Daily Archives: 06/11/2009

Recommendations to improve community cohesion, performance evaluation and the balance of development from city centre to suburban areas are just some of a raft of measures designed to improve the Government’s flagship housing market renewal scheme that have been mothballed … Continue reading →

Architecture and Design Scotland has launched its new school design web resource ‘Smarter Places’. This unique resource has been designed to deliver a simple objective; to provide everyone who wants to participate in school design with the means to explore … Continue reading →

Investment in robust spatial plans and delivery strategies, supported by effective development management, is vital to enable economic recovery and adapt to climate change says the National Planning Forum (NPF) in its Manifesto ‘Fit for Purpose Spatial Planning’ launched recently. … Continue reading →

The owner of a house in Hackney has been forced to pull down a two-storey extension that was built without planning permission, following action by Hackney Council. The unauthorised development overshadowed neighbouring homes and was not in keeping with the … Continue reading →

Heritage Link AGM and Heritage Day on 2 December at the German Gymnasium, St Pancras, London. In a pre-election year we are delighted that Ben Bradshaw, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Ed Vaizey Shadow Minister for Culture … Continue reading →

Ian Dungavell has begun a new study on conservation plans, trying to capture the perspectives of those people who have commissioned them, those who write them, and those who use them either as property managers and curators or as regulators … Continue reading →

Do you have a view on how modern architecture fits into our towns and cities? Ahead of a conference looking at how we value post war architecture, Historic Scotland is looking for people to contribute their opinions and comments to … Continue reading →

Proposed heritage guidance warning The Government’s proposed new planning policy guidance on the historic environment will put the country’s heritage at risk, two professional bodies have argued. The warning has come from both the Royal Town Planning Institute and the … Continue reading →