Daily Archives: 09/12/2009

The Arts and Humanities Research Council is seeking nominations for new members to be appointed to its Peer Review College (PRC) in specified subject areas. Peer review lies at the very heart of the AHRC’s operations, and we are fully … Continue reading →

HCA has launched a new study into skills gaps in key professions across the place-making sector. The study will assess how the recession has affected the supply and demand of skills in the sector. They have have commissioned ARUP to … Continue reading →

The latest annual volume of Housing and Planning Statistics for 2009 was released on 3 December 2009 under arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. The publication replaces the annual Housing Statistics publication and contains all the information previously contained … Continue reading →

Natural England has launched formal consultation on a dozen proposed new marine conservation sites. The 12 sites in question consist of 10 possible Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and two potential Special Protection Areas (SPAs). The sites include sandbanks of … Continue reading →

A Twickenham man is £30,000 worse off after he admitted breaching listed building consent laws at Richmond Magistrates’ Court. Alan Bernard, of Waldegrave Road, Twickenham, in south west London, had been given permission by Richmond Council in 2007 for a … Continue reading →

New Chair elected to lead planning enforcement association Sue Taylor has today been elected as the new Chairperson of NAPE – the National Association for Planning Enforcement.  Currently Acting Chair, following the stepping-down of Leslie Smith in July this year, … Continue reading →

A project to examine how to boost planners’ skills in the economics of development has been announced in the pre-Budget report. The study, to be carried out by consultants Roger Tym & Partners, will identify who requires what kind of … Continue reading →