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Daily Archives: 12/11/2014
IHBC’s Branch Connection Day 2014: Associates etc.
This year the annual Branch Connection Day took place in Birmingham on 5 November, with volunteer Branch representatives invited to a free review and update on IHBC membership application processes and support, including the Associate membership category, with the day … Continue reading
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£23 million for neighbourhood planning in England
A new fund has been announced in the last week which is designed to get more communities to become involved in neighbourhood planning. DCLG writes: Ministers today (31 October 2014) announced £23 million new funding to encourage more communities across … Continue reading
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Preston bus station: proposals for a future
Proposals for a £23m redevelopment of Preston’s Grade II-listed bus station, which would include a youth centre have been unveiled by Lancashire County Council which together with Preston Youth Zone has unveiled plans for a sports hall, arts facilities as … Continue reading
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Derry-Londonderry Legacy Fund invites entries
The Arts and Heritage Fund for Derry-Londonderry (established by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Derry City Council) has announced a series of projects which have been funded to date and is inviting further submissions by 15 January. The … Continue reading
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Façade retention-v-demolition in Liverpool
A Grade II listed former rice mill in Liverpool is to be incorporated into a luxury flat development, with façade retention being approved after demolition was refused by the City Council and objected to by local residents and amenity societies. … Continue reading
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Pickles backs CHP project despite G1 LB harm
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has agreed with the recommendations of a planning inspector and allowed on appeal a biomass fuelled combined heat and power plant for an animal rendering factory located on the edge of Low Marnham village near Newark … Continue reading
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Scottish regeneration & funding announcements
The Scottish Government has offered progress updates on regenerating Scotland’s town centres in a report on the Scottish Government’s Town Centre Action Plan. The Scottish Government writes: Progress on regenerating Scotland’s town centres has been outlined in a report on … Continue reading
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Ancient woodland threat in Staffordshire
A major conservation organisation has branded proposals to turn part of a wood mentioned in the Domesday Book into a quarry as the largest threat yet to a single site of ancient woodland. Some 50 hectares of ancient woodland near … Continue reading
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CIfA launch: MoL 9 December
On the 9 December 2014, the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA) will officially launch at the Museum of London. The IfA writes: All members will be invited to celebrate the occasion as well as discuss the future of CIfA and … Continue reading
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Heritage Angel award winners announced
The winners of the prestigious English Heritage (EH) Heritage Angel awards were announced this week in a ceremony in London. English Heritage (EH) writes: Heritage fans flocked to the Palace Theatre this evening for the final of the English Heritage … Continue reading
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HS – nominate a commemorative plaque!
Historic Scotland is seeking nominations for commemorative plaques with a closing date for this year’s nominations of 31 January 2015. Historic Scotland writes: People across Scotland are being invited to submit their ideas for somebody they would like to be … Continue reading
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