BEFS, Author at Built Environment Forum Scotland

2 Apr 2020

During these extraordinary times, BEFS will be providing short weekly updates on relevant information for the built environment sector.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF)have released the initial findings of their survey on the initial impact of COVID-19 on the heritage sector. It reports that:

82% of organisations reported high or moderate risk to their long-term viability. That figure rises to 90% of charity, third sector or private organisations
37% of organisations who responded can survive for no more than six months
11% expecting to keep going for no more than two months.

Further details can be found here. As a result, the NLHF have launched the Heritage Emergency Fund.

The Our Place in Time CEO Forum is meeting this afternoon and BEFS will provide any updates arising from this. BEFS overview of advice and guidance on the Coronavirus, from across the heritage funding landscape and built environment sector, has also now been updated.

The Coronavirus (Scotland) Bill has been published and passed by the Scottish Parliament within 48 hours. It includes provision to extend by 12 months from the date of the Act consented planning permissions that are due to expire within a 6 month period. This was agreed in consultation with Heads of Planning, Scotland, Society of Local Authority Chief Executives, Society of Local Authority Lawyers and Administrators and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities. The Bill is available with planning referred to in Schedule 7, Para 8-10 here. A more readable explanation is available courtesy of the Scottish Parliamentary Information Centre.

The Scottish Government Planning Directorate will shortly be releasing further information on adjustments to planning procedures due to the restrictions on gathering, but one early case study of pre-application consultation switching to online can be found here. The development industry is working hard to ensure timescales remain as uninterrupted as possible. It remains to be seen what this fully means for public participation. One consultant is maintaining a spreadsheet on how planning authorities are managing their local processes, which can be found here.

Kevin Stewart has decided, due to the COVID-19 crisis, not to implement the Energy Efficiency (Domestic Private Rented Property) (Scotland) Regulations 2020. The Minister felt the additional duties and responsibilities the regulations would place on local authorities at this time would be detrimental to their focus on frontline emergency responses to the pandemic.

The international climate crisis conference COP 26 scheduled to take place in Glasgow this November has been postponed until November 2021. The Scottish Government has also postponed work on all non-essential legislation which includes the Circular Economy Bill and delayed the planned April update of the Climate Change Plan.

The RTPI are undertaking research on Measuring Planning Outcomes Research to consider how local authorities can measure the outcomes of planning in order to track and improve the impact of planning. To aid them in this we would encourage you to respond to this survey.

During these extraordinary times, BEFS will be providing these short updates weekly when relevant information for the built environment sector becomes available, in addition to the fortnightly bulletin.

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BEFS News

BEFS has compiled an overview of advice sites regarding the Coronavirus from across the cultural heritage funding landscape, heritage and built environment organisations and stakeholders. As the situation changes and develops, the information will likely change. However, this overview of guidance and announcements should provide an indication of where to find support for you and your organisation at this challenging time. More details can be found here. If there is relevant information we have not included, do please get in contact.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) are gathering sector wide data to gauge the impact of the pandemic and we would encourage you to complete the survey ASAP, whether or not you are the recipient of an NLHF grant. The NLHF are looking for responses by tomorrow (Friday 27th March).

The Third Sector Resilience Fund (TSRF) was announced on 18 March 2020 by Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government Aileen Campbell. It will support organisations across the third sector who are at risk of closure due to a sharp decrease in income or that are unable to deliver their services during this difficult period. The fund will distribute £20m of emergency funds over the coming months. It will support charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises that already deliver services and/or products but that find themselves in financial difficulties directly as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. The funding’s primary intention is to help these organisations to stabilise and manage cash flows over this difficult period. More information about this fund is available here.

Given the ongoing situation, we have had to cancel our joint event ‘Conservation Areas – Now and Tomorrow’ on 30th April at the Engine Shed. We will be re-exploring the possibility of holding this event with our partners the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland and Historic Environment Scotland in the Autumn.

For more details regarding cancelled or postponed events, including new dates as and when they become available, please check our online events calendar regularly. You will also note that a number of running consultations have extended their closing dates.

Finally, are you finding yourself looking ever-longingly out the windows of your home? Why not join in Scottish Civic Trust’s #WhatsOotMaWindae social media campaign! It’s a great way to connect with the built heritage community and beyond during this difficult period of self-isolation and social distancing.

Like everyone else, BEFS team is working from home but we all remain contactable via the usual means.

Scottish Government News Releases

Call for action to help self-employed (SG 24/03/20)
Economy Secretary Fiona Hyslop and Finance Secretary Kate Forbes have written to Chancellor Rishi Sunak calling for the Jobs Retention Scheme he announced last week to be expanded to include the self-employed.

£1 billion Business Support Fund opens (SG 24/03/20)
Businesses can now apply for grants to help them deal with the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

Fire safety guidance for high-rise properties (SG 20/03/20)
Posters encouraging residents of high-rise properties to keep common areas clear of anything that could be a fire risk are being issued to building managers across the country.

Helping communities affected by COVID-19 (SG 18/03/20)
An additional £350 million will go to those most affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Communities Secretary Aileen Campbell has announced.

£2.2 billion for business (SG 18/03/20)
Economy Secretary Fiona Hyslop has addressed the Scottish Parliament on the economic impact of COVID-19 in Scotland.

£320 million package of support for businesses (SG 14/03/20)
New measures to limit the impact of COVID-19 on the business community in Scotland have been announced by Finance Secretary Kate Forbes.

News Releases

Emergency funding needed for cultural organisations affected by coronavirus closures, says Committee (DCMS 23/03/20)
The DCMS Committee has called for urgent Government support for cultural organisations amid closures and uncertainty for sporting events affected by the coronavirus outbreak. The charitable sector and tourism should also be given extra support.

National Planning Framework 4 – Extension to Call for Ideas deadline (SG 19/03/20)
We are extending the closing date for our National Planning Framework 4 Call for Ideas from 31 March to 30 April.

New on-line exhibition tells the story of saving heritage at risk (EWH 11/03/20)
We are today launching a new on-line exhibition to document a recently completed project which aimed to protect heritage at risk in two historic Turkish cities near to the Syrian border.

RIAS/RIBA Awards 2020 – Shortlist Announced (RIAS 11/03/20)
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has announced an 18 strong shortlist for its 2020 awards (from 80 entries).

Scotland’s Towns Partnership and Young Scot Launch New Partnership (STP 05/03/20)
Scotland’s Towns Partnership and Young Scot have joined forces to ensure that young people have more chances to participate effectively in the future planning of their town centres.

