Monthly Archives: January 2018

Scottish Civic Trust’s (SCT) My Place Awards 2018 is accepting nominations for the best new building, public realm or designed landscape or heritage restoration project in Scotland, with a deadline for nominations of 31 January 2018.

CPRE Kent has won a landmark victory at the Supreme Court, which overturned the decision by Dover District Council to grant planning permission for 521 houses and a retirement village in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty at Farthingloe. image … Continue reading →

The closing date for the John Betjeman Award, named in honour of writer, conservation campaigner and SPAB Committee member (1952-1977) Sir John Betjeman and celebrating excellence in the repair of places of worship in England and Wales and the Isle of … Continue reading →

The Woodland Trust has announced together with The Community Forest Trust, a plan to create an exciting new Northern Forest that will comprise over 50 million trees over 25 years. It will stretch from Liverpool across to Hull with the … Continue reading →

The Victorian Society has applied to appeal against the recent judgement in favour of removing the nave pews from Bath Abbey. image Victorian Society website

Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) has featured an article from BSRIA by Tassos Kougionis, Sustainable Building Consultant, on how overheating at home can directly impact the health and wellbeing of the occupant and their productivity, and can turn into a costly retrofit in the … Continue reading →

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced future consultation plans for its Strategic Funding Framework 2019-2024.   image Ros Kerslake, HLF website

New research published as part of a Climate Change Risk Assessment programme – and outlining a new approach for assessing climate change risk that places current risk from natural hazards at the forefront of the analysis – should help Historic … Continue reading →

At the opening of the European Year of Cultural Heritage, Europa Nostra, announced the 12 heritage sites shortlisted for the 7 Most Endangered programme 2018 which includes the Grimsby Ice Factory.

Recent and forthcoming Historic England (HE) support are flagged in the January Planning Bulletin, including the new edition of Good Practice Advice Note (GPA) 3, ‘The Setting of Heritage Assets’, and links to a sector-accessible webinar on its ‘Conservation Principles’, … Continue reading →

A new government report has been published commending England’s 42 Anglican cathedrals for their continued importance as places of worship, their wider community work and their commitment to promoting local economic growth. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open … Continue reading →

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Board of Trustees is delighted to announce the appointment of Victoria Hills MRTPI FICE to the position of Chief Executive, who will take up the role from April 16th 2018. image RTPI website

Over the course of 2017, Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) has interviewed numerous ‘champions of industry’ and other high-profile figures, and the top 5 most popular interviews of the year all reflect important aspects of heritage in the construction and development sector.

Prime Minister Theresa May has launched a 25 Year Environment Plan – A Green Future: Our 25 Year Plan to Improve the Environment – setting out the government’s intention to leave our environment in a better state than found, and … Continue reading →

DHCLG has published a ‘Summary of Responses from the Consultation outcome on Basement Developments and the Planning System Call for Evidence’.

The Department of Communities and Local Government has been rebadged as the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government. image LocalGov website