Daily Archives: 14/12/2012

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has provided an update on Cut the VAT Campaign. Beatrice Orchard at the FMB writes: It’s been a while since we have been in touch with you all and so I wanted to drop … Continue reading →

The Welsh Government has started consulting on new proposals designed to ensure consistency across Wales when householders and businesses want to make minor changes to development proposals that have already been approved. Currently the approach taken by local planning authorities … Continue reading →

The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) is pleased to announce that on 3 May 2013, it will run its first ever Graduate Student Forum, a student-led event, hosted by the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. SAHGB writes … Continue reading →

A list of authorities that have yet to prepare up-to-date local planning strategies will be offered ‘extra special support’ from the New Year to help them get their local plans in place, planning minister Nick Boles has said. Search Planning … Continue reading →

HLF has produced a review of research undertaken by other organisations in the UK – the latest version, ‘Value and Benefits of Heritage’. Heritage Aliance writes: HLF has also published a recent survey of completed projects which provides aggregate results … Continue reading →

An international student competition which seeks to inspire a new generation of garden city pioneers has been launched as part of the centenary celebrations of the International Federation of Housing and Planning (IFHP) The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) … Continue reading →

The Director of Sir John Soane’s Museum is to become Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. The Museum writes: After nearly eight highly successful years as Director of Sir John Soane’s Museum, Tim Knox has been appointed to succeed Timothy … Continue reading →

Nominations are now open for the 2013 Octavia Hill Awards, founded this year to celebrate the life and legacy of legendary environmental champion and National Trust co-founder Octavia Hill, with a closing date of 28 February 2013. Organised by the … Continue reading →

Two paid placements are currently available for those interested in or studying towards qualifications in traditional building skills: a traditional carpenter and joiner in Sheffield, and for a trainee traditional slate maker and roofer in Derbyshire. The traditional Carpenter and … Continue reading →

The Citizens Advice Bureau volunteer who tried to take her legal claim for the same employment rights as an employee all the way to Europe, has been stopped by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court judgment handed down today effectively … Continue reading →

‘Cultural Heritage’ has been included as a priority in the European Union’s proposed €80 billion Horizon 2020 funding programme from 2014. Previously, cultural heritage had been omitted from the funding proposals, which remain subject to the agreement of the overall … Continue reading →

The communities secretary has warned that proposals from Brussels to change the rules on environmental impact assessments (EIA) could result in a significant increase in regulation and additional cost and delay to the UK planning system. Search Planning Resource: LINK

Residents of a sleepy French village in Bordeaux have been left dumbfounded after discovering their local 18th-century chateau was completely bulldozed ‘by mistake.’ The mayor’s office in Yvrac said Wednesday that workers who were hired to renovate the grand 13,000-square-metre … Continue reading →