{"id":28874,"date":"2021-01-15T17:38:20","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T17:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28874"},"modified":"2021-01-15T17:38:20","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T17:38:20","slug":"parliaments-northern-estate-refurbishment-plans-halted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28874","title":{"rendered":"Parliament\u2019s \u2018Northern Estate\u2019 refurbishment plans halted"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/parliament_works_2019.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-23346\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/parliament_works_2019.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a>Parliament\u2019s Northern Estate programme to refurbish nearby Westminster buildings for use by MPs during the restoration of the House of Commons has been shut down, with a letter informing the delivery teams \u2018of closure of the Northern Estate Programme\u2019 in favour of \u2018a new approach of having a more agile set of projects.\u2019<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration purposes only &#8211; Open Government Licence v3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Construction News<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;The team behind the wider \u00a34bn restoration and renewal programme of the Houses of Parliament said the work to convert a clutch of neighbouring Grade I and Grade II-listed buildings into temporary homes for MPs was halted late last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/news\/bdps-500m-houses-of-parliament-decant-plans-halted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports\u00a0<em>Construction News\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0sister title the\u00a0<em>Architects\u2019 Journal<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/publications\/4241\/documents\/43270\/default\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In a letter<\/a>\u00a0to the public accounts committee, written by David Goldstone and Sarah Johnson \u2013 respectively the chief executives of the Palace of Westminster renewal Delivery Body and its oversight panel, the sponsor board \u2013 the scheme\u2019s leaders said they were now looking at a \u201cmore agile set of projects\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The plan, agreed in 2018, would have seen the redevelopment of the Grade II-listed Richmond House at an estimated cost of \u00a3800m, with work due to be carried out by Lendlease. Work on other nearby buildings was already being carried out by Wates&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/government\/house-of-commons-refurbishment-plans-halted-14-01-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See more background on House of Commons <a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/oralevidence\/733\/html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/news\/bdps-500m-houses-of-parliament-decant-plans-halted\"><em>Architects Journal<\/em><\/a>\u00a0,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bdonline.co.uk\/news\/bdps-500m-northern-estate-programme-shut-down\/5109866.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BD Online<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>On the wider programmme see: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.restorationandrenewal.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">restorationandrenewal.uk<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/about\/living-heritage\/building\/northern-estate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK Parliament<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/northernestate.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northern Estate<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bdp.com\/en\/projects\/m-o\/northern-estate-programme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BDP.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parliament\u2019s Northern Estate programme to refurbish nearby Westminster buildings for use by MPs during the restoration of the House of Commons has been shut down, with a letter informing the delivery teams \u2018of closure of the Northern Estate Programme\u2019 in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28874\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28874","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28874"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28875,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28874\/revisions\/28875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}