Daily Archives: 18/03/2015

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has said that, according to a new report, ‘Digital High Street Report 2020’ High Streets could make billions of pounds in additional revenue and increase footfall by making more of the latest … Continue reading →

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has dismissed an appeal by Gladman Developments over a 94—home scheme proposed for a field in community use in open countryside on the edge of Faringdon in Oxfordshire refused by the Vale of the White Horse … Continue reading →

English Heritage directly publishes a diverse range of paid and free publications used by heritage professionals, academics and interested members of the public. These include Heritage Counts, Conservation Bulletin, Designation Yearbook, Heritage at Risk Register and guides to EH properties. … Continue reading →

Ordnance Survey (OS) has launched a National Map Cover Photo competition, offering the chance to put your photo on their local area maps. Ordnance Survey is looking to update the covers on more than 600 different OS maps, which are … Continue reading →

The Planning Inspectorate has issued a replacement advice note 2 which sets out ‘the role of local authorities in the development consent process’. The PINs note discourages local authorities carrying out their own consultation on forthcoming applications, so as not … Continue reading →

Think-tank the Policy Exchange has published an economics manifesto for the forthcoming general election which has urged the introduction of a so-called ‘Presumption Against Interference’ so people would be free to do as they will with their property ‘except where … Continue reading →

Arts Council England have released a new report which describes the economic impact of museums, featuring case studies from throughout England including Beamish (Living Museum of the North), Chatham historic dockyard (Kent, which includes Britain’s oldest intact naval building) and … Continue reading →

Planning minister Brandon Lewis has proposed new measures to speed up section 106 agreements including the creation of a dispute resolution service involving an external body or a ‘suitably qualified individual’. The minister is consulting on plans to speed up … Continue reading →