Opinion & Comment

Coronavirus: Respond at Scale, Build Bridges to the Future (RSA 21/03/20)

“Think Local First” During Coronavirus Crisis (STP 18/03/20)

Parliamentary Questions

Questions marked with a triangle (?) are initiated by the Scottish Government in order to facilitate the provision of information to the Parliament.Questions in which a member has indicated a declarable interest are marked with an “R”.

Question S5W-28037: Jackie Baillie, Dumbarton, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 23/03/2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assistance it will provide to third sector organisations that experience a substantial decline in fundraising income due to the cancellation of large-scale income-generating events as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Current Status: Expected Answer date 20/04/2020

Question S5W-27992: Oliver Mundell, Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 17/03/2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the advice that it is issuing to help control the spread of COVID-19, what action it is considering in relation to the planning system for large-scale projects, such as wind farm developments, where public consultation might be curtailed.
Current Status: Expected Answer date 31/03/2020

Parliamentary Questions & Answers

Questions marked with a triangle (?) are initiated by the Government in order to facilitate the provision of information to the Parliament.

Question S5W-27851: Lewis Macdonald, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 10/03/2020
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will publish the final version of the Scottish National Review on the Sustainable Development Goals.
Answered by Kate Forbes (23/03/2020)

Question S5W-27767: Pauline McNeill, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 06/03/2020
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to support small home builders to deliver carbon neutral/negative housing in order to meet its climate change targets.
Answered by Kevin Stewart (17/03/2020)

Vacancies

Head of Land Rights and Responsibilities
This fixed term post offers an exciting opportunity to join the Scottish Land Commission’s management team and shape the development of a key part of the Commission’s remit and delivery.
Closing date for applications is 5 pm on Friday 3rd April 2020.

Help needed to maintain and host Doors Open Days website – paid contract!
We’re looking for help to maintain and host our Doors Open Days website. This is a paid contract! Check out the brief below or download it here. Please circulate to anyone you think may be interested!
The deadline for a response is 9am Friday 3 April 2020.

Dig It! Communications Manager
We’re looking for a candidate to fill this exciting role for the Dig It! project and help us bring Scotland’s archaeological stories to life. Working as part of a small project team within the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, this is an excellent opportunity for a self-starter wishing to blaze their own trail, engage new and existing audiences, and work in partnership with organisations across the country.
Deadline for applications: Noon, Monday 6 April 2020.

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BEFS News

The Scottish Government has now launched its Culture Strategy. The strategy sets out a vision underpinned by three main ambitions: strengthening culture; transforming through culture; and empowering through culture. The strategy places culture as a central consideration across all policy areas including: health and wellbeing, economy, education, reducing inequality and realising a greener and more innovative future. Scotland’s Tourism Strategy, Scotland Outlook 2030, has also now been launched, an equal partnership between the Scottish Government, VisitScotland, Scottish Enterprise, HIE and Skills Development Scotland.

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is encouraging organisations with community-based projects to apply for its new Coasts and Waters Heritage Fund, which is launching this week for the Year of Coasts and Waters. Grants between £3,000 and £20,000 will be available for projects which help communities to protect, promote or engage with Scotland’s coastal or waterways. This includes projects which are developing measures to enhance resilience to climate change. While community groups are encouraged to apply, the scheme is open to all organisations. Applicants should demonstrate how their project will benefit the local community, through developing traditional skills, stabilising historic or marine structures, hosting community outreach and educational activities, or increasing people’s understanding of Scotland’s coasts and waters heritage. The Fund is a one-off, competitive fund to celebrate Scotland’s themed year and applications close on Sunday 31 May. Expressions of interest must be made by Thursday 30 April. Further details here.

It is that time of year again! We are looking for projects and initiatives undertaken between April 2019 and March 2020 to feature in our Historic Environment Case Studies database and the Our Place in Time (OPiT) performance report 2020. This is an opportunity to showcase your work within the national strategy for the historic environment. Further information and how to submit your project here.

Join us for our upcoming event in partnership with the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland and Historic Environment Scotland, Conservation Areas – Now and Tomorrow, on 30th April at the Engine Shed. This event will be an opportunity for local authorities, advocacy groups, policy makers and decision makers to get together and talk about what is most important to them for good place-making.

BEFS responded to the Scottish Government’s Housing to 2040 consultation. BEFS is glad to see the inclusion of maintenance in the Scottish Government’s vision but emphasises concerns over a lack of connections across policy areas and highlights the continuing challenges of EPCs with regards to traditionally built properties.

The Scottish Parliamentary Working Group on Tenement Maintenance, of which BEFS is the secretariat, also responded to the Housing to 2040 consultation, which can be found here. Historic Environment Scotland also submitted an excellent response.

Matt Ritchie, Forestry and Land Scotland Archaeologist, reports on how natural and cultural heritage can be used to share and shape ethos and values in our blog this week, Archaeology as Soft Power.

Consultations

How does the way we own and use Scotland’s land affect you?

The practice of cash retention under construction contracts
Closes on 25 Mar 2020.

Energy Efficient Scotland: Improving energy efficiency in owner occupied homes consultation
Closes 26 March 2020.

European Territorial Cooperation programmes 2021-2027: consultation
Closes 27 Mar 2020.

Planning for Scotland in 2050: National Planning Framework 4 – Call for Ideas
Call for Ideas runs until 31 March 2020.

Review of the ban on the use of combustible materials in and on the external walls of buildings (England)
Closes on 13 April 2020.

Consultation Responses

Local Energy Policy Statement: consultation analysis (SG 09/03/20)

Publications

Heritage-Based Regeneration: A SURF Event Outcomes Paper (SURF 11/03/20)

Energy efficiency in social housing: guidance for landlords – revised 2020 (SG 11/03/20)

Central estate: strategy (SG 11/03/20)

Delivery Plan for the National Strategy for Scotland’s Museums and Galleries 2020 – 2022 (MGS 03/20)

Planning Circular 1/2020: Changing Places Toilets Regulations (SG 06/03/20)

National Planning Framework – Housing Technical Discussion Paper (SG 05/03/20)

Scotland Outlook 2030: Responsible Tourism for a Sustainable Future (STA 04/03/20)

Culture in the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda (Culture21 03/20)

A Culture Strategy for Scotland (SG 28/02/20)

Culture Strategy: vision and summary of actions (SG 28/02/20)

Scottish Government News Releases

COP26 update (SG 10/03/20)
Scotland will work with all parties to deliver a successful COP26 in Glasgow, Climate Change Secretary Roseanna Cunningham has said.

