Daily Archives: 11/08/2009

Infrastructure planning commission (IPC) chairman Sir Michael Pitt has warned developers that lack of public consultation could be the biggest barrier for applications. http://www.planningresource.co.uk/news/login/925111/

Further measures to create a faster planning system in Scotland have come into effect. The changes include: – Establishing local review bodies so that councillors, rather than the Scottish Government, can review decisions made over small-scale, local developments – A … Continue reading →

The RTPI welcomed the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee report “Planning for Homes: Speeding up planning applications for major housing developments in England” which argues that crude 13 week decision targets for the determination of planning applications can have … Continue reading →

English Heritage reports that it is in the process of developing non-statutory ‘best practice’ guidance for local authorities and their communities for the identification and management of local heritage assets and the consolidation of these assets as a local list. … Continue reading →

CABE conducted research with the owners of 2,500 private new homes, to explore views on the adequacy of internal space. Forty four per cent of all households surveyed say they do not have enough space for small children to play … Continue reading →

IHBC Wales Branch Chair, architect Richard Dean, strongly welcomed the Heritage Minister’s recent launch of his ‘ambitions for heritage’, and encouraged their application in the changing operational culture of the Assembly Government. Dean said: ‘The IHBC fully supports the Minster’s … Continue reading →