DCMS is seeking the views of the tourism sector on Business Rates revaluations. Heritage attractions are of course an important part of the tourism sector and we will be asking members for more information on how the increase will affect them. The Museums Association has written …
Share your educational content with schools
CENTURY is an innovative new solution in education being pioneered by over 10,000 students and teachers at secondary schools in the U.K. It is the first advanced platform to use artificial intelligence in education. CENTURY recommends learning topics for each individual student in order to …
Eleven areas bid to be UK City of Culture 2021
Eleven areas have registered bids to be UK City of Culture 2021, Minister of State for Digital and Culture Matt Hancock has announced. Coventry, Hereford, Paisley, Perth, Portsmouth, St David’s and the Hundred of Dewisland, Stoke-on-Trent, Sunderland, Swansea, Warrington and Wells have all formally entered …
Countryside Stewardship: woodland tree health grant manual 2017
The woodland tree health grant is a capital grant through which applicants can apply for one-off payments towards the: restoration and restocking of woodland after a tree health issue (payment for the trees themselves and any associated protection items) improvement of woodland due to tree health …
The Great Get Together
The Great Get Together is taking place on 17-18 June this summer. The event is being organised by the family and friends of Jo Cox and coincides with the anniversary of Jo’s death. The Great Get Together hopes to be a national moment of unity …
Public Land for Housing programme 2015-20
This annual report presents data for the first eighteen months of the Public Land for Housing programme to 30 September 2016. It shows that over 90% of land has been identified with departments carrying out strategic reviews to rationalise their estates. The Alliance will be …
Development on previously developed land falls
The Land use change statistics 2015 to 2016 show that only 28% of land changing to residential use was previously developed land, down from an estimated 36% in 2014-15. The main types of land changing to residential use, as measured by area, were: – Vacant land …
Pre 1919 housing stock more likely to be rented than owner occupied
The report on the findings of the survey is split into two sections. The first, on households, covers tenure etc. The second section, on page 24, is on homes and provides an overview of the housing stock in England including: the age, size, and type …
Fly tipping increases
DEFRA has published the 2015/16 statistics on flytipping. For the 2015/16 year, local authorities dealt with 936 thousand fly-tipping incidents, a 4.0 % increase over 2014/15. Local authorities carried out 494 thousand enforcement actions in 2015/16 at an estimated cost of £16.9 million, nearly £700 thousand …
Building Conservation Directory
Cathedral Communications [Alliance affiliate member] has recently released the 24th annual edition of The Building Conservation Directory for 2017 which, together with its website www.buildingconservation.com is a fantastic information resource for the historic built environment sector. The latest edition of the directory is now available …
Awards for Creative Re-use of Industrial Buildings
The Association for Industrial Archaeology [Alliance member] has launched its awards for Best Creative Re-Use of an Industrial Building. The awards are for building conversions that strike that tricky balance between the practicality of their new function and the readability of their old. Projects that …
Nominate projects for the Transport Trust awards
Each year the Transport Trust [Alliance member] invites nominations for awards to assist individuals and groups who are working hard to preserve items of importance to the Nation’s transport heritage. Awards are made annually to high quality transport restoration projects which are well advanced but …