The HS2 Phase One Generic Written Scheme of Investigation: Historic Environment Research and Delivery Strategy has now been published. This sets out the project mechanisms for designing works, undertaking evaluation, delivering investigations, undertaking post excavation assessment, and archive deposition that will be adopted for the design …

DCMS has published the latest number of visits to museums and galleries it sponsors. In July 2017, there were a total of 4.6 million visits to the DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries. This is a decrease of 4 per cent (180,500 visits) compared with July 2016.

DCLG has published statistics on planning applications in England between April and June 2017. These reveal that district level planning authorities in England: received 123,300 applications for planning permission, down 5% on the corresponding quarter of 2016; granted 98,700 decisions, down 2% from the same quarter in …

The CPRE [Alliance member] is asking the public to contact MPs to ensure that the strong environment and nature laws we have will stay in place after Brexit. The Heritage Alliance has written a paper on protecting the rural historic environment during and after Brexit.

The Charity Tax Group has highlighted that the Education and Skills Funding Agency has published new guidance summarising how organisations can register and use the apprenticeship service as a training provider. Guidance on registering and using the apprenticeship service as an employer has also been updated.

The Lords Constitution Committee has called for the Government to act on the Committee’s criticism of the “unprecedented” transfer of powers from Parliament to Government, proposed in the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. The Committee’s new interim report says that the Bill “raises a series of profound, wide-ranging and inter-locking …

The Victorian Society [Alliance member] has marked 10 years of itsendangered buildings campaign with a new top 10 list. The 2017 list includes two Victorian cemetery chapels designed by Alfred Waterhouse, the architect behind London’s Natural History Museum; a former glassworks in the Midlands which produced …

Pointing to concerns over multiple World Heritage Sites, Rescue [Alliance member] has stated that these point to serious issues surrounding the protection of our WHSs. Rescue goes on to state that ‘special measures are needed, since the normal planning processes demonstrate serious inadequacies and give insufficient …

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Paul Southall, environmental advisor at the National Trust [Alliance member] and co-founder of the Fit for the Future Environmental Network has written an article on energy efficiency for the IHBC [Alliance member]. This concludes that ‘whatever the size or age of property, the guiding principle has been …

The York Post has reported on the work of June Hargreaves. Her 1964 book, Historic Buildings: Problems Of Their Preservation is said to have led to one of the key measures of the 1967 Civic Amenities Act – the idea of ‘conservation areas’.

The National Funding Scheme (NFS), under the DONATE brand, provides a range of free mobile fundraising tools for charitable organisations to maximise fundraising campaigns. This October DONATE launches contactless donation points. These can be rented or bought by charities and allow donors to tap their debit or …