Monthly Archives: December 2013

For the first time the annual Royal Town Planning Institute Awards for Planning Excellence will include a category honouring the best local authority planning team, with a deadline for entries of 4.30pm on 31 January 2014. The RTPI writes: 30 … Continue reading →

SAVE Britain’s Heritage has received £10,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) Catalyst Small Grants programme to develop a corporate fundraising strategy. SAVE writes: This will enable SAVE to reach out to key decision makers and companies who are interested … Continue reading →

Scholarships and funded doctorates are available in small a number of conservation related areas, in Scotland and Europe, with closing dates in the new year, while anyone interested in such opportunities is encouraged to keep up to date through the … Continue reading →

The Chief Executive of the Architects Registration Board (ARB), Alison Carr, is to join Institution of Engineering and Technology. ARB writes: After seven years as Registrar and Chief Executive of the Architects Registration Board (ARB), Alison Carr is leaving in … Continue reading →

Plans to rebuild the Crystal Palace in south east London as a ‘major new cultural destination for the capital’ have taken a step further with the opening of a 3-stage competition to identify architectural teams to design the new building. … Continue reading →

Half of England’s councils that have green belt land are preparing to allocate some of it for development, according to new research by the National Trust (NT). Search Planning Resource: LINK

A report into new digital technology in the heritage sector, ‘Digital Culture: How arts and cultural organisations in England use technology’, finds that heritage is good at creating content but not at raising revenue. The Heritage Alliance writes of the … Continue reading →

The Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) has published a new paper entitled ‘Safeguarding and Further Developing World Heritage Cities, Position Paper’ to give a ‘clear picture of what the World Heritage Status as a cross-cutting topic means for the … Continue reading →

Last week’s Autumn Statement by Chancellor George Osborne revealed the Government’s appetite for further planning reforms and initiatives, including legislating on cases where planning conditions may be treated as approved and consulting on making a Local Plan a statutory requirement … Continue reading →

The winners of the 2013 President’s Medals have been announced at a special event at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), with the prestigious RIBA President’s Medals this year rewarding talent and excellence in the study of architecture, many … Continue reading →

BRE, homelessness charity, All People All Places, and social housing procurement consortium, Westworks Ltd, are joining forces in an ambitious scheme that is set to revolutionise the empty homes agenda, and are looking to talk to local authorities, housing associations and … Continue reading →

Eight Grade II-listed beach chalets have been badly damaged by fire in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. The fire started in one row of the chalets close to the Spa complex in the South Bay. The huts were built shortly before World … Continue reading →

Over one million people discovered the joys of Heritage Open Days (HODs) for the first time this year, around 50% of the spectacular 2.1 million people who visited an event over the four-day festival. HODs writes: The weather may not … Continue reading →

Plans for a six-turbine wind farm near the village of Frizington, Cumbria, have been refused on landscape and visual grounds by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles on the recommendation of the planning inspector who held the recovered inquiry. Developer Banks Renewables … Continue reading →

The RIBA has announced its support for ‘a comprehensive review into architectural education’.  RIBA writes: The RIBA Council today supported the direction of travel of a comprehensive review into architectural education. The review is based on five principles for architectural … Continue reading →

A large area of Northumberland has been named as home to the largest area of protected night sky in Europe. The International Dark Skies Association (IDA), based in Tucson, USA, has granted Gold Tier Dark Sky Park status to the … Continue reading →

The European Commission (EC) announced the details of the first call for proposals for the new Creative Europe programme on 11 December with a deadline for the cooperation projects strand of 5 March; for literary translation, 12 March; and for … Continue reading →

A High Court judge has quashed planning permission granted by Cornwall Council for a 31-home development at Mevagissey in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), as Mr Justice Hickinbottom ruled that the planning committee had not given enough weight … Continue reading →

The 6-month overview report on progress of the National Heritage Protection Plan (NHPP) is now available on the English Heritage (EH) website. EH writes: Work on the NHPP has continued unabated, reinforcing our productive alliances, with many projects completed and … Continue reading →

Camden Council has rejected proposals to convert workshops and studios in a cobbled mews in Primrose Hill, London, into 57 homes. There was a high-profile campaign to safeguard the businesses which included interventions from High Street and retail guru Mary … Continue reading →