Daily Archives: 20/04/2012

The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) – alongside the Heritage Alliance – has been the subject of substantial reporting by Private Eye’s Piloti, as the issue of the proposed raid on VAT support for key heritage projects is making … Continue reading →

The IHBC has welcomed a new initiative by the Heritage Alliance (HA) to consolidate heritage sector opposition to the proposed removal of VAT relief for key heritage works across the UK by encouraging everyone to make use of their new … Continue reading →

The IHBC’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held as usual after the Institute’s key training event for the year, the Day School of our Annual School, at 5.30 on 22 June 2012, in the Guildhall Winchester, and as the … Continue reading →

Now anyone can keep up to date on essential IHBC news through RSS (really simple syndication) feeds, as our news updates are made more accessible to all parts of the heritage, development and environment sectors. IHBC Director Seán O’Reilly said: … Continue reading →

The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) includes a presumption in favour of sustainable development, and the Planning Inspectorate has published a model wording which it considers, if incorporated into a draft Local Plan submitted for examination, will be an appropriate … Continue reading →

The government has launched a new community rights microsite that offers a range of support to help local community groups. Launched on 5 April, ‘Community Rights’ aim is to ‘give power to communities to support their neighbourhoods’. It does this … Continue reading →

Historic Scotland invites applications from persons for appointment as a Member of the Agency’s Advisory Committee. Historic Scotland says: Historic Scotland has established an Advisory Committee comprising the Senior Management Team and a number of external members. The Committee will … Continue reading →

The neighbourhood planning regime is due to pass an important milestone next week when the first of this new type of plan – for Dawlish in south Devon – reaches its examination stage. The Dawlish Parish Neighbourhood Plan will be … Continue reading →

Planning Minister Greg Clark has revealed that £1 million will be made available to support the creation of high street neighbourhood plans that will help revitalise this crucial part of the local economy. The announcement is part of the Government’s … Continue reading →

The latest Customer Satisfaction Survey – covering 2010/11 – for Northern Ireland’s planning service showed an overall level of 61 per cent, two percentage points down on the previous year. In total, over 1,000 customers from across Northern Ireland responded … Continue reading →

Planning Aid England is seeking to re-employ staff after it received formal confirmation that it will get extra funding from the government. Communities and Local Government has formally agreed a four-month continuation to its grant to Planning Aid England under … Continue reading →

The Welsh Government has announced that responsibility for the Wales Spatial Plan, adopted by the National Assembly for Wales in 2004, will move from the Local Government and Communities portfolio to the Environment and Sustainable Development portfolio with effect from … Continue reading →

The search is on to find winners for this year’s English Heritage (EH) Angel Awards as the annual competition, founded last year by Andrew Lloyd Webber to reward the efforts of local people in saving their heritage, is launched for … Continue reading →