Daily Archives: 31/05/2011

The Government has published a progress review on the Penfold Review of ‘non-planning consents’ ,including heritage consents, which is characterised by its increasing focus on ‘customer service’, and has committed to annual updates on progress.   The report says ‘Steps … Continue reading →

Plans to simplify the rules surrounding heritage assets could help boost economic growth, butPlanning magazine’s Michael Donnelly reports that there are concerns about the resources available on the front line.   Alongside the recent update on the Penfold report, heritage … Continue reading →

RICS Land and Society Commission makes recommendations on how the property industry can support local communities. The IHBC is among the wide range of bodies that contributes to the review, and it earned special mention for its contribution, reiterated by … Continue reading →

Each of the new Governments in the three devolved administrations (Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) are now considering significant changes to their planning regimes after going to the polls promising reforms.   In the case of Northern Ireland this is … Continue reading →

A year almost to the day after his appointment as Minister of Tourism and Heritage, John Penrose addressed a gathering of heritage sector leaders earlier on 23 May 2011, at the launch of the new English Heritage Corporate Plan and … Continue reading →

Portico, an online resource dedicated to deepening the public’s understanding of English history through the national collection of sites and monuments under the direct care of English Heritage, is now available with twelve properties as pilots. EH News: LINK EH Archives & … Continue reading →

The Design Council CABE has announced financial support for its design review affiliated network across England. The support comes in the form of grants to the eight affiliated design review panels across England for 2011-12 to enable them to run … Continue reading →

  Local Authorities are being offered the opportunity to apply to take part in the second phase of the Front Runners project, designed to develop the best approach to implementing the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) regime, first announced in November … Continue reading →

Seven UK cities and town centres are set to benefit from £10m of regeneration investment from the Heritage Lottery Fund, as part of its Townscape Heritage Initiative.   This supports local organisations working to bring run down but historic high … Continue reading →