Daily Archives: 26/04/2013

Opportunities are still available to add your name to the list of sponsors of the IHBC’s 2013 School, in Carlisle on 20-22 June, with multiple benefits on offer as the IHBC’s marketing opportunities also help support your business market. IHBC … Continue reading →

Ian Walford (Acting Chief Executive of Historic Scotland) has announced the relocation of Historic Scotland’s strategic policy function into the Culture and Heritage Directorate of the Scottish Government, to take place over the summer, as part of a ‘mainstreaming’ programme. … Continue reading →

Northern Ireland Environment Minister Alex Attwood has announced the agreement which will see planning as well as a raft of other functions transferred to the Province’s 11 new local councils from central government departments in two years’ time. In April … Continue reading →

Maria Miller, England’s Secretary of State for Culture Media &Sport, gave her first major culture speech at the British Museum on 24 April, providing a warning that the arts would not be treated a special case in terms of the … Continue reading →

The flagship Growth and Infrastructure Bill, which includes controversial proposals to make it easier for homeowners to build extensions to their properties without planning consent, has completed the legislative process. Search Planning Resource: LINK UK Government News: LINK

Stafford MP Jeremy Lefroy has been given Parliamentary permission to introduce a 10 Minute Rule Bill to Parliament calling for strict rules to allow planning authorities impose fines on developers who deliberately exceed planning consents. The Conservative MP said he … Continue reading →

Home owners are being warned of doorstep tricksters demanding bogus ‘admin’ fees. Action Fraud, the UK national fraud reporting centre, has warned that doorstep fraudsters are using the Green Deal to con unwitting householders. It says Caerphilly Trading Standards has … Continue reading →

England’s Ministers have outlined a system incorporating a ‘light touch’ neighbour consultation scheme as part of the administration’s proposal to grant permitted development rights for larger house extensions for a period of three years. Details were unveiled in a letter … Continue reading →

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has launched an innovative new grant scheme aimed at unlocking the economic potential of historic buildings and sites across the UK, Heritage Enterprise (HE). HE will provide grants of between £100,000 and £5 million to … Continue reading →

The government has scrapped plans to demolish and rebuild London’s Euston Station in preparation for the arrival of the High Speed Two (HS2) rail line as new proposals for the redevelopment of London’s Euston Station as part of the Government’s … Continue reading →

As the first comprehensive analysis of how the UK’s historic buildings are used by businesses is published, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has launched Heritage Enterprise, a pioneering new funding programme designed to stimulate local economic growth by unlocking the … Continue reading →

The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Excellence in the Built Environment (EBE) has begun taking evidence for its far-reaching Inquiry into Sustainable Construction and the Green Deal with the aim of determining best practice, challenges and barriers to sustainability … Continue reading →

North Ireland Environment Minister Alex Attwood has granted planning permission for a Peace Building and Conflict Resolution Centre at the Maze, formerly the site of a controversial prison during the Troubles, as a petition calling for the Maze conflict centre … Continue reading →

April 22 marked the launch of the new ‘Charities Online’ initiative, allowing charities to sign up to make GiftAid repayment claims electronically, while the new system has up to 1,000 subscribers already, according to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC). … Continue reading →

New research published in the journal Psychological Science has found that people living in urban areas with more green space tend to report greater wellbeing than city dwellers that don’t have parks, gardens, or other green space nearby. The research … Continue reading →

Ministers have been urged by a think tank to reform the planning system to encourage greater provision of bungalows. That call was highlighted in a paper by the Policy Exchange which argued that the concentration of home ownership among the … Continue reading →