Daily Archives: 18/09/2010

The IHBC is supporting a free debate on ‘The Sustainable Community Building Refurbishment vs New Build’, in Edinburgh on 21 October. Each year The Glass-House and partner organisations hold a free nationwide debate series focusing on a topic related to … Continue reading →

Following the Annual General Meeting of SSLG on the 2nd September 2010, it is my duty as Chief Executive Officer to regretfully anounce that the Board of Directors have decided to dissolve SSLG as a charitable company limited by guarantee. The … Continue reading →

The Government has announced changes to the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995 (GDPO) which include provision for applicants with partially implemented outline planning permissions to apply for a replacement planning permission with a new time limit. … Continue reading →

The Construction Alliance, a coming together of four of the sector’s major trade organisations who represent the interests of its members at the Strategic Forum for Construction, have signed a memorandum of understanding. The Alliance includes the Civil Engineering Contractors … Continue reading →

English Heritage has commissioned research to take forward recommendations in an ALGAO report ‘GIS guidance for Historic Environment Records in England’ – January 2010 to investigate how England’s local authorities use GIS to maintain Historic Environment Records (HERs) and this … Continue reading →

The second wave of the largest sector survey ever conducted has been launched by the Office for Civil Society today. Some 110,000 civil society organisations have been invited to participate in the National Survey of Charities and Social Enterprises which … Continue reading →

The London Borough of Richmond, dealing with the listed building prosecution at 3 Church Street, Twickenham, has been notified that the appeal has been dropped. With the hearing due to take place at Kingston Crown Court, after some strong advice … Continue reading →

Communities minister Bob Neill has made his most detailed statement yet on the relationship between the coalition’s localism agenda and the role of Government planning policy. His comments came during a Commons adjournment debate on the nuisance caused by urban … Continue reading →

Prime Minister David Cameron told local authorities yesterday not to ‘do the easy thing’ by cutting budgets for voluntary bodies in their communities. Cameron told his audience at Prime Minister’s questions that instead councils should look at core costs and … Continue reading →

CIBSE (Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers) has launched a call for entries to its 2011 awards, entry deadline 8 October. The awards reward excellence in the development and management of low carbon buildings, and take into consideration a variety … Continue reading →