{"id":2991,"date":"2011-07-28T09:54:08","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T09:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=2991"},"modified":"2011-07-28T09:56:04","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T09:56:04","slug":"ihbc-president-warns-over-nppf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=2991","title":{"rendered":"IHBC President warns over NPPF"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The president of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), the UK\u2019s leading<\/span>professional body for building conservation and historic environment specialists, fears that the\u00a0<\/span>Government\u2019s proposals to<\/span>\u00a0simplify the planning system will put the nation\u2019s historic places at risk.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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He claims that the new proposals published this week in the Government\u2019s\u00a0National Planning Policy Framework<\/em>\u00a0will reduce the protection of historic places and introduce uncertainty into the development process, delaying regeneration schemes and harming the recovery.<\/p>\n

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\u2018The Government\u2019s aims of slimming down policy while maintaining a commitment to the historic environment, were never going to be easily reconciled. Although the new draft improves on its predecessor, the commitment is not fully realised,\u201d says Eddie Booth, IHBC president and secretary.<\/p>\n

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\u2018We are particularly concerned that the value of the historic environment to regeneration and the quality of places is not stated and that conservation is not sufficiently connected to other strands of policy. The problem with succinct policy is that it will be widely interpreted. A great deal will depend on parallel guidance, best practice and, in time, precedents.’<\/p>\n

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He adds: \u2018Sustainable development needs to have a long-term vision that these planning proposals – which are biased towards giving permission – clearly do not support.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Media contacts<\/span>: Liz Coyle-Camp \/ Candice Bealing 01747 871752 or 07768 604567<\/p>\n

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Email:\u00a0liz@emc2publicrelations.com<\/a>,\u00a0www.emc2publicrelations.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Notes to editors<\/span><\/p>\n

The Institute of Historic Building Conservation<\/span>:\u00a0The IHBC is the principal professional body for building conservation practitioners and historic environment specialists working in\u00a0England,\u00a0Northern Ireland,\u00a0Scotland\u00a0and\u00a0Wales,\u00a0with connections to the\u00a0Republic of Ireland.\u00a0For more information, please visit www.ihbc.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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Download the press release here: LINK<\/a><\/p>\n

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For the background see here: LINK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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