Monthly Archives: March 2020

The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) is gathering sector-wide data to gauge the impact of the pandemic and with responses sought ASAP – including from bodies not funded by the NLHF – by Friday 27 March at the latest.

The Construction Industry Council (CIC) has launched its Roadmap for Change, a new digital resource to promote industry best practice, at Futurebuild, in London in March.

The Heritage Alliance (THA) has issued its report on the recent Budget, which included measures on an increase in the National Living Wage and a review of the Treasury’s Green Book, looking at developments with an impact on the heritage … Continue reading →

The London Historic Buildings Trust (LHBT) has issued its first online newsletter, and if people would like to receive LHBT news and updates they can sign up today.

Historic England (HE) is seeking views on revisions to their existing Advice Note on how to take account of the historic environment when planning for tall buildings, with the consultation closing 26 April. image: for illustration purposes only

The annual Brick Awards celebrate the best examples of clay brick in our built environment, seeking exemplary projects from leading architects, housebuilders, developers and contractors, across 17 hotly-contested categories, closing early May.

The Cultural Protection Fund is continuing into 2021, to build on from the success of the last four years, with new funding, reports The British Council.

Andrea Sandor writing about the city of Manchester asks whether development or democracy matters most.

The four UK higher education funding bodies are seeking diverse nominations for further panel members and impact assessors etc. to join the ‘REF sub-panels’, closing 3 April 2020, with areas including disciplines of Engineering; Architecture, Built Environment and Planning; Archaeology; … Continue reading →

Councils are reported to be considering taking up rarely-used executive powers to keep the planning and development system moving during the coronavirus pandemic, the Planning Officers Society reports, as officials may use executive powers to take decisions if committees are … Continue reading →

The Palace of Westminster was due to undergo a multi-billion-pound face-lift, with the £4 billion restoration seeing MPs and lords moved to temporary home, but The Daily Mail reports form the Times that the project could be reduced to less … Continue reading →

The President of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has launched a 10-year action plan to make the planning profession more diverse and inclusive. image: RTPI

An application by the Chapter Clerk of the Salisbury Cathedral Chapter Office, for the installation of 92 solar photovoltaic panels on the south roof of the Cloisters, has been approved.

Communities working together to save much-loved buildings and spaces will today be able to apply for a share of a new £600,000 pot from the Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF).

An engineering services industry survey was launched by ECA, BESA and SELECT, to obtain an early picture of the current and anticipated business impact in the engineering services sector and its supply chain, closing 27 March and with a chance … Continue reading →

The latest report from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) puts the economic influence of the UK construction sector at almost double that of the officially recorded figures by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).