Daily Archives: 21/09/2012

Booking Closes at 5pm on Sunday 30th September for the IHBC’s London Branch’s 2012 conference on interiors: ‘The Inside Story: dealing with Historic Interiors’, which will take place on 2 October, at the Royal College of Physicians, with prize-winning architect … Continue reading →

Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) chief planner Steve Quartermain has written to England’s Chief Planning Officers stating that from 1 December 2012 it will be a requirement for local planning authorities (LPAs) to ‘include a statement on every … Continue reading →

SAVE Britain’s Heritage has won two major high court rulings in their decade-long campaign to end housing destruction in the north of England, both of which will potentially save thousands of homes from the bulldozer and bring in a new … Continue reading →

The UK Association of Building Preservation Trusts is able to offer 10 bursaries of up to £250 each towards the conference delegate fees, travel and accommodation costs of members of APT wishing to attend the 2012 Conference at Great Yarmouth, … Continue reading →

A flagship Tory council is opposing the coalition’s plan to allow householders to build larger extensions without the need for planning permission, warning that the measure would be ‘permanently damaging to our built environment’, while the Liberal Democrat-run London Borough … Continue reading →

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded £760,000 to a partnership between English Heritage (EH), the National Trust (NT), Cadw, ConstructionSkills (CSkills) and the National Heritage Training Group (NHTG) to deliver an £800,000 Displaced Apprenticeship scheme throughout England and Wales … Continue reading →

Civic Voice has just launched a new research project Protect our Place funded by English Heritage whose overall aim is to understand better the range and types of community action across England that protect and promote the historic environment. Civic … Continue reading →

An independent report setting out how the planning system in Wales could be improved has been published by the Welsh Government. Key recommendations include: · the need for leadership and, where necessary, intervention by Government (this includes Welsh ministers taking … Continue reading →

Scottish Government’s proposed spending plans for 2013-14 almost doubles that set out in the 2011 Spending Review, including an extra £1m for Historic Scotland. The Scottish Government writes: Commenting on the Scottish Government’s proposed spending plans for 2013-14, Cabinet Secretary … Continue reading →

England’s Communities Minister Don Foster today legally authorised new powers for communities to help prevent the rapid sell off of treasured community assets and buildings so they can be protected. The Community Right to Bid, created in the historic Localism … Continue reading →

Scotland’s planning minister Derek Mackay has asked officials to carry out a review of Scotland’s key planning policy document and publish a revised version by the end of next year. Search Planning Resource: LINK

New planning legislation has come into operation in Northern Ireland which provides revised permitted development (PD) rights for industrial buildings and warehouses and new permitted development rights for shops, financial and professional services establishments, office premises, schools, colleges, universities and … Continue reading →

More than two-fifths of council leaders and chief executives think that planning services should remain in-house, according to a report published this week. The report, published yesterday by think-tank Localis in partnership with consultancy Capita Symonds, found that 44 per … Continue reading →

Tony Burton, the former policy director at the Design Council, who was sacked just six months after being head-hunted from Civic Voice, says the organisation is now lacking in key areas of expertise. Bdonline Article: LINK Blog: LINK

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is asking for contributions to its initiative to build resilience in heritage organizations through the ‘Catalyst Capacity Building Grants’ programme, with a deadline for submissions of responses of 18 October at 12 noon. HLF writes: … Continue reading →