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Daily Archives: 17/09/2011
IHBC & partners: Conservation cuts delay planning
A dramatic cut in local conservation specialists could significantly delay planning applications, warns a report from the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), English Heritage and the Association of Local Government Officers. This year’s ‘Annual Report on Local Authority … Continue reading
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England’s HEF warns LPAs on capacity
The Historic Environment Forum (HEF), the top level cross-sectoral heritage committee for England has written to all English Planning authorities to make the case for retaining historic environment expertise in the face of the drastic cuts registered in research in … Continue reading
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CLA highlights England’s conservation losses
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has said continued cuts to the number of conservation officers, highlighted in the Report on Local Authority Staff Resources proves its case for fundamental reform of the heritage system. CLA Deputy President … Continue reading
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NPPF: Now CPRE re-opens 3rd-party appeals
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has renewed its call on ministers to rebalance the planning appeals system by restricting the grounds on which developers can appeal and introducing a limited community right of appeal. CPRE writes: The … Continue reading
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BEFS: Reduce VAT to improve the Green Deal
The Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) has supported a joint statement calling on the Government to use VAT to incentivise consumer take up of the Green Deal. Twenty six organisations are backing the statement, which urges the Government to … Continue reading
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PM intervenes on planning reforms
Prime Minister David Cameron has agreed to meet with CPRE and other groups like the National Trust concerned about the Government’s planning reform agenda. His offer to discuss the implications of the Coalition’s draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) … Continue reading
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