Under the current planning system, if you have current planning permission which is due to expire, you do not necessarily have to commence construction... The original application can be renewed for 25% of the full application fee, subject to a number of conditions. It can be a much cheaper alternative to renew planning permission than [...]
Consultation on proposed revisions to the Construction (Design Management) Regulations in Northern Ireland are set to conclude on 25 March 2015. The revisions mirror changes to the UK regulations which come into force there on 6 April 2015. It is anticipated the Northern Ireland version of the regulations will be brought into force in late [...]
At this afternoon's seminar run by the NI BIM Hub, Tina Pringle - NBS Head of Technical Information ran through what we can expect from the NBS BIM toolkit and outlined the areas still being refined. "The completion of the Digital Plan of Work and classification system will not only complete the Level 2 BIM [...]
At a Royal Town Planning Institute NI event this week, a representative from the DoE’s Planning Reform Guidance Team set the legislative scene with an overview of the legislative requirements and regulations for Planning Application Notices (PANs) and pre-application community consultation for proposals that fall within the major category. Requirements will include a period of [...]
C60 Architects and Town Planners are delighted to have been appointed as part of the Mascott Construction project team to deliver an extension to the Schrader Electronics production facility in Antrim Technology Park in association with the Central Procurement Directorate and Invest NI. The 440m² extension will expand the production floor of the facility, which [...]
We`re delighted that this contemporary home has just been submitted to planning in North Down. The house sits within the private plot and creates a series of external rooms that connect to the internal space. A family home with a robust entrance side, that controls the transition from public space to private garden. The journey [...]
Institute of Historic Building Conservation Northern Ireland Branch 22 January 2015, Clifton House, BelfastThe Northern Ireland Branch of the IHBC is looking holding a seminar to help affiliate and non‐members of the IHBC with their full membership applications. The session will provide the opportunity to learn more about the competencies that form the application. With guidance from colleagues in the natonal office, and full members within the local Branch, the session will help you with any queries that you may have about applying. To download details [...]
DOENI have called for comments in relation to proposals to scrap Built Heritage Grant Assistance. Under plans set out in the DOENI in Department of the Environment Consultation on the Draft Budget 2015-16 grant assistance would be terminated to many of the schemes essential to the conservtion of Northern Ireland's built heritage. DOENI to scrap [...]
Jenny Robinson left a comment on our blog to ask if it would be possible to heat a Passive House with cats... So we thought we would check to see how many cats would be needed... In The New Autonomous House, my second year tutors at Nottingham University, Brenda and Robert [...]
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