More homes available (SG 10/03/20)
According to the latest figures, 9,317 affordable homes were delivered in 2019, an increase of more than 25% since 2016, helping to provide more people with a warm, safe place they can call home.

New build homes started increased by 24% (SG 10/03/20)
The latest quarterly statistics on new housebuilding and affordable housing supply have been released by Scotland’s Chief Statistician.

Heat Networks Bill (SG 03/03/20)
Scotland will be the first country in the UK to legislate on the development of heat networks to help meet climate change targets and tackle fuel poverty.

Helping homeowners maintain tenements (SG 02/03/20)
A project that offers tenement homeowners free advice to tackle problems over communal upkeep will receive an extra £50,000.

A Culture Strategy for Scotland (SG 28/02/20)
Culture’s ability to transform lives and empower people is the focus of A Culture Strategy for Scotland, published today.

News Releases

Up to £200,000 funding available for coasts and waters heritage projects (HES 09/03/20)
We are encouraging organisations with community-based projects to apply for our new Coasts and Waters Heritage Fund which launches today (Monday 9 March) for the Year of Coasts and Waters.

Arts & Culture Impact Fund (nesta 03/20)
The Arts & Culture Impact Fund is a new £20 million impact investment fund for the UK’s arts, culture and heritage social enterprises. The fund offers loans between £150,000 and £1 million repayable over a period of up to ten years.

IHBC Marsh Awards – Nomination deadline extended (IHBC 06/03/20)
Know a great learner? Congratulate with an IHBC Marsh Award nomination – closing 31 March. IHBC’s Marsh Awards celebrate retired members and new heritage learners: £500 & a free place at the IHBC School for winners. Anyone can nominate!

Edinburgh Council develops repairs app for shared properties (UKAuthority 05/03/20)
City of Edinburgh Council is developing an app to support residents in shared properties in keeping their buildings in good condition.

28 Professional bodies jointly pledge to tackle climate change (CIC 03/03/20)
They have issued a joint statement that recognises that the breakdown in global climate and biodiversity is the most serious issue of our time and that the built environment is a major contributor.

Cultural heritage in Action – Call to join our community of good practice! (EUROCITIES 25/02/20)
We are thrilled to launch Cultural Heritage in Action, a peer-learning programme for local and regional policy makers to exchange knowledge on cultural heritage, with a focus on participatory governance, adaptive reuse and quality of interventions on heritage. Deadline: 27th March.

Opinion & Comment

An Accelerator Under-Used? New Report Explores the Place of Culture in SDG Implementation (IISD 03/03/20)

Four futures of work: consequences for the Scottish skills system (RSA 03/20)

The miracle new sustainable product that’s revolutionising architecture – stone! (Guardian 04/03/20)

Parliamentary Questions

Question S5W-27767: Pauline McNeill, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 06/03/2020
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to support small home builders to deliver carbon neutral/negative housing in order to meet its climate change targets.

Other Parliamentary Activity

Events

For the latest information about BEFS Members’ events see our events calendar.

Going Digital: Tools and ideas for a successful project
Date & time: Tue, 17 March 2020; 09:30 – 15:00.
Venue: Maryhill Burgh Halls, 24 Gairbraid Avenue, Glasgow G20 8YE.
Join us for an HTN Scotland Members’ Meeting to learn how boost your project using online platforms and digital technologies. Our theme for the event will be ‘Going Digital’ ideas and examples of how you can use online tools and digital visualisations, to promote and enhance your project. As with all our events, this will be a great opportunity to share updates on your own project, troubleshoot challenges and connect with new people who may be able to help.

Why Do Historic Places Matter? Emotional Attachments to Urban Heritage
Date & time: Wed, 25 March 2020 from 13:00 – 17:00.
Venue: The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh, 29-31 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh EH3 6QE.
This afternoon conference brings together leading figures from the heritage and built environment sectors to discuss the reasons why historic places matter to a range of individuals including developers, investors, planners, campaigners and residents.

Master Builders: Working with Stone
Date & time: Saturday 28 March, 1pm – 3.30pm.
Venue: Engine Shed, Stirling. Free, drop-in.
Try your hand at building our drystone wall model using stones or building a broch from LEGO. Explore the archaeology of Mousa Broch through virtual tours and use 3D models as we launch a new interactive iBook. In partnership with CodeBase, try our VR headsets as part of Metafest. Activities suitable for ages 7+. Parental/guardian supervision is required.

Designing for a Changing Climate – Climate, Health and Place
Date & time: Thu, 2 April 2020, from 11:00 – 15:00.
Venue: Perth Concert Hall (Norie-Miller Studio), Mill Street, Perth PH1 5HZ.
On the 2nd of April, Architecture and Design Scotland invites you to explore how to plan places to make a step change in responding to the climate crisis and meeting the national carbon reduction targets. During the event we will take a creative look at how we can use design and collaborative placemaking to shape places that are climate ready, healthier, happier and support low carbon lifestyles.

Light Science Day
Date & time: Saturday 4 April, 10am – 3pm.
Venue: Engine Shed, Stirling. Free, drop-in.
Learn about the science of light through some amazing fun and practical events in partnership with the Light Lab Project. Explore the Ultra-Violet Image Tent, the Infra-Red Thermal Room and learn about how scientists use light to aid the conservation of buildings.

Thermal Detectives
Date & time: Monday 6 April to Friday 10 April, 1pm – 3.30pm.
Venue: Engine Shed, Stirling. Free, drop-in.
Become a Thermal detective this Easter! Use thermal cameras to see differences in temperature within the Engine Shed and find out how these cameras can help us spot problems in buildings. Create your own thermal image with marbling pens and paper.
Suitable for ages 6+ and parental/guardian supervision is required for the duration of the activity

Tinkertown
Date & time: Monday 13 April – Friday 17 April, 11am – 4pm.
Venue: Engine Shed, Stirling. Free, drop-in.
This spring holiday we are excited to welcome Tinkertown to the Engine Shed. Join us to construct a scrap timber town right outside the Engine Shed. This is a free event for children and families to design, build and play as they like with hammers, saws and pallets!

2020 SURF Debate – ‘Transport in a Climate Emergency’
Date & time: 23rd April, 12pm-4pm
Venue: Glasgow Women’s Library (Bridgeton)
All on board for a sustainable and inclusive Scotland? Yes, but how are we going to get there? In the urgent context of a global climate emergency and corrosive inequalities, what type and scale of transport investments and connections are necessary for a sustainable and inclusive Scotland? How should we balance national infrastructure and local facilities for optimum accessibility, efficiency and cohesion? A cross sector audience of regeneration practitioners, policymakers and academics will debate the best route to ensuring that future transport investments successfully link with aspirations and assets in the presently less well connected communities across Scotland.

