Monthly Archives: February 2015

Fire bosses back plans to demolish Aston’s listed station

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16 February 2015 Last updated at 17:32 Aston's Ettington Road fire station was built in 1923 Plans to demolish and replace two West Midlands fire stations - one of which is Grade II listed - have been backed by fire service bosses. The futures of Aston and Coventry stations were discussed by West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority. The authority, which said it needed buildings for a "modern-day" Read more [...]

Great North Museum: Hancock clocks up three million visitors in just six years

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Three million and counting – that’s the visitor total clocked up by a North East flagship museum. Four generations of the same family collectively became the three millionth visitor to the Great North Museum: Hancock in Newcastle since its opening in May 2009. Kayley Corbett, 25, and her sons Jayden Brown, seven, and Alfie, five, plus the boys’ grandmother Tracey Brown, 44 and great grandmother Olwyn Shergold, 70, had travelled from Sunderland for a day at the museum. “I had never been before Read more [...]

Trinidad’s forgotten architectural gems

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As thousands of sweat-soaked carnival revellers dance their way through Port of Spain’s streets wearing little more than bikinis and feathers this Monday and Tuesday, some visitors may be forgiven for not noticing the backdrop to all the partying: the city’s remarkable architectural heritage. Come Ash Wednesday, however, the streets will be quiet and peripatetic travellers would be wise to walk off their sore heads with a fascinating tour with some of Trinidad’s heritage enthusiasts, listening Read more [...]

Lundin Petroleum Spuds Exploration Well on the Gemini Prospect Southwest of …

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STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN--(Marketwired - Feb 16, 2015) - Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) (LUPE.ST), through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway), is pleased to announce that drilling of exploration well 16/1-24 in PL338C southwest of the Edvard Grieg field, has commenced. The well will investigate the hydrocarbon potential of the Gemini prospect. The well is located in PL338C approximately 10 km southwest of the Edvard Grieg field. The main objective of Read more [...]

Pigeons make their home on listed Clitheroe building

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Spikes could be placed on a Clitheroe Town Centre listed building to prevent pigeons from roosting. A planning application to alter or extend a listed building has been submitted for the Castle Street building, which houses Barclays Bank on the ground floor. It proposes that the building is “bird proofed” with metal spikes placed on the ledges, parapets and roofs of the property.Constructed circa 1850, the building is situated on the corner of King Street and Castle Street Read more [...]

Permitted development rights and public houses

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On 26 January 2015, the government announced measures intended to give further protection from demolition and development to those public houses which are considered to be of most value to local communities. Through the community right to bid introduced by the Localism Act 2011, members of the public already have the ability to nominate well regarded buildings or land to be listed as assets of community value. The listing of a building or land as an asset Read more [...]

The average asking price of homes listed for sale on Trade Me Property slips …

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Hypothetical couple: Household income = $80,000. After tax + student loan = $60,0000In the hand after tax / expenses = $25,000 (Expenses include rent, power, phone, clothes, car, insurance, food, medical and I have been conservative with estimating costs) Now they are saving for an average house at $500,000. They need 4 years of basically no discretionary spending to save a deposit. But wait! In the 4 years the YoY gain of 7% means that their house now costs ~$655,000. Now they need another Read more [...]

English Heritage must give Soho real support against damaging development …

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Chris Smith’s letter saying English Heritage recognises Soho’s vital qualities and supports a conservation-based approach to development in the area is encouraging (Letters, 10 February). It is to be hoped that English Heritage might make this commitment a reality by supporting the people of Soho in resisting damaging development proposals submitted to Westminster city council that threaten the architectural and historical integrity of one of the area’s few surviving groups of 19th-century Read more [...]