{"id":12330,"date":"2016-03-18T18:19:09","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T18:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=12330"},"modified":"2016-03-18T18:19:09","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T18:19:09","slug":"ihbcs-budget-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=12330","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s Budget roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u>The budget 2016 has brought news of the extension of the cathedral repairs fund, a review of the New Towns Act, extensions to HS2 and Crossrail, the launch of the Starter Homes Land Fund prospectus,<\/u> <u>changes to taxes for museums and City Deal reviews, but the Telegraph asks \u2018<\/u><u>What does Osborne have against heritage?\u2019.<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Section 66 of the budget extends the First World War Centenary cathedral repairs fund and English Churches and Cathedrals Sustainability Review; \u2018The government will provide \u00a320 million across 2016-17 and 2017-18 to extend the First World War Centenary cathedral repairs fund. A review into sustaining England\u2019s churches and cathedrals will be set up to assess maintenance and repair pressures and examine how the sector can become more financially sustainable\u2019<\/p>\n<p>A compilation of some commentaries on the budget is summarised below for reference:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/budget-2016-some-of-the-things-weve-announced\" target=\"_blank\">Gov.uk <\/a>on \u2018some of the things we\u2019ve announced\u2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.planningportal.co.uk\/2016\/03\/17\/budget-displays-a-garden-settlement-prospect\/\" target=\"_blank\">Planning Portal<\/a> on garden cities \u2018Budget displays a garden settlement\u00a0prospect\u2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.planningportal.co.uk\/2016\/03\/17\/osborne-backs-crossrail-2-and-hs3-for-the-north\/\" target=\"_blank\">Planning Portal <\/a>\u2018Osborne backs Crossrail 2 and HS3 for the\u00a0North\u2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hha.org.uk\/DB\/news\/budget-2016-hha-response.html\" target=\"_blank\">Historic Houses Association<\/a> express disappointment that their proposals on reform of Heritage Maintenance Funds were not taken up<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.citb.co.uk\/news-events\/uk\/chancellor-unveils-latest-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\">CITB <\/a>on apprenticeships, crossrail and city deals<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rtpi.org.uk\/briefing-room\/news-releases\/2016\/march\/budget-2016-investing-in-local-planning-crucial-to-deliver-government%E2%80%99s-ambitious-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\">RTPI<\/a> on budget 2016- \u2018Investing in local planning crucial to deliver government\u2019s ambitious plans\u2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/politics\/georgeosborne\/12196646\/Budget-2016-What-does-Osborne-have-against-heritage.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Telegraph<\/a> asks \u2018Budget 2016: What does Osborne have against heritage?\u2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artscouncil.org.uk\/news\/arts-council-news\/government-continues-recognise-value-art-and-cultu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arts Council England<\/a> \u2018Government continues to recognise value of art and\u00a0culture\u2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/planningandbuildingcontroltoday.co.uk\/planning-development\/budget-2016-means-construction\/23220\/\" target=\"_blank\">Planning and Building Control news<\/a> &#8211; Budget 2016: What it means for construction<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcpa.org.uk\/resources.php?action=resource&amp;id=1287\" target=\"_blank\">The Town and Country Planning Association <\/a>welcomes a commitment to update the New Towns Act<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theheritagealliance.org.uk\/tha-website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/THA-Budget-2016-statement-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">THA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The budget 2016 has brought news of the extension of the cathedral repairs fund, a review of the New Towns Act, extensions to HS2 and Crossrail, the launch of the Starter Homes Land Fund prospectus, changes to taxes for museums &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=12330\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12331,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12330\/revisions\/12331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}