Monthly Archives: October 2019

Sarah Johnson has been appointed as the chief executive of the shadow sponsor body organisation that will oversee the restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster.

Peterborough and Birmingham are the latest places to benefit from the Government Hubs programme to regenerate city centre sites.

The Local Government and Community Directorate has issued its proposed timetable for implementing the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 and taking forward other aspects of the reform of Scottish planning.

Visitors to Wentworth Woodhouse can now ascend the scaffold to a special viewing platform to survey the major roof repairs now underway, as SAVE updates on a welcome development in its successful 35-year campaign to find a solution for this … Continue reading →

Innovative cultural projects, libraries, museums and creative industries will benefit from £250m of new funding for the culture and creative sector, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and partners have announced. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

This month (October) HSE is carrying out its latest construction inspection initiative with a focus in particular on measures in place to protect workers from occupational lung disease caused by asbestos, silica, wood and other dusts when carrying out common … Continue reading →

The Scottish Land Commission has published a research report on the ‘Impact of Vacant and Derelict Land on Communities’, which found that derelict sites can affect a community’s health, environment, economy and social cohesion.

Four cooling towers at Ferrybridge, the West Yorkshire power station, have been demolished.

The government accepts the need for new initiative to boost international visitors, as reported in the Government’s response to the garden design and tourism report. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

Charles Jencks, architectural historian and critic and co-founder and director of Maggie’s, has died, at the age of 80 at his home in London.

A new £500,000 funding opportunity is being made available to support research organisations UK-wide to pilot place-based public engagement partnerships and activities, with UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) ‘Enhancing place-based partnerships in public engagement’, with full bid closing date of … Continue reading →

The Scottish Government is leading a drive to develop a Green Investment Portfolio with the official call for projects to feature in the Scottish Government’s first Green Investment Portfolio, covering a wide range of areas including: Built Environment Retrofit and … Continue reading →

The Heritage Alliance (THA), in partnership with Ecclesiastical Insurance Group, has created a survey to help understand how wellbeing is being prioritised within the heritage sector, with Ecclesiastical offering the chance to win a £500 donation to a charity of … Continue reading →

Recognising the fast-moving nature of many of the challenges facing low or middle income countries (LMICs), The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has launched this scheme to provide an accelerated funding outlet for urgent research priorities, closing to new … Continue reading →

Sixty years ago, the Town Planning Institute (as it was then known) received its Royal Charter, a special mark of distinction limited to bodies pre-eminent in their field.