IHBC welcomes Baroness Kay Andrews as new EH Chair

The IHBC warmly welcomes Baroness Andrews’ appointment as the long-awaited new Chair of English Heritage. Baroness Andrews, as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with responsibility for built heritage there, has been an energetic proponent of the value of historic environment conservation in the planning system, a central theme in English Heritage’s modernising programme under Heritage Protection Reform (HPR). Her skills in and knowledge of the sector will be a boost for the evolving implementation programme in English Heritage. Baroness Andrews covered the evolving planning framework for conservation as the keynote speaker at the IHBC’s Annual School in 2008, and the IHBC will be looking to arrange a formal meeting with the Chair as soon as possible.

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