Daily Archives: 10/01/2014

Oxford City Council has agreed to changes in the way it handles consultation over planning applications following an independent review of what should have been an non-contentious development, but which found that the process had been rushed and arrangements flawed, … Continue reading →

The Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence 2014 are open, and include categories covering all major aspects of the museums, galleries and heritage attractions sector, including Restoration & Conservation, with a closing date of 7 February. M+H writes: The Museums … Continue reading →

Half of the councils in England with Green Belt land are preparing to allocate some of it for development according to research published by the National Trust (NT). The NT writes: Our new research suggests that half of the councils … Continue reading →

The 2014 New Year Honours List includes an MBE to Peter Inskip, of Inskip + Jenkins Architects, for services to conservation architecture, while 51% women and a huge majority recommended for community services. The full New Year’s Honours list can … Continue reading →

Following reductions in core funding, the UK Association of Building Preservation Trusts (UKAPT) has issued a letter explaining the new organisational arrangements in place for 2014, as it reluctantly takes ‘the decision to bring to an end the (part-time) Director … Continue reading →

Proposals to demolish Perth City Hall are afoot again as the City’s Councillors again seek permission from the Scottish government to pull the building down, while some legal interests highlight the complex nature of the legislative arguments that might be … Continue reading →

Members of the public will be able to request the sale of state-owned land and buildings, the Cabinet Office and Treasury announced yesterday. Under the new Right to Contest, communities and businesses will be able to submit applications challenging the … Continue reading →

An adviser to Number 10 has warned that the government’s planning reforms have led to a planning ‘free for all’ and that the resulting ‘physical harm’ to the countryside could become the ‘defining legacy of this government’. Nadhim Zahawi, Tory … Continue reading →

Communities secretary Eric Pickles will not escape a public grilling from Twitter users after a session cancelled last year was rearranged for 22 January.  The original session in front of the communities and local government select committee on 9 December … Continue reading →

Colwyn Bay pier is to be demolished, councillors have decided bringing a five-year saga over its future to a close, the BBC reports. The BBC writes: A report said restoring the Grade II-listed pier would have cost more than £15m. … Continue reading →

Ed Miliband’s barrister wife is representing a wind farm company in a case which campaigners say could open the way to vast turbines blighting historic sites. Justine Thornton, who specialises in environmental law, is advising Barnwell Manor Wind Energy in … Continue reading →

The European Commission (EC) has for the first time presented calls for projects under Horizon 2020; worth more than €15 billion over the first two years, the funding is intended to help boost Europe’s knowledge-driven economy, and tackle issues that … Continue reading →

A new £1m fund has been launched to enable local to develop new delivery models to transform public services. The Delivering Differently programme will support ten local authorities to develop and implement new models such as mutuals, partnering and other … Continue reading →

Applications are being sought from artists / makers interested in becoming Artist in Residence at Kelmscott Manor. The residency is being funded by our Society with the generous help of Arts Council England, Fellow Geoffrey Bond, NADFAS, The Radcliffe Trust … Continue reading →