Photographs from the cross-border raid now added to Gallery section. The Scotland Branch is looking forward to a future visit from the NE!
IHBC Scotland Convener Stuart Eydmann shares 21 images from his visit to Berlin in April 2010 in our Gallery section.
Perth and Kinross Council has decided to pursue demolition of Perth City Hall following consideration of a report on the outcomes of the recent consultation and an appraisal of the costs and benefits on future uses of the building. See:
http://www.pkc.gov.uk/Business+and+trade/Town+centre+management/Perth+City+Hall/Perth+City+Hall.htm
Agenda for the forthcoming Cross Party Group meeting. The focus is on the physical fabric in town and city centres and its importance of the regeneration prospects for Scotland.
Would you please email Helen Sneddon if you wish to attend the meeting for security reasons.
Helen Sneddon
Administrator
Kirkcaldy Town Centre Management Ltd
Room 206 Town House
Weymssfield
Kirkcaldy
KY11XW
Tel: 08451 55 55 55 + Ext 47 16 91 (Direct Dial)
Helen.Sneddon@fife.gov.uk
1pm, Wednesday 14th April 2010
Committee Room 1, Holyrood, Edinburgh
AGENDA
Introduction – Marilyn Livingstone MSP, Chair of Cross Party Group
Update – Andy Kennedy, Chairman, Association of Town Centre Management (Scotland), Vice Chair of Cross Party Group.
Presentation : “The critical importance of the built fabric for the regeneration of Scotland’s Towns – Opportunities and Obstacles”
o Stuart Murie - Glasgow City Council
o Alastair Mackenzie – Clackmannanshire Council
o Brian Sibbalds – City of Edinburgh Council
Round The Table Discussion
AOCB
“SCOTLAND’S UNIQUE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT: MANAGING CHANGE AND PROTECTING FOR THE FUTURE”
The Scottish Parliament
Tuesday 20 April 2010
Our next meeting is on Tuesday 20 April 2010, 5.30 to 7.30 in the Parliament
In September 2009, the Scottish Government announced its intention to introduce a Historic Environment (Amendment) Bill, highlighting that “Scotland’s historic environment is both inspiring and irreplaceable. It has a significant role to play in developing a sustainable economic future for Scotland.”
Malcolm Cooper, Chief Inspector, Historic Scotland, will set out the broad context for the proposed legislation, with special emphasis on how Historic Scotland’s approach to managing change and working with stakeholders has developed over recent years. He will look at the way the relationship with local government, in particular, is changing, against the background of the modernisation of the planning system.
Lucy Blackburn, Bill Director, Historic Scotland, will focus more specifically on the proposals for legislation. She will briefly run through the background to the publication of the Bill in draft last May, and give an overview of the content of the draft Bill and responses made in the consultation, ahead of the Bill’s planned introduction later this session.”
Please feel free to forward this invitation to anyone you feel may be interested in coming along and ask them to reply directly to us so that we can add their names to the attendance lists required for parliamentary security. Although the meeting starts at 5.30 it is advisable to arrive no later than 5.15 to allow for security and time to get to the committee room.
If you are able to attend please let me know as soon as possible and in any event no later than 15 April 2010.
Eugene Mullan
Secretary of CROSS PARTY GROUP on ARCHITECTURE and the BUILT ENVIRONMENT
The Group is supported by:
Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland
Royal Town Planning Institute
c/o SMITH SCOTT MULLAN Associates
T 0131 555 1414 E e.mullan@smith-scott-mullan.co.uk
Scottish Parliament Written answers, 24 March 2010
Karen Gillon (Labour) | Question S3W-32368
To ask the Scottish Executive how many world heritage sites have a full-time co-ordinator funded by the Scottish Government.
Fiona Hyslop (Scottish National Party)
Historic Scotland fully funds a full time co-ordinator for the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. They also plan to provide funding to support posts for the Antonine Wall and New Lanark World Heritage Site.
