Daily Archives: 15/01/2010

Hundreds of England’s village churches could be revived and up to 10,000 affordable homes built for local families if churches sold off land and buildings to housing associations, new research has proposed. That finding has been highlighted by the National … Continue reading →

The Planning Officers Society has written to planning minister John Healey to ask for specific financial help for councils involved with proposals for nationally significant infrastructure projects like power stations, motorways, ports and new reservoirs. The Society, which represents professional … Continue reading →

Planning authorities are being urged to take part in the second phase of a programme to pilot local development orders (LDOs). The Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) said planning officers can use LDOs to help kick-start regeneration schemes. The orders … Continue reading →

The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has withdrawn its old and historic building fund, worth £40 million, as one of a package of measures designed to meet government cuts to the higher education budget in 2010-11.  The fund … Continue reading →

Historic Scotland’s Bill Team has released its analysis of 2009 consultation on the Historic Environment (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill. It concludes that: ‘The Consultation on the Bill generated a wide ranging and complex debate about heritage  protection legislation in Scotland and … Continue reading →

A High Court judge has quashed decisions to demolish an historic Victorian building in Belfast city centre and replace it with flats. The Northern Ireland Planning Service must now reconsider the future of the Nineteenth Century warehouse following the intervention … Continue reading →

The Secretary of State for Communities has approved proposals for the redevelopment of the former USAF base at Upper Heyford, including overturning refusal of 24 Conservation Area Consents. The fate of the site, near Bicester in Oxfordshire, had become a … Continue reading →