RIAS Inclusive Design Seminar
Date & time: Tue, 28 April 2020 from 13:15 – 17:00.
Venue: Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh EH8 8BG.
For everyone to be involved in the social life of a community and contribute to the local economy, we need management and building design that provides for the varied user requirements of the public at large. In terms of our human rights, we should be enabled to be as independent as possible, allowing us to participate equally in social and economic activities. Join RIAS for this seminar which will look at planning for inclusivity at the outset to deliver high quality environments. Our speakers will cover a range of topics relating to inclusive design and how we can produce external spaces, buildings, interiors and products that are as accessible as possible for a diverse population.

The Mark Turnbull Travel Award Presentation & LIS AGM
Date & time: Wed, 29 April 2020, 18:00 – 19:45
Venue: Hunter Lecture Theatre, Hunter Building, Edinburgh EH3 9DF.
Mark Turnbull was one of the country’s most eminent Landscape Architects, winner of the Landscape Institute’s Gold Medal Award and recognised for the contribution that overseas learning and experience from his training and work in the USA brought to his practice in Scotland. The Award focusses on using overseas travel to gain insight into best and innovative landscape practice to address some of the current landscape challenges facing Scotland. The award will benefit future generations of graduate landscape architects in Scotland as well as practice of Landscape Architecture by bringing overseas experience and knowledge back to the country.

IHBC Annual School – Old Towns: New Futures
Dates: 18-20 June (Day School 19 June).
Location: Brighton.
The IHBC’s 2020 Brighton School and conference takes a timely and forensic look at how the planning, heritage and related sectors can make the most of the opportunities on offer, help players learn from colleagues and others, and broaden understanding of the drivers, barriers and responses. This unique learning opportunity from the IHBC – in Brighton, from 18-20 June 2020 – will ensure that practitioners can uncover new solutions to some surprisingly historic challenges.

Training

Traditional Buildings Repair
Date & time: Friday 3 April, 9.30am – 12.45 pm
Venue: Engine Shed, Stirling. Free.
Continuing our CPD series in conjunction with RIAS, RICS, RPTI, this half day session will examine issues with common repairs in tenements, principles of working with and specifying lime mortars and how to undertake sash and case window repairs.

Conservation and Repair of Stonework
Date & time: Tue, 21 April 2020, from 09:30 – 16:30.
Venue: The Centre for Stewardship, The Stables, Falkland Estate, Falkland KY15 7AF.
This seminar/workshop is suitable for those involved in the repair of traditional and historic buildings, particularly those who specify and/or supervise such work; surveyors, architects, conservation/planning officers, structural engineers, clerk of works, project managers/ supervisors etc. It may also be suitable for contractors looking to enhance their knowledge and understanding of working with traditional and historic buildings, or owners of older properties with some background building/construction knowledge. We assume attendees will have some background knowledge and experience in relation to traditional and historic buildings.

The Structural Repair of Historic Buildings
Dates & time: 24 April 2020 from 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Venue: Charlestown Workshops
Price: £195.00 + VAT
The aim of this seminar is to provide professionals with a sound understanding of the philosophy of conservation and a better understanding of the relationship between structural engineering and conservation, of safety issues and of the aesthetics of conservation based structural repairs. This seminar, led by Ian Hume is suitable for anyone involved in the structural repair of historic buildings, conservation officers, architects, engineers, site managers and others would find this seminar helpful. The course will consist of lectures, case studies and group activities.

Architectural Conservation CPD: Design and Retrofit on the Gannochy Estate
Date & time: Wednesday 29 April, 12:30-13:30 (light refreshments from 12:15)
Venue: Lower City Mills, West Mill Street, Perth, PH1 5QP.
The first session in a 6-part CPD programme provides a local example of retrofitting traditional properties for the 21st Century in-line with conservation guidance and principles. Delivered by The Gannochy Trust’s Estates Manager Andy Duncan, this session also includes Gannochy’s new build housing projects where traditional design philosophies are inspiring the next generation of social housing. Sessions are delivered in Perth by industry accredited professionals and are recognised CPD by the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) and Scottish Traditional Building Forum (STBF).

RICS CPD day Glasgow
Date & time: 20 May 2020 from 08:30 AM – 05:10 PM.
Venue: Glasgow Marriott Hotel, 500 Argyle St, Glasgow, G3 8RR
6 hours formal CPD.
Hear the latest updates and technical guidance across built environment, land and property. Our highlighted sessions include: Fire safety engineering: Scotland strengthens standards; Repair and maintenance of historical and listed buildings; Modern methods of construction: Examining the growing trend.

Architectural Conservation CPD: Historic Shopfronts
Date & time: Wednesday 27 May, 12:30-13:30 (light refreshments from 12:15)
Venue: Lower City Mills, West Mill Street, Perth, PH1 5QP
Marking 10 years since ‘The Historic Shopfronts of Perth’ was published, the second session in the 2020 CPD programme is a historic shopfront feature delivered by shopfronts expert Lindsay Lennie. Whether you are starting out in a buildings related career, looking to refresh your conservation knowledge, encounter historic buildings as part of your work portfolio, or have limited knowledge of the best conservation practice to employ on a project involving traditionally constructed buildings, this is the CPD programme for you. Sessions are delivered in Perth by industry accredited professionals and are recognised CPD by the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) and Scottish Traditional Building Forum (STBF).

Vacancies

Graveyards Engagement Officer
Edinburgh World Heritage is looking to appoint a Graveyards Engagement Officer to play a key role in engaging audiences in one of our five historic burial sites in the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage Site.
Closing date Friday 20th March at 5pm.

Project Development Officer
A new full-time fixed term post, funded by Historic Environment Scotland, to work with the Fife Historic Buildings Trust team to develop new historic environment regeneration projects in Fife, principally the restoration and re-use of historic buildings at risk.
Deadline for applications: 10am on Monday 6 April 2020. Interviews: Tuesday 28 April 2020.

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11 Mar 2020

Submit your project as a best practice case study to illustrate the breadth of activity undertaken in the historic environment in Scotland.

We are looking for case studies of projects or initiatives undertaken between April 2019 and March 2020.

Your project would feature in our Historic Environment Case Studies database and be linked to the Our Place in Time (OPiT) performance report 2020.

As agreed by the Strategic Historic Environment Forum last year, the Scottish Historic Environment Audit (SHEA) and OPiT evidence base will be brought together for 2020 (and onwards).

