{"id":41680,"date":"2024-12-14T16:09:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T16:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41680"},"modified":"2024-12-13T18:56:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T18:56:57","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-happy-residents-inc-tracy-emin-as-replacement-windows-refused-by-thanet-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41680","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Happy residents (inc. Tracy Emin) as replacement windows refused by Thanet DC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Arlington_House_Margate_CT9_1XP_Spudgun_67_commons_wikimedia.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Arlington_House_Margate_CT9_1XP_Spudgun_67_commons_wikimedia.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Arlington_House_Margate_CT9_1XP_Spudgun_67_commons_wikimedia.png 300w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Arlington_House_Margate_CT9_1XP_Spudgun_67_commons_wikimedia-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>image for illustration: image for illustration:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/7\/75\/Arlington_House_Margate_CT9_1XP.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arlington House Margate<\/a>\u00a0by Spudgun67,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flat owners &#8211; including artist Tracey Emin &#8211; are rejoicing after a controversial plan to replace the windows of an \u2018iconic\u2019 tower block at Arlington House in Margate was quashed by Thanet District Council (DC), writes <em>Kentonline<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Kentonline<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scheme for Margate\u2019s \u2018world-famous\u2019 Arlington House was first submitted in March 2023 sparking huge backlash from residents and the wider community\u2026 &#8211; including Dame Tracey Emin, who has even submitted a counter proposal&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 councillors voted unanimously against the officer\u2019s recommendation to approve based on the energy and thermal efficiency of the building\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 after the decision, the artist told KentOnline: \u2018I put double glazing in the flats that I own, and it looks really good &#8211; there&#8217;s no wind, no draughts. It wasn&#8217;t that expensive. I grew up with Arlington House, and it&#8217;s part of my skyline, in my psyche. It means something to me, and the way the windows are in a wave is so important. What would be great is if it was listed, and then looked after properly &#8211; that would be amazing.\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 Arlington House\u2026 is owned by a private company\u2026<br> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentonline.co.uk\/thanet\/news\/joy-over-decision-on-major-changes-to-iconic-kent-tower-bloc-316229\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: image for illustration:\u00a0Arlington House Margate\u00a0by Spudgun67,\u00a0CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Flat owners &#8211; including artist Tracey Emin &#8211; are rejoicing after a controversial plan to replace the windows of an \u2018iconic\u2019 tower block at Arlington House &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41680\">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":[1],"tags":[6,40,18,29,16],"class_list":["post-41680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-community","tag-conservation","tag-heritage","tag-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41680","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=41680"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41681,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41680\/revisions\/41681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}