Daily Archives: 31/03/2010

HCA to recruit place-making experts

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) is creating a panel of 400 senior housing and regeneration professionals to provide expert insights into pressing industry issues, and if you’d like become a panel member then please contact Jo Bell:  0113 3949410. … Continue reading

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HS releases 2009 report into LA capacity

Historic Scotland is to post on its website its 2009 report into local authority ‘policies, staffing and resources for the historic environment’, by Geoff Peart Consulting with  Arup Planning. Key points include: Staff with some historic environment responsibilities totalled 203 … Continue reading

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Scientific American: ‘Greening old build’

George Musser, in an article entitled ‘Are old houses doomed? The conflict between historic preservation and energy efficiency’ explores conservation of old buildings and energy from the perspective of a scientific American, proving conclusively that we remain two nations separated … Continue reading

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Mapping development

Another large-scale digital mapping product of interest to planners and developers has been unveiled as Landmark Promap announced the GeoInformation Group’s UKMap service, an alternative to the Ordnance Survey. The initial roll-out provides 1:1000 large scale topographic mapping for the … Continue reading

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