Daily Archives: 02/08/2011

Coastal communities across the United Kingdom will receive a multi-million pound boost each year from a new Coastal Communities Fund, the Chancellor and Chief Secretary to the Treasury, announced.   This new fund will be financed by the Government through the allocation … Continue reading →

A new guide, Making the most of CLP: a best practice guide for local authorities, examines the practical ways that local authorities have already sought to empower communities to take action locally by making the most of Community Led Planning (CLP). … Continue reading →

Following anecdotal evidence that traditional crafts were not recognised at local government level – slipping between heritage (buildings) and the arts – the Heritage Crafts Association (HCA) conducted a survey into the support local councils (at city, district and county … Continue reading →

See the most comprehensive organisational charts of the UK Civil Service ever released online… another step towards the Government’s goal of being the most transparent government in the world and opening up the structure of the Civil Service to public … Continue reading →

Following the recent issue of Context on healthy environments, new resources are available to show what local areas in England are doing to support spatial planning in creating healthy environments and reducing health inequalities. Local Government (idea.gov) Article: LINK

Oxford Circus and Covent Garden are among 16 Underground stations given Grade II listed status today by Heritage Minister John Penrose, on the advice of English Heritage.   They include several of the tube stations designed by Leslie Green whose ‘ox-blood’ red … Continue reading →