understand the cultural … Continue reading →

The Planning Officers Society (POS) has added further responses to its previous analysis of the reduction in the number of planning applications and also included statistics on reductions in fee income. 65 local planning authorities have now provided data. Whilst … Continue reading →

The link body for 3rd sector heritage organisation in England, Heritage Link, has launched an important new group under its umbrella, Places of Worship @ Heritage. It will be an action-oriented national forum designed to strengthen the voice of historic … Continue reading →

The Prince’s Regeneration Trust, The Institute of Historic Building Conservation and The Civic Trust for Wales, have joined forces to tackle the backlog of buildings at risk in Wales. They are holding a conference to highlight the key opportunities and … Continue reading →

An innovative project that could eventually help to bring disused barns back to life in the Yorkshire Dales has been given the go-ahead by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) which has approved the temporary use of a free-standing … Continue reading →

A High Court ruling has provided a new legal definition of what constitutes a tree and what this means for tree preservation orders (TPOs). http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/england/professionals/en/1115316564919.html

Consultants are seeking responses on taking forward Recommendation 8 of the Killian Pretty Review: Government should take steps to allow a more proportionate approach to minor material changes in development proposals after permission has been granted… Click here for details … Continue reading →

English Heritage has published an online guide for planning and development professionals and all those applying for consents. The fully updated Charter for English Heritage Planning and Development Advisory Services, provides information such as when to consult English Heritage. http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.19324

A new publication from CLG presents guidance for local cohesion practitioners on how to develop individuals’ sense of belonging to their immediate neighbourhood. The guidance explains that a sense of belonging is a key indicator of community cohesion. It outlines … Continue reading →

Work has begun to install solar water heating panels on the roofs of seven B-listed Georgian tenements in the historic heart of Edinburgh, a Conservation Area and World Heritage Site. Changeworks is producing a guide to installing all types of … Continue reading →

CABE Space is proposing a new framework for valuation of parks. This takes into account plants and trees, paths, benches and structures. Using the new framework, the value of Highbury Fields in Islington, for example, is calculated at £53 million. … Continue reading →

A grade II-listed building by Colin St John Wilson was de-listed by the government on the basis of seriously flawed evidence, leading figures claimed this week. http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3134264&origin=BDweeklydigest

Designs by Denton Corker Marshall for the long-awaited visitor centre at Stonehenge could be scrapped because of lack of government funding. http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3134324&origin=BDweeklydigest

The IHBC, the professional body for historic environment conservation specialists, has been invited to join the National Planning Forum, the principal cross-sectoral voice on planning issues in England. The IHBC will sit alongside a wide range of government, business, academic … Continue reading →

The National Lottery Awards are the annual search for the UK’s favourite Lottery-funded projects. The Awards consist of seven categories that reflect the different types of projects that benefit from Lottery funding. The categories are: •Best Arts Project •Best Education … Continue reading →

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is calling for Alistair Darling to support a reduction in VAT on the refurbishment of homes and energy efficient goods. Alistair Darling is attending a meeting of EU Finance Ministers tomorrow at which … Continue reading →

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), representing 23,000 of Britain’s planners, opposes the decision announced today by Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon to build a third runway at Heathrow airport. RTPI Policy Director Rynd Smith said: “This is a decision based … Continue reading →

English Historic Towns Forum has re-named itself as a forum for historic towns across the UK. http://83.170.75.16/mod/resource/view.php?id=1

Built Environment Forum Scotland. the link body for Scotland’s built environment NGOs, is consulting with its members on HEACS’ recommendation that it should re-constitute itself as an exclusively historic environment body. The BEFS board has made an interim response, and … Continue reading →

Nine historic communities across Scotland will benefit from more than £5 million, former Culture Minister Linda Fabiani announced on Friday, 6 February. Announcing the latest round of Historic Scotland’s Conservation Area Regeneration Schemes (CARS), the then Minister said: “These grants … Continue reading →

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.15479 Under EH’s joint Cathedrals Grants Scheme with the Wolfson Foundation, £2.6 million is to be awarded for the repair of 23 cathedrals across England.