Daily Archives: 22/02/2013

The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) has responded to the consultation on planning practice guidance in England, noting broad agreement with the recommendations despite reservations about the timescale, resource commitments, and the way some critical guidance may be withdrawn … Continue reading →

The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) is supporting and presenting at an important RTPI regional event on the future of heritage planning, at the Steam Museum Swindon, on 4 July 2013, with reduced rates offered to IHBC members. Speakers … Continue reading →

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has launched its Catalyst heritage: building fundraising capacity grants with a new £2million investment programme designed to help organisations or partnerships of heritage organisations build their fundraising capacity and encourage more private giving. Grants of … Continue reading →

England’s housing and regeneration quango the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has appointed an infrastructure finance expert as its new permanent chief executive. HCA chairman Robert Napier has announced that Andy Rose had been appointed as chief executive and accounting … Continue reading →

The Law Commission has started consulting on significant changes to the legal regime surrounding rights to light. At this stage the proposals are provisional but the organisation has stressed that the Commission’s final recommendations to the Government will be strongly … Continue reading →

Historic Scotland (HS) and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), have provided an update on the planned merger, describing a new ‘lead body responsible for investigating and recording, with the business case for the … Continue reading →

Civic Voice has launched a new initiative aimed at promoting the rights of appeal for communities, developing on thinking around third party rights of appeal (TPRA), and is asking people to lobby their MPs on the campaign. Civic Voice writes: … Continue reading →

Following a national search run by English Heritage, Broadland District Council, working in conjunction with Ingham Pinnock Associates, has been chosen to carry out a Heritage At Risk Pilot Scheme. English Heritage asked interested parties to consider how best to … Continue reading →

The Brecon Beacons National Park has become the fifth location in the world to be granted International Dark Sky Reserve status making it Wales’ first accredited International Dark Sky Reserve. Designated reserves are areas recognised as possessing an exceptional or … Continue reading →

Nearly two-thirds of residents trust their local council and 72 per cent are satisfied with the way services are run according to a new research report announced by the Local Government Association (LGA), compared with just over a third of … Continue reading →

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has granted planning permission on appeal for two separate development proposals for a total of 289 homes at Tetbury, Gloucestershire, as the decision letter for the larger scheme acknowledged that it would cause harm to the … Continue reading →

A scheme to encourage more people to live in town centres should be ‘revitalised’ to help bring ‘after-hours vitality to the high street’, a report into supporting Northern Ireland (NI) town and city centres has recommended. Search Planning Resource: LINK

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced that all 20 candidate local authorities and city regions invited to be part of the second wave of the City Deal programme will now negotiate with the Government over new powers to allow … Continue reading →