This is an opportunity for you to showcase your work within the national strategy for the historic environment, contributing to the case for continued government support for the sector.

Please submit your case study via the link below by Friday 24 July 2020.

SUBMIT YOUR CASE STUDY

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10 Mar 2020

Matt Ritchie, Forestry and Land Scotland Archaeologist, reports on sharing and shaping ethos and values using natural and cultural heritage.

Image © FLS by Alex Leonard 2019.

Into the Wildwoods and The First Foresters (Forestry and Land Scotland 2020 and 2019) combine an inspirational blend of archaeological discussion, creative indoor activities and practical outdoor learning. The beautifully illustrated booklets link today’s native woodlands, the ancient wildwood of the past and the lives of the Mesolithic wild harvesters and the Neolithic pioneers who followed.

Both booklets are the result of many different contributions and collaborations from a range of professions, including ecologists, archaeologists, educators, artists and photographers, working together to present a fresh take on the interpretation of our ancient past. The booklets are aimed at teachers, youth group leaders, archaeological educators and anyone interested in our native woodlands.

By adopting and adapting a purposeful approach – as reference material and learning resource – the booklets are more than just promotional or presentational material. They blend the social value and purpose of the former with the communication style and design ethos of the latter.

They align and celebrate an unabashed archaeological and ecological ethos alongside a more subtle organisational message of stewardship and responsibility. They demonstrate the potential of cultural and natural heritage as soft power – shaping the values of others through appeal and attraction.

“Imagine the world of the wild harvesters, living within the wildwoods of Scotland over six thousand years ago.”

Into the Wildwoods explores the idea of deep time within our native woodlands, and blends an archaeological and ecological ethos with collaborative classroom and outdoor learning. Using habitat networks, natural resources and seasonal change, life in the Mesolithic is described as part of Learning for Sustainability.

Thinking about how our Mesolithic ancestors understood the complex habitats and ecosystems within which they hunted and gathered – adapting to and sustaining life within very human habitats – can help us understand our own place within the natural world.

The booklet is rooted in our land management planning process and celebrates the various professions that contributed. Quotes and short features have been spread throughout the text from archaeologists, landscape architects, foresters and ecologists, to help make some of the key ideas more accessible, and to link to the various careers represented, recognising the aims of the Developing the Young Workforce initiative.

“Imagine the world of the Neolithic pioneers, living and working within Scotland’s ancient wildwood”

Image © FLS by Alan Braby 2018.

The First Foresters steps beyond the familiar stone circles of Scotland’s prehistory to explore the archaeology of our lost timber halls and timber circles. Using quotes spread throughout the text – different voices to emphasise key ideas – we draw on the work of leading archaeologists to describe a very different Neolithic – one not of stone but of wood.

The booklet uses the most iconic piece of Neolithic equipment – the polished stone axe – to explore timber and tree mensuration techniques and ascribe a forestry ethos to the Neolithic first farmers. The ancient woodland environment is described as a wildwood (to be tamed or feared), a timber resource (to be used or controlled), a place of ancient mystery (to be worshipped and respected) and a familiar natural world (in which to live, hunt and gather).

The First Foresters provides the background information – and a cast of cool characters – to help explore our Neolithic past, and to ask today’s children how they see their own forests and woods? Perhaps a little bit of everything?

“This joined-up thinking can help explain complex ideas, promote our shared ethos, deliver our wider message of stewardship and shape the opinions of others.”

The historic environment is usually concerned with place: recording, protecting, conserving, restoring and interpreting archaeological sites, built heritage and historic buildings. Our presentational tools then usually focus on the place or the project, explaining the significance or describing the process from the context of the present.

Image © FLS by Alex Leonard.

But what if the place is no longer there? The deep time aspects of both the Mesolithic and Neolithic in Scotland invite a more imaginative ecological or environmental approach. This joined-up thinking can help explain complex ideas, promote our shared ethos, deliver our wider message of stewardship and shape the opinions of others.

Into the Wildwoods and The First Foresters celebrate the importance of outdoor and archaeological learning, and reward interested practitioners with accessible background information, unconventional ideas and exceptional artwork and design.

But the booklets have a more subtle purpose. They confirm and propagate Forestry and Land Scotland’s ethos as stewards of our national forests and land, encourage pride in the organisation from our own staff, and hopefully act to impress our stakeholders. By including other members of staff in production – contributing ideas, text, illustrations and photography – ownership is shared and passed on.

This old oak is just the sort of tree that our Neolithic ancestors would have made very interesting use of when they entered the wildwood covering Britain over 6000 years ago. We know that these first foresters made cleanings in the wood for fields and pasture – and that they used the timber to erect huge timber circles, enclosures and avenues of timber posts. But these wooden monuments have all long since rotted away. So how can we imagine life in the Neolithic today?

When you visit your local woods, think about how it feels to walk amongst the trees, looking up into the canopy and out into the wood itself. Look for trees that you could fell, if only you had a good polished stone axe. How many would you need to make a timber circle? What would it feel like to cut down a mighty oak?

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BEFS News

A number of new and returning ministers have been confirmed following appointments made by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on 13-14 February. Oliver Dowden CBE was appointed Secretary of State for the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). Nigel Huddleston is now Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Heritage, and his portfolio is Sport, Tourism, Heritage, Gambling and the Commonwealth Games. Caroline Dinenage is Minister of State for Digital and Culture with a portfolio of the Creative Industries, Arts and Libraries, Museums and Cultural Property, Festival 2022, Digital and Tech Policy and Online Harms and Security. Find the full list of appointments here.

The Scottish Government’s reshuffle of portfolios has Fiona Hyslop retain the Culture portfolio, now with Economy & Fair Work. Constitution, Europe & External Affairs now sit with Michael Russell’s portfolio and Tourism and Rural Economy with Fergus Ewing.

BEFS responded to the Scottish Government’s consultation on Planning Performance and Fees. The response highlights that the revision of planning fees is an opportunity to embed a new approach to development which reflects the environmental benefits of reusing and re-purposing all Scotland’s existing building stock, because of the embodied energy.

The Property Flood Resilience Delivery Group is seeking your views to influence and inform policy, specifically with regards to Scottish building regulations – Standard 3.3 ‘Flooding and groundwater’. The deadline for completion of this short survey is 17 March 2020.

The Scottish Government has responded to a number of parliamentary questions in the past two weeks, relating to the proposed licensing system for short-term lets, the Passivhaus standard, the Strong Towns Fund and the Scottish Land Fund. See below for details.

Finally, check out the array of built environment related events and CDP opportunities coming up next month in the events and training sections.

