# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 2 # ( AND HERITAGE ARE BEING USED TO ATTRACT HIGHER VALUE INVESTMENT )T IS NOT JUST INVESTMENT BUT MOVING AWAY FROM THE VERY UNDERSTANDABLE hINVESTMENT AT ANY COSTv POINT OF VIEW TO LOOKING AT BETTER QUALITY INVESTMENT AND INVESTMENT THAT IS GOING TO DELIVER HIGHER PAID JOBS AND MORE CHOICE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL PEOPLE ) PASSIONATELY BELIEVE IN THAT #UMMINGS @) AM AFRAID WE MUST DISAGREE ON THAT &ROM THE UNCORRECTED DRAFT TRANSCRIPT OF THE (OUSE OF #OMMONS 5RBAN !FFAIRS 3UBCOMMITTEE S SESSION ON THE ROLE OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS IN URBAN REGENERATION AT WHICH $AVE #HETWYN AND %DDIE "OOTH GAVE EVIDENCE ON BEHALF OF THE )("# 4HE WRITTEN EVIDENCE CAN BE SEEN AT WWW PU BLICATIONS PARLIAMENT UK PA CM CMSELECT CMODPM WE HTM @4(%4(2%!4 TO THE BUILDING IS VERY REAL AS THE DEMOLITION CONTRACTS ARE DUE SOON )T IS A REALLY IMPORTANT BUILDING FOR 0ORTSMOUTH AND COULD BE A REAL LANDMARK FOR THE CITY #LAIRE "ARRETT OF THE 4WENTIETH #ENTURY 3OCIETY TALKING TO "UILDING $ESIGN ABOUT THE S BRUTALIST 4RICORN #ENTRE REGULARLY VOTED ONE OF "RITAIN S MOST HATED BUILDINGS @4(% ")''%34 THREAT TO "RITAIN S HERITAGE SINCE THE "LITZ 3!6% "RITAIN S (ERITAGE ON GOVERNMENT PLANS TO BUILD NEW RUNWAYS AT (EATHROW AND 3TANSTED AIRPORTS @4()3 '2/50 OF LESS THAN PEOPLE IN HAS GAINED A MONOPOLY OVER GRANT AIDED HISTORIC BUILDING WORK 4HOUSANDS OF ARCHITECTS HAVE PREVIOUSLY DONE CONSERVATION WORK AND MANY OF THEM ARE VERY EXPERIENCED BUT WITHOUT A DIPLOMA THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO JOIN !!"# OR APPLY FOR GRANTS FOR THEIR CLIENTSx @4HE PRINCIPLE OF EXCLUDING THE UNQUALIFIED IS A MARKER OF THE USE OF hMANAGERIALISMv -ANAGERIALISM IS THE BEHAVIOUR SHOWN BY CUSTOMER MANAGERS WHO SEEK TO MINIMISE RISK UNCERTAINTY AND PERSONAL EXPOSUREx @4HIS TREND WILL NOT BE RESISTED ANYTIME SOON !RCHITECTS HAD BETTER ROLL WITH IT THAN PROTEST THE DELIGHTS OF AMATEURISM 2ICHARD 3AXON OF ARCHITECTS "$0 DISCUSSING !RCHITECTS !CCREDITED IN "UILDING #ONSERVATION !!"# IN "UILDING $ESIGN @$/%34(% #(52#( INSURE ITSELF AGAINST ACTS OF 'OD )F IT DOES DOESN T IT SHOW A CERTAIN LACK OF FAITH !ND IF IT DOESN T DOESN T THAT SHOW A LACK OF ACUMEN 3IR 3YDNEY #HAPMAN -0 PUTTING A CONUNDRUM TO THE (OUSE OF #OMMONS @%.',)3( (%2)4!'