News & Events
ICOMOS-UK News
- Merranblo Wind Farm Development, Orkney
ICOMOS-UK Precognition for the Public Local Inquiry on the proposed erection of three wind turbines at Merranblo, Orkney, Scotland.
January 2008
- 2008-02-07 17:19:51
- CALTONGATE DEVELOPMENT: EDINBURGH OLD & NEW TOWNS WHS
Press release on the Caltongate Development and its impact on the Edinburgh Old & New Towns.
06/02/08
- 2008-02-07 17:00:10
- STONEHENGE WORLD HERITAGE SITE
ICOMOS-UK Press Statement
Government announcement
6TH December 2007
- 2007-12-06 16:54:58
- Revised Olympic budget to have a massive impact on heritage funding
Does the third sector heritage lobby need to be stronger in its dialogue with the government? The revised budget for the Olympics will mean £90m less funds for the HLF and thus for heritag signals the vulnerability of the heritage lobby.
- 2007-03-19 13:36:52
- The Heritage Protection Review White Paper
ICOMOS-UK warmly welcomes the news that World Heritage sites (WHSs) are to be given statutory protection in the planning system in order to control development within sites and their settings, and to ensure there is no erosion of value over time.
- 2007-03-15 10:21:52
- Cornwall and West Devon Minining Landscape inscribed as a WHS
On Thursday 13th July the UNESCO World Heritage Committee inscribed the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape as a WHS. This follows years of hard work by the WH Team in Cornwall County Council in particular.
- 2006-07-17 12:21:44
- ICOMOS Advisory Committee Meeting, Edinburgh 8-13th September 2006
The annual ICOMOS Advisory Committee Meeting is this year being held in Edinburgh - hosted by Historic Scotland - from 8th to 13th September 2006.
- 2006-07-10 17:21:18
- Government proposes demolition of Commonwealth Institute
A leaked letter from the Foreign Office and DCMS asking the ODPM for its view on introducing special legislation to overturn the Grade 2* listing of the Commonwealth Institute in London has angered the UK heritage sector, including ICOMOS-UK.
- 2006-06-08 15:50:03
- Stonehenge Roads Review: Conservation Organisations' Joint Public Response
ICOMOS-UK, The National Trust, The Council for British Archaeology, Friends of the Earth, CPRE, WANHS, ASLaN, Prehistoric Society, RESCUE and Transport 2000 have today released a joint statement to the Press on their shared vision for Stonehenge.
- 2006-03-30 11:34:17
- ICOMOS-UK Strategic Plan 2006-8
The Strategic Plan 2006-8 has just been published and can be downloaded from the ICOMOS-UK website, alternatively hard copies are available from the ICOMOS-UK secretariat.
- 2006-03-30 11:23:22
