Heritage

Appeal: ‘Densely overgrown’ land preferred to school facilities

19.02.2019

An inspector has refused a school’s plans to develop ‘untamed’ land in North London for sport and teaching facilities, finding unacceptable harm to the surrounding conservation area.

Royal Parks objects to Holocaust memorial next to Parliament

11.02.2019

Huw Morris

Heritage | London | Parliament

The body responsible for managing the site of a proposed national memorial to the Holocaust has objected to the scheme.

Appeals round-up: Three-home scheme would affect nuclear incident plans; 180 days of holiday letting harmful to housing supply

08.02.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 2 February-8 February, 2019

Foxearth, Essex / Robert Edwards (Geograph): 271105

Appeal: Residential conversion of WW2 ‘pillbox’ not covered by GPDO

08.02.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused plans to convert a fortified defensive structure in the Essex countryside into a home under permitted development rules, because he was not persuaded that it was in agricultural use...

More than 150,000 social rent homes lost in six years

07.02.2019

Laura Edgar

Over the past six years more than 165,000 homes for social rent have been lost in England. This breaks down to 140,828 council homes and 57,869 housing association homes.

Appeal: Contemporary design preferred to pastiche in conservation area

05.02.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans to redesign the entrance to a shopping arcade in Cheltenham conservation area, replacing the existing classical pastiche with a contemporary glazed design.

RTPI 2019 Awards for Planning Excellence / RTPI

RTPI announces excellence awards finalists

04.02.2019

Laura Edgar

Projects that use drones and artificial intelligence and some that plan for heritage and the natural environment feature on the shortlist for the RTPI 2019 Awards for Planning Excellence.

£8bn has been awarded to more than 44,000 heritage projects, including the Titantic Quarter Belfast / iStock-509799002

£1bn support for UK’s heritage

31.01.2019

Laura Edgar

funding | Heritage | heritage | National Lottery Heritage Fund | UK

More than £1 billion of National Lottery money will go towards supporting the UK’s heritage.

Appeals round-up: Larger revised wind farm scheme approved in Perthshire; Historic photographs justify green belt extension

25.01.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 19 January-25 January, 2019

Appeal: 299 flats at Aberdeen quarry refused on design grounds

25.01.2019

Matt Moody

A reporter has rejected the ‘modular’ design of a major residential scheme planned at the famous Rubislaw Quarry in Aberdeen, ruling that the proposal would overdevelop the site.

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