% IS LIKE THE 4ALIBAN AND OPPOSED TO ANYTHING TALLER THAN A WATTLE AND DAUB HUT ,ONDON MAYOR +EN ,IVINGSTONE CELEBRATING THE AWARD OF PLANNING PERMISSION TO 2ENZO 0IANO S M HIGH 3HARD WHICH %NGLISH (ERITAGE OPPOSED AT THE PUBLIC INQUIRY @4(%4)4,% OF YOUR ARTICLE h#OUNCILS UNFIT TO PROTECT OUR HERITAGE CLAIMS %(v WAS MISLEADING /UR LATEST AUDIT REPORT (ERITAGE #OUNTS SHOWS LOCAL AUTHORITIES UNDER RESOURCED NOT hUNFITv &OR THE MOST PART CONSERVATION OFFICERS ARE STRUGGLING HEROICALLY TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND FOR THEIR TIME AND SKILLS @&UNDING FOR LOCAL AUTHORITY CONSERVATION PROVISION HAS DECLINED IN REAL TERMS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS 4HIS LACK OF RESOURCES IS HAVING A DIRECT EFFECT ON THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT @7E ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO ADDRESS THIS 4HE .ATIONAL (ERITAGE 4RAINING 'ROUP A SPECIALIST SKILLS DEVELOPMENT TEAM WAS ESTABLISHED ;IN = TO ADDRESS THE SKILLS SHORTAGE WITHIN THE CONSERVATION SECTOR %NGLISH (ERITAGE WILL ALSO BE ROLLING OUT A PROJECT IN TO INCREASE HERITAGE RELATED SKILLS WITHIN LOCAL AUTHORITIES !LL INITIATIVES WE WOULD HARDLY INVEST IN IF WE BELIEVED THEM hUNFITv %NGLISH (ERITAGE CHIEF EXECUTIVE 3IMON 4HURLEY IN A LETTER TO THE !RCHITECTS *OURNAL @,/#!, AUTHORITIES STRUGGLE REALLY HARD TO RETAIN EXPERT STAFF WHEN THEY HAVE SO MANY PRIORITIES ON THEIR BUDGETS 4HERE IS A REAL DANGER IN REDUCING THE AVAILABILITY OF CONSERVATION OFFICER EXPERTISE (AVING CONFIDENT AND WELL STAFFED CONSERVATION DEPARTMENTS IS IMPORTANT BOTH IN PROTECTING WHAT WE HAVE AND SPOTTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR REGENERATION #AROLE 3OUTER DIRECTOR OF THE (ERITAGE ,OTTERY &UND IN 0LANNING @)4 )3 ! 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PACKS WILL HERALD A DRASTIC FALL IN SURVEYING STANDARDS !BOUT SURVEYORS WILL BE NEEDED TO CARRY OUT THE h(OME #ONDITION 2EPORTv PART OF THE PACKS AND THERE ARE CURRENTLY ONLY SOME CHARTERED SURVEYORS WHO DO THIS SORT OF WORK FULL TIME 7HERE WILL THE MISSING NEW SURVEYORS COME FROM 4HEY WILL BE PRIVATELY TRAINED AND PRIVATELY CERTIFIED hHOME INSPECTORSv AND THEIR CAPABILITY TO CARRY OUT THIS IMPORTANT TASK WILL BE DETERMINED BY THEIR ATTAINMENT OF A .ATIONAL 6OCATIONAL 1UALIFICATIONx @4HE PROSPECT OF THESE PEOPLE INSPECTING AND PASSING JUDGEMENT ON THE STATE OF OUR HOMES IS VERY SCARY INDEED %VEN MORE FRIGHTENING IS THE BACKGROUND OF SOME OF THEM 4HE CHEMICAL DAMP PROOFING AND TIMBER TREATMENT INDUSTRY FOR EXAMPLE NOW INCIDENTALLY TRYING TO RE BRAND ITSELF AS THE hPROPERTY CARE INDUSTRYv IS KEEN FOR ITS SALESMEN TO VOLUNTEER THEMSELVES AS PART TIME HOME INSPECTORS 4HE BUILDER *EFF (OWELL WRITING IN THE $AILY 4ELEGRAPH ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE (OUSING "ILL
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