historic environment

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Appeal: Parliament Square suffragette statue plans rejected

23.08.2019

Heritage | historic environment | London | public engagement | statue

Plans lodged by former MP Sir Neil Thorne to install a second statue of Emmeline Pankhurst in Westminster have been blocked, after an inspector noted that monument space in the area is a 'finite resource'....

Appeal: Glazed extension to 16th century manor house refused

13.04.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused permission for a glass and stone extension to a grade II* listed Oxfordshire manor house, calling the design ‘uncompromisingly contemporary’.

Appeal: 160 homes for green space between Lennon and McCartney’s childhood homes

23.02.2018

Matt Moody

Plans for 160 homes in Allerton, Liverpool, can go ahead, after an inspector found that the benefits of addressing the area's housing supply shortfall outweighed harm to the setting of an Alfred...

Wales round-up: Budget details; Ministers decide not to spin off historic environment agency

24.11.2017

Roger Milne

Cardiff | Cymru | Economic Growth | historic environment | Welsh Government

A round-up of planning news in Wales: 18 November-24 November, 2017

Welsh ministers decide not to spin off historic environment agency

24.11.2017

Roger Milne

cadw | Cymru | Heritage | historic environment | Welsh Government

The Welsh Government’s historic environment service Cadw will remain part of Welsh Government for the foreseeable future, culture minister Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas has confirmed.

Appeal: Pond brings unacceptable ‘complexity’ to historic park landscape

26.10.2017

Matt Moody

AONB | Design | historic environment | South East | Water & Marine

An inspector has refused retrospective permission for a pond within the High Weald AONB, dismissing the appellant's claims of a historical precedent and finding the pond ‘disrespectful’ to...

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Appeal: Mixed-use scheme refused on historic Dunblane battleground

25.09.2017

Plans for a large mixed-use scheme including 165 homes near Dunblane have been blocked after a Scottish reporter concluded that the proposals would harm the ‘intimate character’ of the...

Northern Ireland round-up: Guidance on historic environment regime published; Objections over to replace 19th century Belfast building with offices

08.09.2017

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Northern Ireland: 2 September-8 September, 2017

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Guidance on historic environment regime published in NI

07.09.2017

Roger Milne

Heritage | historic environment | Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland's Department for Infrastructure (DfI) has issued Development Management Practice Note 5, which covers the historic environment.

Khan urged to consider heritage in London Plan

31.07.2017

Laura Edgar

Historic England has said heritage can play a key role in underpinning London’s future growth, and has called on Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and the Greater London Authority (GLA) to develop a London Heritage Strategy.

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