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You’ll find all the latest news direct from Civic Societies here. For older news, check the archive:

  • Asda: Let’s not miss a great opportunity, 19th December 2008
  • Odeon cinema site goes up for sale, 19th December 2008
  • Industry plan could get go-ahead for Spalding, 18th December 2008
  • Commemorative plaque for relic, 17th December 2008
  • Civic Trust licensing lecture - view it now!, 16th December 2008
  • Decision on Ealing gambling centre put back until New Year, 16th December 2008
  • LEYTONSTONE: Ideas sought to help save threatened ‘iconic villa’, 16th December 2008
  • Truro Civic Society concern over Lemon Quay sculpture plans, 16th December 2008
  • Planners’ yes to two new hotels, 12th December 2008
  • Development next to church recommended for refusal, 12th December 2008
  • Controversial hotel plan set for go-ahead, 10th December 2008
  • Blue Plaque honours Flora, 10th December 2008
  • Future of housing estate in question, 9th December 2008
  • Last orders to be called with sale of historic Selby town pub, 8th December 2008
  • BIG SCREENS COULD RETURN, 8th December 2008
  • Plaque unveiled to mark Lewis Carroll’s work, 8th December 2008
  • Keep off the grass say town conservationists, 8th December 2008
  • Blue plaque honour for ‘Lark Rise’ author, 3rd December 2008
  • Lorries under scrutiny, 3rd December 2008
  • Castlefield meeting points at a new direction for world important city centre district, 2nd December 2008
  • Demand to ‘scale down’ Weymouth Pavilion scheme, 1st December 2008
  • Co-op Hall’s salvage scheme, 1st December 2008
  • Downsizing to the lap of luxury, 1st December 2008
  • Fears for Matlock’s Woolworths, 28th November 2008
  • Lewis Carroll plaque set to be unveiled in terrace, 28th November 2008
  • Walk needs ‘cheering up’, 28th November 2008
  • Civic website is launched, 27th November 2008
  • Mill blaze hits our heritage, says Burnley Civic Society, 26th November 2008
  • Exeter graveyard goes under the hammer, 25th November 2008
  • Skate park could be turned into industrial site, 25th November 2008
  • Former Burnley pub ‘needs developing soon’, 25th November 2008
  • ‘Battle goes on’ over Spa Baths redevelopment, 21st November 2008
  • Council says no to ‘gro-Tesco’, 19th November 2008
  • Awards praise new buildings for transformation, 18th November 2008
  • Decision day for Ripon’s Spa Baths, 18th November 2008
  • Newsagent defies council over banner, 18th November 2008
  • Backing for Ravensdowne flats plan, 14th November 2008
  • Tesco is a no-no, 14th November 2008
  • Plug set to be pulled on baths, 14th November 2008
  • Scarborough’s Sunken Gardens: ‘town green’ bid, 14th November 2008
  • Resort’s sunken garden saved, 13th November 2008
  • History centre ‘highly commended’, 13th November 2008
  • Vital Blackburn link road plans withdrawn, 12th November 2008
  • Campaigners’ plea for cash, 12th November 2008
  • Twelve homes proposed for Little Neston reservoir, 12th November 2008
  • Library solution to demolition of ‘icon’, 12th November 2008
  • Historian at dinner, 11th November 2008
  • ST ALBANS: Freeze on building city centre homes, 7th November 2008
  • Row over “insensitive” road sign siting, 7th November 2008
  • Mining rich seam of market history, 7th November 2008
  • Riverside project backed at last, 7th November 2008
  • Development set to go ahead despite objections, 7th November 2008
  • Council’s new chief exec is Civic Society’s guest speaker, 3rd November 2008
  • Calendar celebrates area’s rich history, 31st October 2008
  • Volunteers wanted to adopt station, 31st October 2008
  • Heritage body up in arms over new sign of the times, 23rd October 2008
  • West Yorkshire landmark gains blue plaque, 23rd October 2008
  • Ramblers want ban on Bristol Zoo’s Downs car park, 23rd October 2008
  • Civic Trust Chairman on Channel 4 as legal expert, 23rd October 2008
  • Improving urban green space skills, 1st October 2008
  • Protest grows over ‘clone town’, 1st October 2008
  • We’re winning the fight to save our tiny church, 25th September 2008
  • Cafe’s reward for not butchering 1930s Art Deco shop front, 16th September 2008
  • Civic group irate at £2m paving scheme, 15th September 2008
  • Urgent plea over civic society crisis, 9th September 2008
  • Doors open to some of Cumbria’s unexplored buildings, 5th September 2008
  • Faith in action grants programme open!!!, 4th September 2008
  • £130m grassroots grants scheme opens its doors to small local voluntary and community groups, 4th September 2008
  • Planners set for prime TV slot, 4th September 2008
  • Planning applications and rate of determinations slightly up, 4th September 2008
  • 3,500 Properties Open Doors To Public For Heritage Open Days 2008, 4th September 2008
  • City centre work making progress, 4th September 2008
  • Altmouth Pumping Station’s new flood defence for Formby, 29th August 2008
  • Cop teams clamp down on yobs’ park drinking, 29th August 2008
  • ‘Eyesore property’ set to go, 28th August 2008
  • Bootle Town Hall open for guided tours, 27th August 2008
  • Bid to rid town of 40-year ‘blemish’, 27th August 2008
  • President Griff Rhys Jones comments on proposed city centre TVs, 29th July 2008
  • Survey finds internet usage has edged ahead of DIY and gardening as OAPs’ favourite hobby, 8th May 2008
  • DCMS brings a sea change to seaside resorts, 25th April 2008
  • Minister confirms funding for New Deal for Communities in 2008-09, 25th April 2008
  • The London Forum of Amenity & Civic Societies announces New Website, 17th April 2008
  • St George’s Hall Wins Award, 27th March 2008
  • Regional Minister for the South East visits flagship projects in Hampshire, 27th March 2008
  • Pavilion display ‘too small’ say visitors, 27th March 2008