Simon Pugh-Jones, director, planning consultancy Barton Willmore explains how to implement the new Planning Policy Statement 5 on protecting the historic environment

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Heritage reforms are like buses. You wait and wait, then three new documents turn up at once.
They are, firstly, the government’s Statement on the Historic Environment for England. Second, Planning Policy Statement 5: Planning for the Historic Environment, and finally, PPS5: Historic Environment Planning Practice Guide.
The new PPS 5 replaces PPG 15 and PPG 16 and sets out policies on conservation areas, listed buildings, listed gardens, registered battlefields, World …

What it is: Barton Willmore has released a briefing document on the impact of the new Planning Policy Statement 5 (PPS5) on planning for heritage sites.
When it came out: 13 April 2010.
Why it is important: This guidance note explains some of the key changes in the new PPS5, and what this means for development.
To read the full guidance click here: PPS5: Changes in Heritage Policy

Planning and design consultancy Barton Willmore is relocating its Kent office from West Malling to Ebbsfleet after its office lease came up for its three-year review.
The move, which takes place next Monday, will relocate the team of 20 planners and support personnel into Thames Gateway. The move is meant to take advantage of forthcoming regeneration projects in the area linked to the new High Speed One train line.
Huw Edwards, a partner in Barton Willmore’s new Ebbsfleet office, said the move will reflect the movements of the firm’s own client base.
“With …

Planning consultant Barton Willmore has appointed Nichola Traverse-Healy as a planners in its Cambridge office.
Traverse-Healy joins Barton Willmore from Warrington-based environmental consultant TEP, where she worked since October 2008.  At Barton Willmore she will work for clients in the public and the private sectors.
Barton Willmore’s Cambridge office: 0

Peter Roberts has joined planning consultant Barton Willmore as a senior planner in its Bristol team.
Roberts joins from multi-disciplinary consultant RPS where he spent five years working on large mixed use and residential schemes across the southwest and West Midlands.
Barton Willmore’s Bristol office: 7

Planning consultant Barton Willmore has appointed Camilla De Burghe as an urban designer in its Bristol office.
She joined Barton Willmore on work experience in September 2009 working on residential and mixed use projects. She works on schemes in Oxfordshire and Wiltshire, developing planning applications and masterplans to inform representations to local development frameworks.
Barton Willmore’s Bristol office: 7

What it is: On 29 December 2009, the government published its revised Plannning Policy Statement 4 on town centre planning. PPS4 introduces new tests for planners and removes existing tests. Planning consultant Barton Willmore has published two briefings on the policy.
When it came out: 3 February 2010
Why it is important: Under PPS4, planners have much tougher criteria against which they must assess developments. Key policies include the use of a sequential test – where development in an area must be done in the sequence of which sites the councils want …