Monthly Archives: December 2016

The Campaign for National Parks, the National Trust (NT) and the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) have reported the findings from research into the planning process for major developments in, or just outside, National Parks and how their protection … Continue reading →

The Scottish Historic Buildings Trust (SHBT) has issued a call for community projects to use spaces the Custom House in Leith (deadline 31 January 2017).

The fourth edition of Historic England Research reports on projects and activities involving applied research into the historic environment.

The National Churches Trust (NCT) has launched a Maintenance Grants programme to fund work up to £2,500 with a deadline for the first round of grants of 4 January 2017.

As part of its recent National Maintenance Week campaign, the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) has published a quick guide to damp busting.

The Restoration or Conservation category is now accepting entries for projects ranging from single objects through to entire buildings (closing date 1 February 2017).

A High Court decision to strip a former school of its Grade-II listed status so it could be demolished has been reversed by the Welsh Government.

The Grade II* listed Whitechapel Bell Foundry, which opened in 1570 and made Big Ben – and is in the Guinness Book of World Records as Britain’s oldest manufacturing company –  as the company’s owner Alan Hughes said he hoped … Continue reading →

The BBC reports that campaigners for art history A-level say they are ‘absolutely thrilled’ by a late decision to save the subject, which was set to be discontinued, as now exam board Pearson has confirmed plans to develop the new … Continue reading →

The Grade II listed structure at King’s Cross in London has won the Best Lighting Scheme at the FX Awards.

Westminster Council has given permission for a £775 million 14-storey Renzo Piano ‘Paddingtoon Cube’ block, though SAVE Britain’s Heritage calls the project ‘outrageously and gratuitously overscaled’

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has updated its criteria for assessing local planning authority (LPA) performance in determining applications for major and non-major development.

A new report on the UK’s university estate reports £2bn of annual maintenance costs alongside more than £2.75bn capital expenditure, as the total university estate has grown by 200,000 metres over the previous year to meet the demands of staff … Continue reading →

Developers at University College London (UCL) are using software to record and combine the past, present and future architectures of the city, with the first project recording the stories of local residents, some of whom will lose their homes, communities … Continue reading →

The Empty Homes charity has found that 83% of British adults believe the Government should place a higher priority on tackling empty homes, an increase from 78% from two years ago.

The Communities and Local Government (CLG) Committee has examined innovative management and funding models for parks.