Communities and Local Government publishes National Planning Policy Framework
27th March 2012
The Department for Communities and Local Government has today (27 March) released its National Planning Policy Framework. The National Planning Policy Framework sets out the Government’s planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied.
The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP releases statement on the National Planning Policy Framework
27th March 2012
The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Minister of State and Minister for Decentralisation and Cities has today (27 March) released an oral statement about Planning Policy and the National Planning Policy Framework.
The Localism Bill is now the Localism Act and references cultural assets
12th November 2011
The Localism Act 2011 received Royal Assent on Tuesday 15 November following eleven months of parliamentary scrutiny. The Bill progressed rapidly through its final stages, with MPs accepting all the Lords Amendments on 7 November. Speaking in the Commons on 7 November , Decentralisation Minister Greg Clark told MPs: “This is an historic bill, not just for the measures it contains but for what it represents. It is about striking out in a different direction. Power should be held at the lowest possible level.”
Debate on Localism in Lords: Neighbourhood Planning and Culture
19th October 2011
Extracts from the Localism debate, 17 October, 5:30pm. Section 9 Neighborhood Planning. Baroness Hanham (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Communities and Local Government; Conservative). “My Lords, I will move Amendment 205ZA and then sit down for the other amendments to be moved or spoken to… 205ZB: Schedule 9, line 3, leave out “and environmental” and insert, “environmental and cultural”.
Theatres Trust responds to CLG draft National Planning Policy Framework consultation
17th October 2011
Policy Consultation: draft National Planning Policy Framework
The Theatres Trust has made comments on the Department for Communities and Local Government consultation on the draft National Planning Policy Framework
Press Release: A final call for cultural responses to NPPF – The Theatres Trust’s Submission
14th October 2011
For immediate release. Consultations on the Government’s draft National Planning Policy Framework close on Monday 17 October. The draft is currently silent on culture, the arts and theatres.
Press Coverage: Trust welcomes PM's planning assurances but what of creative industries
4th October 2011
The National Trust (NT) has welcomed assurances from the Prime Minister that the UK’s planning system should continue to act in the public’s interest.
Making the case for culture
3rd October 2011
There are three critical issues when considering the likely political impact of the absence of culture and the arts from the National Planning Policy Framework says Jane Wilson, trustee of AD:uk and director, Arts Development East Cambridgeshire.
Canterbury City placed culture at heart of its economic vision
3rd October 2011
Culture runs through the veins of Canterbury and is a key part of its identity. The city reputation, however, was built on heritage rather than contemporary culture, and years of underinvestment in East Kent’s creative economy meant that the arts had played only a minor role in regeneration and community development says Janice McGuiness, Head of Culture, Canterbury City Council.
Press Coverage: An obvious omission in national planning policy is culture
3rd October 2011
The draft NPPF is currently ‘absent, silent and indeterminate’ on the promotion and protection of culture, the arts and theatres. This is a fundamental omission, not only for the better protection of theatres which is legally enshrined in the 1976 Theatres Trust Act, but also in its lack of recognition of the role of culture and the arts in achieving sustainable development says Mhora Samuel, Director of The Theatres Trust.
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