Daily Archives: 03/11/2010

The current joint report on Local Planning Authority (LPA) historic environment services, carried out in part by the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), confirms a near 7% drop in conservation staffing over the 15 months to the start of … Continue reading →

Only a few places are left for the first day of the heritage project funding conference in Glasgow, ‘Investing in the Past’, on 18 November, though there is still plenty of opportunity for delegates to attend on the Friday and … Continue reading →

Trudi Elliot CBE has been appointed the new Chief Executive of the RTPI and  will work closely with RTPI Managing Director Sara Drake and Sue Percy, Director of Professional Services. Richard Summers, Chairman of the RTPI Board said: “I am … Continue reading →

The London branch of the Planning Officers Society has written to Communities Secretary Eric Pickles detailing ways of making the planning system less bureaucratic and easier for consumers. The proposals focus on spatial planning, development management and planning enforcement. Planning Officers Society Article: … Continue reading →

The Arb’s professional conduct committee has fined Richard Lewis of Lewis Patten Chartered Architects in Hereford £4,000 following an “aesthetic disaster” on a project to build two semi-detached houses in north-west London. BD Online News: LINK

Skills minister John Hayes today signalled a new vision for craft and vocational skills as he spoke of the re-emergence of the Guilds and announced an ambition to create a new and prestigious award for Craft. The minister was at … Continue reading →

Only the rich will be able to afford to study architecture, Schosa Standing Conference of Heads of Schools of Architecture, warns government Architecture degrees will become the preserve of the wealthy if the government adopts the Browne review’s recommendations on … Continue reading →

New homes may require far less energy to run than older properties, but building them generates plenty of CO2, a recent study shows that 80 tonnes of CO2 emitted in creating a newbuild two-bed cottage. The carbon footprint of building … Continue reading →

English Heritage has part funded a feasibility study into the Grade II listed Plymouth Civic Centre. Plymouth Civic Centre is being put up for sale by Plymouth City Council. English Heritage has part funded a feasibility study with the Council to explore … Continue reading →

Delegates at the IfA conference in Southport in April 2010 agreed that ‘PPS 5 represents one of the most significant opportunities in decades for archaeologists their client sector and the public to get more from archaeology’, and the ‘Southport group’, formed following … Continue reading →