Daily Archives: 17/08/2012

Booking has now opened for the IHBC’s Northwest (NW) Branch 2012 Conference, Heritage and the High Street, which will take place in Liverpool on Wednesday 17 October. IHBC’s NW Branch writes: Deloitte predict that the future high street will be … Continue reading →

IHBC has announced its formal recognition, for IHBC membership applications, of conservation course progammes offered under Kingston University London: the linked BA and MSc postgraduate course and, for graduates, the Foundation Degree Course at the Building Crafts College (BCC), Stratford. … Continue reading →

The IHBC has warmly welcomed the Garden History Society’s (GHS) new project to harness the potential of Conservation Management Plans in caring for historic designed landscapes. The Garden History Society writes: Conservation Management Plans (CMPs) have become de rigeur as … Continue reading →

The building conservation charity COTAC (Conference on Training in Architectural Conservation) has re-designed and re-launched its website. Henry Russell, COTAC trustee leading on the redesign, writes: The redesigned COTAC website gives details of COTAC’s work as well as information about … Continue reading →

Dame Helen Ghosh has been announced as the new director-general of the National Trust, replacing long-time leader and fellow Dame, Fiona Reynolds. Dame Helen, currently permanent secretary to the Home Office, has had a long career in the civil service, … Continue reading →

With a closing date of 8 October, government has started consulting on giving developers the option to ask councils to renegotiate planning obligations – Section 106 agreements – agreed before April 2010, while the Local Government Association (LGA) says ‘it’s … Continue reading →

Changes to Listed Places of Worship grants will come into effect in autumn, as the Government announces details of how the Listed Places of Worship (LPW) Grant scheme will be expanded in October. The Government announced in the Budget in … Continue reading →

Wycombe District Council is involved in a dispute over proposals for the designation of a Neighbourhood Forum and Neighbourhood Area in part of High Wycombe. The planning authority is in disagreement with a community group – the Daws Hill Residents … Continue reading →

The government has decided not to grant permitted development rights for the installation of shop security shutters because of fears it could make high streets look like they are ‘under siege’. The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has … Continue reading →

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has published what it claims is the first sector guidance on what constitutes ‘financial viability’ in the context of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). This latest advice from RICS is designed to help … Continue reading →

Natural England has announced that aground-breaking project underway in North Yorkshire is helping safeguard the remains of an historic priory and providing a training ground for a new generation of craftspeople to learn traditional skills. Wykeham Priory near Scarborough, which … Continue reading →

Work to deliver a new stone mining heritage centre and some of the greenest new homes in Bath is due to begin in earnest over the coming weeks, the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has announced. HCA has agreed a … Continue reading →