Daily Archives: 05/03/2010

The new planning regime for nationally significant infrastructure was ‘switched on’ for the energy and transport sectors on 1 March. Any infrastructure proposals in these sectors above the thresholds set by the Planning Act 2008 will now have to go … Continue reading →

English Heritage has written to the owner of Lubetkin’s threatened Finsbury Health Centre demanding a meeting to discuss its worsening state of repair. The body’s planning and regional development director for London, Paddy Pugh, wrote last Tuesday to NHS Islington … Continue reading →

Days may be numbered for showcases such as Foster’s Gherkin, warns Cambridge expert. Glazed buildings including the Gherkin could become “pariahs” by 2050 because of their inability to cope with climate change and dwindling resources such as power and water, … Continue reading →

Email sent on behalf of Ian Lush, Project Director of Discovering Places: ‘At its February meeting the Discovering Places Board reviewed the plans for the project. It discussed in detail the continuing uncertainty around the date for the General Election … Continue reading →

A green transformation of Britain’s homes will take place over the next decade – making them more comfortable, warmer and cheaper to run – under new plans set out by the Government today. With around one quarter of UK emissions … Continue reading →

Seán O’Reilly, IHBC Director, has announced the launch of a ‘beta’ or test version of a new on-line database of the IHBC’s NewsBlog features, which can be found at http://www.ihbc.biz/News_Archive/IHBC_NewsBlog_Archive/Archive.html Seán O’Reilly said: “This is a substantial development of the … Continue reading →

Bob Kindred MBE, who maintains the IHBC’s database on prosecutions, has announced that the database now includes 150 cases, following the inclusion of a case from Northern Ireland recently reported on the institute’s NewsBlog. The database was created in 1996 … Continue reading →

Bob Kindred MBE, who maintains the IHBC’s database on prosecutions, has announced that the database now includes 150 cases, following the inclusion of a case from Northern Ireland recently reported on the institute’s NewsBlog. The database was created in 1996 … Continue reading →