Heritage

Wales round-up: Cardiff estate regeneration plans submitted; Slate landscape in Wales awarded heritage status

30.07.2021

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Wales: 24 July-30 July, 2021

Called in: Pincher backs inspector and approves Holocaust Memorial

29.07.2021

Huw Morris

Design | England | Heritage | Westminster City Council

Housing minister Christopher Pincher has backed an inspector’s recommendation and granted planning permission for the United Kingdom Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.

Appeal: Agricultural barn wins approval in Peak District

29.07.2021

Huw Morris

Design | England | Heritage | Peak District National Park Authority

Planning permission has been granted for an agricultural barn in the Peak District National Park after an inspector ruled it would fit in with its historic and cultural setting.

Appeal: Swindon conversion rejected for staircase impact on heritage setting

29.07.2021

Huw Morris

England | Heritage | planing appeal | Swindon Borough Council | telephone exchange

Plans to redevelop a former telephone exchange in Swindon into seven apartments have been dismissed after an inspector decided a proposed external staircase would harm its setting within a conservation area...

Dorothea Quarry Lake, in the Nantlle Valley area in North Wales / iStock-843610468

Slate landscape in Wales awarded heritage status

28.07.2021

Laura Edgar

UNESCO has awarded the Slate Landscape of north west Wales World Heritage status at the 44th session of the World Heritage Committee.

Appeal: Broadland homes plan contravenes settlement and heritage policies

28.07.2021

Huw Morris

Broadland District Council | England | Heritage | Housing

A proposal to build 47 homes near the village of Horsford, Norfolk, has been dismissed for contravening strategic policy on settlements and harming heritage assets.

UNESCO strips Liverpool of World Heritage status

21.07.2021

Huw Morris

Liverpool has been stripped of its World Heritage status. The decision to delete Liverpool was made at a UNESCO meeting in China, where delegates voted 13 to five in favour of the recommendation.

Appeal round-up: Private ambulance parking not allowed in green belt; Reserved matters approval refused despite design officer support

09.07.2021

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 3 July-9 July, 2021

Appeal: Public open space would harm grade II* listed building’s setting

09.07.2021

Matt Moody

Plans for 60 homes close to an historic manor house in Somerset have been blocked by an inspector, who ruled that the public open space proposed as part of the scheme would ‘completely alter’ the setting of...

Appeal: Autonomous mine hunting tech facility would harm heritage

09.07.2021

Matt Moody

An industrial unit at a ‘marine business park’ on the Plymouth waterfront would cause unacceptable heritage harm, an inspector has ruled, noting that doubt remained over whether the company that was intended...

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