Daily Archives: 11/11/2009

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has responded to the government’s consultation on changing permitted development rights. The consultation, Improving Permitted Development, aims to simplify the planning process for smaller scale applications for educational institutions, industry, offices, shops and warehousing. … Continue reading →

In July, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) announced an additional £7.3m investment to support a wide range of new training opportunities within the heritage sector: £2.3m was to be invested quickly with current grantees as an extension of HLF’s successful … Continue reading →

In May 2007 the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, English Heritage and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) acquired from Blom ASA the Aerofilms Collection. This is a UK-wide … Continue reading →

New guidance on how independent design panels should operate has been published by organisations involved with the built environment. The advice has been developed by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (Cabe), the Royal Institute of British Architects, … Continue reading →

Expansion of Environmental Stewardship schemes is the key to safeguarding the gains made by set-aside, said Natural England in response to the launch on 5 November of the Campaign for the Farmed Environment (CFE). CFE – a partnership involving NFU, … Continue reading →

CASE: The Culture and Sport Evidence Programme: Second Newsletter CASE is the £1.8M, 3 year joint programme of research led by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in collaboration with the Arts Council England, English Heritage, the Museums, Libraries … Continue reading →