Consultations

Housing to 2040: consultation on outline policy options
Closes on 28 Feb 2020.

The practice of cash retention under construction contracts
Closes on 25 Mar 2020.

Energy Efficient Scotland: Improving energy efficiency in owner occupied homes consultation
Closes 26 March 2020.

Planning for Scotland in 2050: National Planning Framework 4 – Call for Ideas
Call for Ideas runs until 31 March 2020.

Review of the ban on the use of combustible materials in and on the external walls of buildings (England)
Closes on 13 April 2020.

Consultation Responses

Scottish Crown Estate draft strategic management plan: consultation analysis

Publications

There’s No Place Like Old Homes: Re-use and Recycle to Reduce Carbon (HE 26/02/20)

Adapting common areas of property: guide (SG 24/02/20)

Deliverability of site allocations in local development plans: research (SG 01/02/20)

Climate Action Plan 2020-25 (HES 20/02/20)

Planning appeals: Submitting documents electronically (SG 20/02/20)

Letter: Future Homes Standard and proposals for tightening Part L in 2020 (CCC 18/02/20)

Social capital in Scotland: research study (SG 14/02/20)

Social capital in Scotland: report (SG 14/02/20)

Affordable Housing Supply Programme: guidance notes (SG 14/02/20)

The Future of Community Energy (CES 13/02/20)

HERITAGE – The Material Cultural Heritage as a Strategic Territorial Development Resource: Mapping Impacts Through a Set of Common European Socio-economic Indicators (ESPON)

Digital Culture 2019 (ACE & Nesta 11/02/20)

Climate Emergency Design Guide (CIAT 27/01/20)

Policy paper – Culture is Digital (DCMS 18/09/19)

News Releases

Buildings must be recycled and reused to help tackle climate change (HE 26/02/20)
To meet the government’s target of being carbon neutral by 2050, we must recycle, reuse and responsibly adapt our existing historic buildings, according to this year’s Heritage Counts report.

Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator launches to tackle industry emissions (dezeen 21/02/20)
Companies from across the architecture, engineering and construction industries have collaborated to create a free digital embodied carbon calculator that they hope will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and counter climate change.

New plan steps up heritage response to climate crisis (HES 20/02/20)
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has set out its response to the climate crisis as the heritage body published its Climate Action Plan 2020-25.

Capturing Scotland’s changing historic places (HES 20/02/20)
Climate Change Scientist David Harkin explores six stunning images of Scotland’s historic environment and the climate change stories behind them.

RICS urges new chancellor to slash VAT on refurbishment work (AJ 18/02/20)
The RICS has echoed one of the demands of the AJ RetroFirst campaign by urging new chancellor Rishi Sunak to slash VAT on refurbishment work to 5 per cent

Orkney community asked for views on World Heritage Site (HES 18/02/20)
Local residents, businesses and organisations in Orkney are being asked for their views on Orkney’s World Heritage Site as part of a community consultation on its future management.

Digital Planning: Upgrade to eDevelopment.scot now LIVE (TP 18/02/20)
We’re happy to announce that the latest upgrade package for the eDevelopment.scot service is now LIVE. You can find out more about what’s changed here.

Finalists announced today for RTPI Planning Awards 2020 (RTPI 17/02/20)
Finalists include a self-build scheme in Glasgow, a modular ‘innovation village’ in Gateshead and a Cambridgeshire cohousing development planned collaboratively by residents, architects, developers and public authorities.

How to consider the environment in your heritage project (NLHF 17/02/20)
Think long term, assess the positive – and negative – impacts of your actions, and remember: small changes can make a big difference.

New initiative: Digital Skills for Heritage launches today (NLHF 10/02/20)
Today The National Lottery Heritage Fund launches its?Digital Skills for Heritage initiative. Our new Head of Digital Policy, Josie Fraser, tells us what to expect. Heritage organisations can thrive in the digital era, using tech to attract the visitors and support they need.

Coalition of leading building environment professionals launch new Climate Emergency Design Guide
(CIAT 27/01/20)
The new guide provides a blueprint on how the construction industry can react to the climate emergency.

Opinion & Comment

Putting digital to work in your heritage organisation (Kati Price, V&A Museum London 13/02/20)

RetroFirst: The case for circular public-sector procurement (Will Hurst, AJ 12/02/20)

Parliamentary Questions & Answers

Questions marked with a triangle (?) are initiated by the Government in order to facilitate the provision of information to the Parliament.

Question S5W-27187: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 29/01/2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to use the money received through the Barnett formula as a result of the UK Government’s Stronger Towns Fund.
Answered by Aileen Campbell (25/02/2020)

Question S5W-27260: Joan McAlpine, South Scotland, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 04/02/2020
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to providing financial incentives to developers to enable the accelerated construction of new homes to certified Passivhaus standard.
Answered by Kevin Stewart (21/02/2020)

Question S5W-27261: Joan McAlpine, South Scotland, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 04/02/2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether accelerating the construction of new houses to certified Passivhaus standard would be a positive response to the climate crisis declared in Scotland.
Answered by Kevin Stewart (21/02/2020)

Question S5W-27262: Joan McAlpine, South Scotland, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 04/02/2020
To ask the Scottish Government what role encouraging the construction of more homes to certified Passivhaus standard could have on lifting residents out of fuel poverty.
Answered by Kevin Stewart (21/02/2020)

Question S5W-27258: Joan McAlpine, South Scotland, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 04/02/2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the health benefits to householders resulting from living in a house built to certified Passivhaus standard.
Answered by Kevin Stewart (19/02/2020)

Question S5W-27252: Graham Simpson, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 04/02/2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its consultation on a regulatory framework for short-term lets, how many local authorities have requested the introduction of a licensing system.
Answered by Kevin Stewart (18/02/2020)

Question S5W-27253: Graham Simpson, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 04/02/2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the total cost of a licensing system for short-term lets to (a) owners of short-term lets and (b) local authorities.
Answered by Kevin Stewart (18/02/2020)

Question S5W-27254: Graham Simpson, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 04/02/2020
To ask the Scottish Government what estimates it has made of the resource implications for local authorities and related bodies to introduce, administer and monitor a system of licensing for short-term lets.
Answered by Kevin Stewart (18/02/2020)

Question S5W-27255: Graham Simpson, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 04/02/2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact that the introduction of a licensing system for short-term lets will have on the number of such lets in Scotland.
Answered by Kevin Stewart (18/02/2020)

Question S5W-27257: Graham Simpson, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 04/02/2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the total cost to local planning authorities of the introduction of short-term let control areas, as set out in Section 17 of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019.
Answered by Kevin Stewart (17/02/2020)

Question S5W-27034: Iain Gray, East Lothian, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 20/01/2020
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to relaunch the Scottish Land Fund beyond March 2021.
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham (05/02/2020)

Question S5W-27033: Iain Gray, East Lothian, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 20/01/2020
To ask the Scottish Government what level of funds remain in the Scottish Land Fund.
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham (05/02/2020)

Events

For the latest information about BEFS Members’ events see our events calendar.

