Daily Archives: 03/01/2011

The Giving Green Paper sets out the Government’s initial ideas for building a stronger culture of giving time and money to start a national debate on our society’s attitude to giving, and is not a conventional green paper. Government says: ‘We want … Continue reading →

Haymarket, the publishers of Planning Magazine, have taken the decision to change the frequency of the publication from weekly to fortnightly from 14 January 2011. Letter [extract] to RTPI members from Sara Drake, RTPI Managing Director I am writing to let you … Continue reading →

A new set of Government Guidance notes which covers everything you need to know about managing change in the historic environment has just been launched. The fourteen guidance notes will replace the Memorandum of Guidance on Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas, which was … Continue reading →

The Department for Communities and Local Government wants local authorities to lead on the implementation of the Community Infrastructure Levy. The following news release was published by the Department for Communities and Local Government on 24 December 2010: The Department for Communities and … Continue reading →

The National Planning Application Register hosted by the Planning Portal has been closed down following a decision by the private company running the service. The register was established in November 2005 as a pilot service initially intended to run for 18 months. … Continue reading →

A council has been forced to reapprove a number of planning applications after it discovered that comments submitted on its website were not being read by planners. Ribble Valley Borough Council found that more than 100 comments on 51 applications had been … Continue reading →

Sheffield’s Castle Market listing is rejected, allowing demolition to reveal ‘what’s really under there’. It’s not one of Sheffield’s grandest structures but the stark appearance of the Sixties-built Castle Market has its fans. So much so that the Government’s conservation agency was … Continue reading →

A UK survey currently under circulation by the Church of England, among others, registers the scale of Faith group activities across society, including their roles in supporting and enabling the care of places of worship. Becky Paine, Policy Officer at the … Continue reading →

The Young Foundation has published guidance on promoting the Big Society at community level. The Community Action Toolkit can be used to find out what people want from the Big Society, what makes people feel like they belong in a place, what … Continue reading →