01 Mar, 2024 HIGH COURT OVERTURNS SECRETARY OF STATE'S DENIAL OF PLANNING PERMISSION FOR M&S OXFORD STREET STORE By Timur Tatlioglu On 1st March 2023, the High Court (J Lieven) quashed the Secretary of State’s (July 2023) decision to refuse planning permission for the...
12 Jan, 2024 NPPF PARA 164 AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE HISTORIC BUILT ENVIRONMENT? By Nick Pond Among all the other changes announced before Christmas concerning the new NPPF, Chapter 16: Conserving and Enhancing the Historic...
13 Dec, 2023 NEW FOR OLD: HOW HERITAGE PROVIDES A FOUNDATION FOR REPURPOSING DEPARTMENT STORES By Bridget Crossley Tim Miles
05 Dec, 2023 BREAKING DOWN THE NUMBERS: A GUIDE TO ENGLAND'S 25-35% INCREASE IN PLANNING APPLICATION FEES By Will Edmonds Anna Harrhy As of 6th December 2023, fees for planning applications are set to increase in England by a minimum of 25% following legislative...
21 Nov, 2023 RETROFIT-FIRST: FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE CITY OF LONDON'S NEW DRAFT CITY PLAN 2040 By Tom Pemberton The City of London Corporation ("the Corporation") has been working behind the scenes to prepare a new Local Plan, known as the 'City...
17 Nov, 2023 LURB BECOMES LAW: NEW RULES ON BUILDING PRESERVATION NOTICES By Roger Bowdler The Levelling Up and Regeneration Act brings together a number of aspirations from the heritage sector under one heading and alongside a...
17 Nov, 2023 LURB BECOMES LAW - CHANGES TO HERITAGE PROTECTION By Lucy Markham Cicely Barnett Aside from the changes to the powers relating to the serving of temporary Stop Notices – which is a subject of a later article – the...
20 Oct, 2023 RETROFITTING: IN WITH THE OLD By Timur Tatlioglu Tim Miles Retrofitting: In With The Old - How historic buildings have a vital role to play in achieving a low carbon future. In this weekend's EG,...
05 Oct, 2023 BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE: MANAGING RAAC CHALLENGES IN HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE By Ben Tosland Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, or RAAC, has become a household phrase in the last month that is enough to send shivers down the...
04 Sep, 2023 "THE SHOW(S) MUST GO ON"...PLANNING AND HERITAGE IN THEATRELAND By James Huish Tim Miles Theatreland, in the West End of London, is home to around 40 venues and attracts 19 million people each year to its eclectic variety of...
28 Jul, 2023 WHAT DOES THE M&S DECISION MEAN FOR HERITAGE, RETROFIT AND REDEVELOPMENT? By Timur Tatlioglu Last week’s rejection of plans to redevelop M&S’s Oxford Street site have brought the complex debate around how best to create a...
12 Apr, 2023 WHY THE PROSPECT OF GRADE III LISTINGS IS A BLUNT PROPOSITION By Timur Tatlioglu Will Arnold of the Institution of Structural Engineers has argued for a so-called “Grade III” listing of all buildings in England. The...