The latest news from Rescue.
On the 23rd October 2019, the government announced new measures to be undertaken as part of what the Communities, Housing and Local Government Secretary of State, Robert Jenrick MP, called the “most ambitious heritage preservation campaign for 40 years”. He said that with the historic environment singled out as a “key function of the planning system” the government …
Rescue says: Government announcement on local lists Read More »
RESCUE Members will no doubt be unsurprised to learn that there are zero provisions made for heritage, archaeology or the historic environment in general, within the terms of the UK’s EU Withdrawal Agreement. This may not be as unsurprising as you might think however, as few, if any, of the major international structures that underpin …
Rescue have recently responded to an Environment Agency consultation on a National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management strategy – https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/draft-national-flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-management-strategy-for-england Our full response can be found below:
Rescue have responded to the recent DCMS consultation “on proposals which would update the Treasure Act 1996 Codes of Practice, revise the Act’s definition of treasure and commence relevant provisions in the Coroners and Justice Act 2009”. See the consultation here. Our full responses can be seen in the text below.
Rescue have recently had the following letter published in The Times, on Wednesday April 17th, 2019. Notre Dame and the risk to ancient buildings Sir, The terrible scenes are a sobering reminder of the peril faced by historic buildings during renovation works. Tinder-dry and filled with the dust of centuries, such structures are especially at …
Notre Dame and the risk to ancient buildings: Rescue write to The Times Read More »
Our annual general meeting will he held in Room 612 at UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, London at 12 noon on Saturday 13 April, followed by our Open Meeting: Open Meeting: Metal Detecting, Practice and Policy Would an INSTITUTE FOR DETECTORISTS aid revision of THE TREASURE ACT & implementation of THE VALETTA CONVENTION? A Talk …
Rescue AGM and Open Meeting on Saturday 13th April 2019 Read More »
Rescue have recently responded to DCMS consultation Strengthening the Process for Retaining National Treasures. Please read our response below:
The AHRC Heritage Priority Area and RESCUE: The British Archaeological Trust organised a one day conference on ‘Engaging with Policy in the UK: Responding to Changes in Planning, Heritage and the Arts’ on Saturday the 27th October at UCL’s Institute of Archaeology. This was one of a series of activities undertaken to draw together academics, civil servants, …
Engaging with Policy in the UK: a report from our joint conference with AHRC Heritage Read More »
The long anticipated new review of the Treasure Act is out for consultation until the end of April 2019. It covers various aspects of the procedure in the Treasure Act Code of Practice (last updated 2007) to improve delivery speeds. It removes the overlap between Church of England and Treasure laws (in favour of the …
RESCUE says: Proposed changes to ‘Treasure’ rules include some of our policy proposals Read More »
Highways England’s application for a Development Consent Order (DCO) for the A303 Stonehenge scheme has been accepted by the Infrastructure Planning Inspectorate. All 300+ of the application documents are up on the Inspectorate’s website (at https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/south-west/a303-stonehenge/) which also explains the DCO Examination process. Click on a button on their Home page for email updates on …
