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The Civic Trust for Wales promotes civic pride as a means to improving the quality of life for all in the places where we live and work, and encourages community action, good design, sustainable development and respect for the built environment amongst people of all ages. UK PARTNERS ABOUT THE TRUST
Street party, 1936 OUR VALLEYS HERITAGE Documents the Trust's work with people and communities in the Rhondda Book of the project now available for download Design Commission
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TO THE SEASIDE, HO!
Making an entrance Richard Porch reveals a fascination with front doors extract from July 2010 edition (pdf) RIBA AWARD WINNERS
Sleeperz Hotel, Cardiff (Clash Architects and Holder Mathias) Seven Welsh projects were successful in the 2010 Royal Institute of British Architects Awards.A record number of seven winners represents a significant increase from previous years and demonstrates continued enthusiasm for the RIBA Awards programme in Wales. Civic Trust for Wales trustee and RSAW director Liz Walder says: "The winners illustrate a new level of design excellence in Wales with dazzlingly different buildings that are emerging in the landscape, all of which are thoughtful, intelligent and sensitive." DISCOVERING PLACES
CONFERENCE REPORT AND PRESENTATIONS A special event designed to bring local people and professionals together to investigate urban character. Organised by the Trust in partnership with Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, Cadw, and Gwent County Record Office. Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The current edition of About Wales features special articles on urban character studies. ADRODDIAD A CHYFLWYNUADAU Y GYNHADLEDD Mae digwyddiad arbennig a gynlluniwyd i ddod â phobl leol a gweithwyr proffesiynol at ei gilydd i ymchwilio i gymeriad trefol. A drefnwyd gan yr Ymddiriedolaeth mewn partneriaeth â Chyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Blaenau Gwent, Cadw, a Archifdy Sir Gwent. Cefnogwyd gan Gronfa Dreftadaeth y Loteri. Cyhoeddwyd yr argraffiad newydd o About Wales yn cynnwys erthyglau arbennig ar astudiaethau gymeriad trefol. Ar gael ar 19 Mawrth. Conference presentations, audio files and feedback form online Cyflwyniadau y gynhadledd, ffeiliau sain a ffurflen adborth ar-lein CONTACTING THE TRUST BY E-MAIL As from 22 March all e-mails sent to our former e-mail address (admin[at]civictrustwales.org] will be non-deliverable. All e-mail should go to post[at]civictrustwales.org. INTERPRETING THE CITY Richard Porch discusses Swansea's "Art across the city" project story POLICY Anna Lermon discusses sustainability and significance in planning for the historic environment web Guidance from the Trust on design and access statements pdf (in preparation) UPDATES Important updates to planning policy and technical advice from the Welsh Assembly Government Planning Policy Wales (2nd edition, June 2010) link Planning Policy Wales provides the strategic policy framework for local planning authorities to use when preparing development plans and determining applications for planning permission. This edition of PPW includes all the policy updates that have been issued since 2002 in the form of Ministerial Interim Planning Policy Statements (MIPPS). It also reflects changes to facts, law, policies and other documents referred to in the original Planning Policy Wales. Technical Advice Note 22 Sustainable buildings (June 2010) link Technical Advice Note 12 Design (updated 2009) link Guidance on design and access statements (2009) link Planning home page from the Assembly Government link |
The 2010 programme is now online CONTACT THE TRUST T: 02920 343336 Suite 1 West Wing
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The forthcoming July 2010 edition of About Wales has special features on the Welsh seaside. Above Langland Bay, Gower (Derw Thomas)
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