Daily Archives: 22/02/2010

On 10 February the National Trust launched its new strategy Going Local. At the centre of the new strategy is the concept of NT properties functioning as community spaces, to involve local residents more in the daily life of the … Continue reading →

This new award for the North East, part of the Constructing Excellence in the North East Awards, seeks to recognise schemes which may include conservation, improvement and enhancement which has significantly improved the aesthetic quality of the building/project, the repair … Continue reading →

The historic clipper Cutty Sark will be restored to its former glory following news that the final parts of the £46 million funding package are now in place. Conservation of Cutty Sark will be finally completed at Greenwich next year. … Continue reading →

Empty town centre shops in Taunton and Blackburn will be transformed into creative and learning centres to actively involve local people and encourage people into informal learning. Empty town centre shops in Taunton and Blackburn will be transformed into creative … Continue reading →

A new 3D city mapping service called Skape, designed for architects, planners, local authorities and surveyors, is now available from Infoterra, a  provider of geographic information products and services. Skape enables users to manipulate urban landscapes online by combining high … Continue reading →

A property owner and a company were today fined a total of £21,000 at Dungannon Magistrates’ Court for demolishing a number of buildings after a Building Preservation Notice had been served. Keith George Trotter, owner of the Former Market Yard, … Continue reading →

The 2010 Planning magazine features list is now out. The list includes: August: Regeneration 13th; Conservation 27th October: Sustainable Design and Construction including Ecotowns 29th December: Planning Law 10th; Wall Planner 17th http://www.planningresource.co.uk/aboutus/

Conservatives today unveiled a major new policy paper to reform England’s ‘broken’ planning system. It outlines proposals to use ‘open source’ democracy and neighbourhood involvement to encourage sustainable development. Whitehall targets and unelected quangos will be scrapped, to be replaced … Continue reading →

Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council has been heavily censured by the Local Government Ombudsman over the way it dealt with proposals to demolish a listed Victorian schoolroom and build new houses on the site in a conservation area, noting also the … Continue reading →