Monthly Archives: June 2013

As reported here on Wednesday 26th June 2013 The Government has announced that it will work with English Heritage to consult on establishing a charity to care for the historic properties in the National Heritage Collection on a self-financing basis, … Continue reading →

Communities Minister Don Foster has announced that towns across England will benefit from £91m to refurbish and bring back into use over 6,000 empty and derelict homes and commercial premises, particularly in the Midlands and North. The funding is being … Continue reading →

Scotland’s new national policy on architecture, recently launched, has stressed the importance of enriching the people of Scotland’s lives through quality buildings and places as the policy sets out a key role for Architecture + Design Scotland (A+DS) in championing … Continue reading →

Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed a further ten per cent cut to local authority budgets to take place in the year 2015/16, saying communities secretary Eric Pickles is a ‘model of lean government‘. Search Planning Resource: LINK

England’s Ministers have decided which types of major development will in the future be eligible for the development consent regime set up for nationally significant infrastructure projects, currently covering major energy, transport, waste, water and transport schemes, and which will … Continue reading →

The Director of Civic Voice, Steve Graham, has left in a re-structuring of the body. Paula Ridley, Civic Voice Chair, writes: As part of a regular review of finances the Trustees have decided to adopt a new staffing structure for Civic … Continue reading →

Housebuilders that meet the Building for Life design standard could benefit from accelerated planning procedures, England’s planning minister Nick Boles has said. Search Planning Resource: LINK

Historic Scotland has launched a web-based survey to assess the effectiveness of their website, with paid incentives for those contributing to future discussions.  Historic Scotland writes: As conservation professionals engaging with Historic Scotland we would appreciate your feedback on the … Continue reading →

Medway Council in Kent has urged the Government to intervene after a planning inspector recommended that the planning authority withdraw and rewrite its Core Strategy (CS) after a key housing site in the document was notified as a Site of … Continue reading →

Voting is under way in the finals of the National Lottery Good Causes Awards Campaign, with finalists in the heritage category including the Glasgow Building Preservation Trust (GBPT) Gartnavel Chapel, Cancer Support Centre, in Scotland, and the Grade II listed … Continue reading →

Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) is delighted to be part of a capacity building and fundraising training project which has recently been awarded a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) development grant.  As part of its UK Catalyst programme the HLF has … Continue reading →

English Heritage has provided updates on its recent publications relating to designation activities, and welcomes feedback.  Roger Bowdler, Designation Director at English Heritage writes: We are pleased to announce the publication of new documents from English Heritage: the Designation Yearbook … Continue reading →

The Government has announced that it will work with English Heritage to consult on establishing a charity to care for the historic properties in the National Heritage Collection on a self-financing basis, supported by Government investment of £80 million. English … Continue reading →

IHBC members are able to avail of special RICS member rates, and save nearly £80 on the RICS-SPAB conservation school in Cirencester on 8-12 September 2013. RICS writes: This conference programme has been designed by the RICS Building Conservation Forum … Continue reading →

The possibility of ‘unintended but serious consequences’ from Historic Scotland merger have been highlighted by the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) as it calls upon its 312,000 members to help it respond to the Scottish Government’s consultation on merging public … Continue reading →

The National Heritage Training Group (NHTG), the UK’s lead body for traditional built heritage skills, has received initial support for a £690,000 bid from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) under its Skills for the Future programme for the ‘Building Traditional … Continue reading →

The Ministry of Justice has confirmed that new rules in relation to Judicial Review of planning decisions will come into force on 1 July.  This follows announcements by Justice Minister Chris Grayling that reforms to the judicial review process would … Continue reading →