{"id":28276,"date":"2020-11-13T17:57:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T17:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28276"},"modified":"2020-11-13T17:57:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T17:57:23","slug":"ihbcs-lpa-capacity-research-headlines-dbws-home-page-conservation-advice-available-to-local-authorities-falls-48-7-since-2009-6-today-have-none","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28276","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s LPA Capacity research headlines DBW\u2019s home page: \u2018Conservation advice available to local authorities falls 48.7% since 2009; 6% today have none!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-28277\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DBW_131120-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>Against news from bodies such as ICE, BRE Trust, CIAT, CIOB, BSRIA <em>etc.,<\/em> the IHBC\u2019s recently launched research into England\u2019s Local Planning Authority (LPA) conservation services has headlined the home page of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Home\">Designing Buildings Wiki<\/a> (DBW) \u2013 host platform for the IHBC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Conservation_wiki\">Conservation Wiki<\/a> \u2013 and its newsletter that goes to more than 13000 registered users.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 survey demonstrates just how much local authority conservation services in England have been reduced\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 authorities that do not have access to any conservation advice\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>At the launch, IHBC Chair David McDonald said: \u2018This survey demonstrates just how much local authority conservation services in England have been reduced over the last decade.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Access to specialist advice decreasing by almost 50% since 2009 is a statistic that speaks for itself.\u00a0 If we add to that the loss of senior staff and the consequent wealth of knowledge and experience that is no longer available the overall picture is even worse.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Of similar concern are those authorities that do not have access to any conservation advice. Not only are they failing in providing an adequate service, but also there must be an increased risk of Ombudsman complaints or Judicial Reviews. The IHBC is using the results of this survey in its submission to Government on local authority capacity as part of the Planning White Paper consultation.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-28147\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/LA-Staffing-2020-grey-212x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" \/>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Local_Authority_Conservation_Staffing_Resources_in_England_2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DBW notice on the IHBC\u2019s report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See more on <u>of <\/u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Home\">Designing Buildings Wiki<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Conservation_wiki\">Conservation Wiki<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more background see the <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28145\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NewsBlogs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Local-Authority-Conservation-Staffing-Resources-in-England-2020-v261020.pdf\">Download the Report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Against news from bodies such as ICE, BRE Trust, CIAT, CIOB, BSRIA etc., the IHBC\u2019s recently launched research into England\u2019s Local Planning Authority (LPA) conservation services has headlined the home page of Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) \u2013 host platform for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28276\">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-28276","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\/28276","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=28276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28278,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28276\/revisions\/28278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}