The National Assembly for Wales has published a useful fact sheet on ‘Community buildings, places of worship and faith groups’. It contains a range of information including information on funding sources: Community buildings places of worship and faith groups
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NAW factsheet: Community buildings, places of worship and faith groups
Tagged with: community buildings, faith groups, funding sources, National Assembly for Wales, places of worship
Posted in heritage, information, network
Posted in heritage, information, network
Book Review: Homes for Welsh Workers by Stephen Kay
Review essay by Matthew Griffiths Stephen Kay, Homes for Welsh workers: from Robert Owen to the Garden City movement, with a gazetteer of planned communities in Wales, 1800 to 1939. Foreword by Jan Morris. 325 Press, Abergavenny. Paperback 2014: £10…
Tagged with: Barry Garden Suburb, Garden Villages, Homes for Welsh Workers, planning, Rhiwbina Garden Village, T. Alwyn Lloyd, Unwin
Posted in conservation, heritage, information, magazine
Posted in conservation, heritage, information, magazine
Nonconformist heritage of Wales from Addolai Cymru & RCAHMW
The Civic Trust for Wales were present at the launch of a new digital resource ‘show-casing’ the Nonconformist heritage of Wales that took place in the former Pembroke Terrace Welsh Presbyterian Chapel, in Cardiff – one of the buildings featured…
Tagged with: Addolai Cymru, Nonconformity, RCAHMW, Royal Commission, Wales
Posted in heritage, information, news
Posted in heritage, information, news
‘Make no little plans’: planning in Wales 1945-1996
The next installment of the history of planning in Wales is by Neil Harris who discusses the post-1947 period up to the start of devolution of planning to Wales. This article was, written for, and first published in the Royal…
Tagged with: history, planning, planning history, RTPI Cymru, Wales
Posted in heritage, magazine, planning, uncategorized
Posted in heritage, magazine, planning, uncategorized
Save the Coal Exchange: A public meeting to discuss practical solutions
An invitation from Cardiff Civic Society and Stephen Doughty MP
Tagged with: Cardiff, Cardiff Civic Society, Coal Exchange
Posted in conservation, heritage, information, network, news
Posted in conservation, heritage, information, network, news
For ‘Planning’ Read Housing – Town (and country) planning in Wales between 1909 and 1947
Clive James, in the second article from the RTPI Cymru’s Centenary History of Wales series, discusses the pre-1947 position of planning in Wales. This article was,written for, and first published in the Royal Town Planning Institute Cymru’s newsletter Cynllunio in Spring 2014. …
Tagged with: history, planning, planning history, RTPI Wales, Wales
Posted in heritage, magazine, planning
Posted in heritage, magazine, planning
Why Wales is Different … when it comes to planning
Roger Tanner introduces a project about the history of planning in Wales *. This article was,written for, and first published in the Royal Town Planning Institute Cymru’s newsletter Cynllunio in Winter 2013. Introduction A new Wales Planning Bill is on…
Tagged with: history, planning, planning history, RTPI Cymru, Wales
Posted in heritage, magazine, planning
Posted in heritage, magazine, planning
Urgent works to listed buildings & the Heritage Bill
Guest post by IHBC Wales Chair, Nathan Blanchard: As we know one of the major barriers to local authorities deploying urgent works notice powers is the issue of recovering their monies post works (especially in these more straightened times) and…
The Heritage Bill — Update on progress
In June John Griffiths, Minister for Culture and Sport, released a written statement providing an update on the progress of the Heritage Bill. Following the consultations a number of changes are being introduced. The Bill is also to be accompanied…
Tagged with: heritage, planning, Welsh Government
Posted in conservation, heritage, news, planning, policy
Posted in conservation, heritage, news, planning, policy
Planning for Sustainable Building
The Minister for Housing and Regeneration has announced amendments to the national Planning for Sustainable Buildings policy contained in Planning Policy Wales (PPW) and the cancellation of Technical Advice Note (TAN) 22. For more information on the changes please refer…
Tagged with: design, planning, sustainability
Posted in conservation, heritage, information, news, planning, policy
Posted in conservation, heritage, information, news, planning, policy
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