The Prime Minister has launched a revision of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) which implements around 80 previously announced reforms. The consultation on the revised NPPF will run until Thursday 10 May. The Alliance will be responding so if Heritage Alliance members have views that they would like …

The Heritage Alliance is proud to welcome the University of Oxford as a new member of the Heritage Alliance.The University of Oxford is a world-class centre of excellence dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and a better understanding of the world through research and education with a student population …

The next #HeritageChat, an online Twitter conversation, is on Thursday 15th March, 13.00-14.00 and will be on the theme of Industrial Heritage. We’re collecting suggested questions for use in the chat until 12 March and you can add yours to the GoogleDoc here.Suggestions so far include: …

The second Heritage 2020 ‘foresight’ workshop took place on 8 March exploring the theme ‘What’s over the digital horizon for heritage?’ Members of the Heritage 2020 working groups, the Historic Environment Forum and colleagues from the wider cultural and technology sectors came together to hear …

We have now moved into our new office, shared with Heritage Alliance member the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE). We look forward to welcoming members there in future. In the meantime, please ask whoever looks after your records to ensure that post is being sent to …

The Heritage Alliance has submitted evidence to the Commons Select Committee inquiry into the social impact of participation in culture and sport. Of the Inquiry’s five major themes we focused our answers on health and diversity as that is where work some of our new …

The Alliance has responded to the Lord’s EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee inquiry Brexit: movement of people in the fields of sport and culture inquiry. In our response we stressed that there are significant numbers of non-UK EU citizens that work in the heritage sector in …

The Alliance’s Rural Heritage Advocacy Group has responded to the Environmental Audit Committee Inquiry:  25-Year Environment Plan. Our response notes, among other things that the plan is ambitious for heritage, given the extent of decay of the rural historic environment. Importantly, the Plan repeatedly emphasises …

The Alliance has responded to the Government’s consultation on the use of pre-commencement planning conditions. These are conditions impose by a local authority when granting planning permission which must be met before work can start. We have supported the Government’s moves to ensure that clear …

This role will write case studies on mechanical and electrical building services projects installed at our properties to identify what has worked, what hasn’t and why. It will help to ensure that the learning points from these case studies are shared throughout the organisation. Deadline …

This role will write case studies on conservation of ornamental stone & metalwork at our properties to identify what has worked, what hasn’t and why. It will help ensure that the learning points from these case studies are shared throughout the organisation. Deadline is Sunday …

Closing date: 4 March 2018 Salary: circa £32,000 (pro rata) Permanent and part-time (21.6 hours per week) Join English Heritage as our Corporate Affairs Manager and help us to champion our achievements to key stakeholders and opinion-formers within the political arena, the heritage and cultural …