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The Government has unveiled a new initiative aimed at giving local communities more control over the regeneration of their struggling high streets and neighbourhoods, reports the LGA. Under the ‘Pride in Place’ scheme, councils will have greater powers to regulate…

The TCPA is publishing new Community Planning Guides as part of its Practical Hope series. You are invited to join their launch webinar on Tuesday 21 October. The guides showcase community groups that are tackling the effects of climate change. By exploring…

Specialist carbon report commissioned by the LISSCA (Liverpool Street Station Campaign) coalition finds that a 19-storey tower proposal over Liverpool Street Station breaches a significant number of national and local environmental policies. Network Rail and Acme architects’ controversial tower block…

Join the IHBC NW at Chester Town Hall on 18th September for a day celebrating the 50th anniversary of the European Architectural Heritage Day. The day will spend some time looking back at how the world of conservation has evolved over the last 50…

CPRE report that they are thrilled with some exciting campaign wins on the Planning & Infrastructure Bill this month. The organisation has been pushing for meaningful changes to the bill — calling for stronger protections for nature and protecting local…

After months of research and development, The Heritage Alliance has successfully unveiled the refreshed Heritage Funding Directory, with support from sponsors Historic Houses Foundation, PixelFridge, and Architectural Heritage Fund. Due to the huge amount of interest and requests from those…

Heritage is for everyone, says The Heritage Alliance, of which Civic Voice is a member. The sector offers genuine social mobility through accessible career routes that don’t require traditional academic qualifications, it employs people in all parts of the UK,…

Referencing an original article by Harriet Grant last Sunday on The Guardian, “No shops, no schools’: homes in England built without basic amenities“, planners and developers need to engage landscape architects early, writes Carolin Göhler of The Landscape Institute in…

A study by the University of Westminster based on 117 LTNs in London shows that the number of those killed or seriously injured reduces by a third after a low traffic neighbourhood is introduced. The study also shows that motor…

Nick Dunn, Lancaster University For billions of years, life has depended on Earth’s rhythm of day and night. DNA codifies body clocks in all animals and plants, which helps their cells act according to this cycle of light and dark.…