PATTERNS & TRENDS OF CHANGE IN HIS 11..WIC RUI LOI NGS. Physical changes that occur in historic buildings by and large fall into patterns.Such patterns occur, for example, to the extent that local authorities are consistent in their administration of the law: some types rof change are resisted, some encouraged, and there is acquiescence in the remainder.Other patterns occur to the extent that economic & social forces have a gradual impact on the way buildings are used; or simply to the extent that buildings age in characteristic ways, depending on the composition of their structure. The introduction of a" scale of change 11 allows such patterns and trends of change to be revealed as they occur.For example, it is possible to establish the average rate of change in a particular class of building,and whether th~t rate is greater or less than in the past; it is possible to identify building types that are perceived to be sustaining the greatest or least change; and the average rate of change can be monitored as it varies from area to area. The ability to identify such patterns and trends would allow local authorities to improve the effectiveness of their administration of historic buildings in a variety of ways: P'or officers, it would provide background & context for specific listed building consent & p1anninJ applications; it would indicate priorities for the approach to i ndi victual workloads; and it would indicate priorities for the general disposition of manpower. For committees, it would provide background & context for the decisions on specific consent cases; it would increase the consistency with 1.,vhi eh the law is administered; and it would allow committees to persue historic buildings policies and strategies. The study of planning control & the colle=tion of data relating to the scale of permitted change in our historic buildings stock is currently taxing Richard Griffith in the-Greater London Council's Historic Buildings Division. Interested parties & computer buffs can contact him on 01.734.8144. (Ed) ACO REGIO)JAL NE~vs Eastern Region Ne~s The first Regional meeting will be held at All Saints Church, Cambridge at 10.30 a.m. Saturday, 5 March. At this meeting it is hoped that the membership will decide upon the pattern and scope of contact within the Region. It is planned to have a short talk and brief business meeting followed by a walkabout to look at recent work in the City, leaving the afternoon free. .tUl Saints is a :::-edlmd2nt chv.:rch and is in Jesus Lane. Probably the best parking place is at the Shire Hall in Castle Street, it is only a few minutes walk into the town over the (new) Magdalene Bridge. Membership in the Region is just over 25 out of a total of 100 plus for the country, but so far we are pretty thin on the ground in Suffolk, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire and so far nonexistent in Norfolk. So please spread the word amongst your contacts over the District a.Dd County boundaries. .ACO YOf<KSHI f<E Trevor Houseago at Leeds City has been in touch with conservatia; o:fficers in the \vest Yorkshire districts of Calderdale,Kirklees, Wakefield and Bradford and a meeting was held recently in the fair city of Bradford.Trevor seems to be experiencing apathy from the county officers in Yorkshire generally.Come on lads and lasses, wake upr 6
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