Tom Parnell – Going Forth: Industrial Heritage beyond the Bridges
Date & time: Monday 2nd March 2020, 6.30pm
Venue: St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church, 13 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2PA
The Firth of Forth is dominated by a growing collection of celebrated bridges. But along the shoreline are less well-known remnants of an industrial past that were of enormous importance. The lecture will explore railways, limekilns, distilleries and power stations: some gone, some surviving, but all now out of use. Tom Parnell is an architectural historian, and a Senior Casework Officer for HES.

Connecting Tools and Materials in the Dutch Neolithic
Edinburgh date, time & venue: March 9 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Auditorium, National Museum Scotland (Use Lothian Street entrance).
Aberdeen date, time & venue: March 10 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm. Meston Building Lecture Theatre One, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE.
Lecture by Professor Annelou van Gijn, University of Leiden, in partnership with the Prehistoric Society. Archaeological artefacts like flint are frequently studied in isolation and not as part of a toolkit, let alone as part of a technological system. This lecture will show how a combination of microwear (use wear) analysis and experimental archaeology can shed light on the technological and functional relationships between different find categories.

Developing skills, knowledge and connections in community-based heritage
Date & time: Tue, March 10, 2020; 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Venue: The Wick Heritage Museum, 20 Bank Row, Wick KW1 5EY.
Join us for an informative workshop about developing skills, knowledge and connections in community-based Scottish heritage projects as we review and reflect on Year One of our ‘My Place Mentoring’ programme.

Property repair and maintenance event
Date & time: 10th March 2020 at 17:30pm-19:30pm.
Venue: ESPC Property Information Centre 107 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3ES.
Come along to our free property maintenance event and find out how you can maintain the building you are living in. We’ve teamed up with various architects and ESPC Lettings to provide you with the tools required to assess the building’s condition and demonstrate how to carry out repairs.

On the Trail of Patrick Geddes – Book Launch
Date & time: Thursday 12th March, 2020 from 6.00pm – 7.30pm.
Venue: Patrick Geddes Centre at Riddle’s Court, 322 Lawnmarket, EH1 2PG
Join author Walter Stephen and Luath Press for the launch of the latest volume in the ‘On the Trail of..’ series. Patrick Geddes was famous in his time for the work he undertook to improve the slum enclaves of Edinburgh’s Old Town. His method of conservative surgery meant that several historic properties in the area were retained. Walter will lead a short tour of these areas immediately before the book talk/signing. Free event and refreshments will be available.

Going Digital: Tools and ideas for a successful project
Date & time: Tue, 17 March 2020; 09:30 – 15:00.
Venue: Maryhill Burgh Halls, 24 Gairbraid Avenue, Glasgow G20 8YE.
Join us for an HTN Scotland Members’ Meeting to learn how boost your project using online platforms and digital technologies. Our theme for the event will be ‘Going Digital’ ideas and examples of how you can use online tools and digital visualisations, to promote and enhance your project. As with all our events, this will be a great opportunity to share updates on your own project, troubleshoot challenges and connect with new people who may be able to help.

Icon Conservation Conference Highlights
Date & time: 20th of March 2020; 9.20am – 4.45pm
Venue: City Art Gallery, 2 Market Street, Edinburgh EH1 1DE.
This one-day conference is organised by Icon Scotland Group and features 12 talks that presented at the Icon 19 triennial conference in Belfast last year. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion, plus opportunities for networking and socialising.

Why Records Management Matters: Truth, Accountability, Impact
Date: 24th March 2020.
Venue: Bonar Hall, University of Dundee.
For everyone with an interest in truth, justice, accountability, authenticity, good governance and business efficiency. The programme can be found here.

IHBC Member Application Training Event (MATE). By IHBC Scotland Branch
Date & time: Friday 27 March 2020. 10.00 – 15.00.
Venue: Glasgow City Heritage Trust, 54 Bell Street, Glasgow, G1 1LQ
MATE seminars offer talks and exercises to break down the IHBC Associate and Full membership application process, exploring the IHBC’s Areas of Competence and Conservation Cycle model, while also answering any queries. These events are a great way for prospective applicants to find out how to understand their skills, knowledge and experience in the context of IHBC membership criteria and accreditation.

Chris Stewart – Collective Architecture
Date & time: Monday 6th April 2020 at 6.30pm.
Venue: St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church, 13 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2PA
Chris Stewart is an Architect-Director of the award-winning architectural practice Collective Architecture and a director of the Scottish Ecological Design Association (SEDA). Collective Architecture, which has offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh, has been owned by its employees for the last twelve years. Chris Stewart will tell us about their projects and approach to sustainable design and client and user involvement.

The Heritage Dilemma – Making and Breaking World Cities
Date & time: Thursday 16 April 2020 at 6pm.
Venue: St Andrew’s and St George’s West, 13 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2PA.
We are delighted that Loyd Grossman, internationally renowned heritage writer and broadcaster, will be delivering this year’s World Heritage Day lecture. Loyd will discuss the heritage dilemma faced by Edinburgh, where commercial and cultural businesses compete to flourish in a heritage rich environment, with little, if any, contribution to the ever-increasing cost of supporting it. Join us as we take a closer look at Edinburgh’s own heritage dilemma.

Training

New Voices: Fresh Perspectives
Arts & Business Scotland is working in partnership with the William Grant Foundation to deliver New Voices: Fresh Perspectives; a recruitment programme to place young people on arts & heritage boards. Through an open recruitment process, we have recruited 35 arts and heritage organisations who have signed up to take part in the programme. We are now looking to recruit young people (aged 18-30) in early stages of their careers and from a wide range of sectors, to undergo a training programme with a view to matching them with those organisations’ Boards. This opportunity is relevant to you if you have:
• Young colleagues in your business or organisation who would benefit from taking part in this programme
• Access to networks or contacts of young people for whom this programme might be relevant

RICS CPD day Dunblane
Date: 12 March 2020.
Venue: DoubleTree by Hilton Dunblane Hydro, Perth Rd, Dunblane, FK15 0HG
A RICS regional conference for Scotland. Hear the latest guidance, technical updates and best practice across the built environment, land and property sectors. Covering today’s ever-changing market trends, legislation and technical guidance, CPD day Dunblane focuses on the specific knowledge and practical skills you will need over the next 12 months.

Traditional Roof Leadwork – Surveying and Maintenance Techniques
Date & time: Tuesday 17th March 2020; 12:30-1:30pm.
Venue: GCHT offices, 54 Bell Street, Glasgow.
Lead is a material which is used in a number of capacities on traditional buildings such as detailing and flashing around chimneys and roof ridges, as well as roof covering for both pitched and flat roofs. While lead can be melted, cast, jointed and decorated, it requires being properly worked and maintained by skilled professionals in order to ensure long lasting and safe results. Delivered by Alasdair White from Murdoch Award winning firm John Fulton, this CPD will discuss the proper way to survey lead on traditional roofs, and how to recognise maintenance and repair needs.

Conservation Stonework and Selecting the Right Stone
Date & time: Tuesday 21st April 2020; 12:30-1:30pm.
Venue: GCHT offices, 54 Bell Street, Glasgow
Traditional stone buildings are an extremely characteristic and beautiful feature of Glasgow. When used correctly stone is a sound, stable building material as countless buildings across Glasgow will testify. However, the number of fully qualified stone masons and experts in Scotland is limited and caution must be exercised when planning repairs and replacements to stone buildings to limit damage and further decay. In this CPD, Graeme Haddon and Marcus Paine of Hutton Stone will discuss best practice in conservation stonework and selecting the correct stone.

RICS CPD day Glasgow
Date & time: 20 May 2020; 08:30 AM – 05:10 PM
Venue: Glasgow Marriott Hotel, 500 Argyle St, Glasgow, G3 8RR
6 hours formal CPD
Hear the latest updates and technical guidance across built environment, land and property. Our highlighted sessions include:
•   Fire safety engineering: Scotland strengthens standards
•   Repair and maintenance of historical and listed buildings
•   Modern methods of construction: Examining the growing trend

Vacancies

Policy Officer
The Policy Officer will lead on RTPI Scotland’s approaches to policy development, though leadership and public affairs through engaging with Ministers, Scottish Government Officials, MSPs and Parliament through providing briefing, responding to policy consultations and developing proactive positions and evidence.
Closing date: 10th March 2020.

Practice Development Officer
The Practice Development Officer at RTPI Scotland will lead on developing approaches to identifying, sharing and supporting our membership to learn from good practice and to increase the supply of planners to the workforce.
Closing date: 10th March 2020.

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BEFS News

BEFS held a workshop on behalf of the Our Place in Time (OPiT) Built Heritage Investment Group (BHIG) on the Sustainable Investment Prioritisation/Diagnostic Tool. This tool has been created through consultation with the wider heritage sector, including the OPIT BHIG, over a number of years. The toolkit aims to enable visualisation around decision-making and investment in built heritage. It is being designed to help funders and organisations, as well as community and interest groups with heritage assets, explore priorities for action and investment. It will help prioritise and clearly communicate decision-making by demonstrating the Economic, Cultural, Environmental and Social outcomes of potential investment in built heritage across a range of categories, tested by the sector. The workshop was a peer-review session to inform a consultation on the tool. Read the workshop report here. More background information can be found here.

Work will continue on forming and refining the official consultation, which will be nationally released through Historic Environment Scotland on behalf of the OPiT Built Heritage Investment Group. This consultation is expected to take place in mid-March 2020 and BEFS will promote the process widely.

From August until the end of October 2019, BEFS was engaged to run a consultation process on how best to manage church land and buildings on behalf of the Church of Scotland General Trustees. The process included a series of workshops across Scotland, a webinar, an online survey and an event with the built environment sector. Further information on the consultation process and the final report are now available here. If you would like to engage BEFS to run a consultation process or facilitate your event, do get in contact.

BEFS responded to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the Replacement of the European Structural Fund in Scotland Post EU-Exit. BEFS highlights the need for a wider approach where the Climate Act, Communities Act, Infrastructure Commission Report and the National Planning Framework (NPF4) are considered to support healthy places, the wellbeing of citizens and the aims of a wellbeing economy. Read the full response here.

Last week, Minister for Public Finance and Digital Economy Kate Forbes set out the Scottish Government’s spending and tax plans for 2020-21. Historic Environment Scotland’s budget has increased slightly since last year. Further details here.

Nick Wright reflects on his recent research commissioned by the Scottish Government in preparation of draft regulations and guidance for Local Place Plans, in our blog this week.

Finally, don’t forget to check out the range of built environment events taking place in the coming months, in the events section below.

Consultations

Planning Performance and Fees
Closes on 14 Feb 2020.

Fire safety: risk prioritisation in existing buildings – a call for evidence (England)
Closes on 17 February 2020.

Housing to 2040: consultation on outline policy options
Closes on 28 Feb 2020.

The practice of cash retention under construction contracts
Closes on 25 Mar 2020.

Energy Efficient Scotland: Improving energy efficiency in owner occupied homes consultation
Closes 26 March 2020.

Planning for Scotland in 2050: National Planning Framework 4 – Call for Ideas
Call for Ideas runs until 31 March 2020.

Review of the ban on the use of combustible materials in and on the external walls of buildings (England)
Closes on 13 April 2020.

Consultation Responses

Well Equipped Spaces in the Right Places – Church of Scotland Consultation Report

The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (Scotland) regulations 2020: consultation analysis

Practical fire safety for existing specialised housing and similar premises: consultation analysis

Big Climate Conversation: report of findings

Building Standards Verification Performance Framework: survey results

Rural Planning Policy to 2050: research findings (SG 31/01/20)

Publications

Unfinished Business – report on devolution of VAT (Reform Scotland 11/02/20)

Living longer: changes in housing tenure over time (ONS 10/02/20)

Twenty-Four Reasons Historic Preservation is Good for Your Community

Scottish Budget 2020-2021 (SG 06/02/20)

Scottish Budget 2020-2021: Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (SG 06/02/20)

DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates 2018: Gross Value Added (DCMS 05/02/20)

Living with beauty; promoting health, well-being and sustainable growth (MHCLG 30/01/20)

Scottish Government News Releases

Investing in affordable homes (12/02/20)
Last week’s budget announced a £17 million increase to help meet the Scottish Government’s commitment to deliver 50,000 affordable homes over the course of this parliament.

Scottish Budget 2020-21 (SG 06/02/20)
Tackling the climate emergency and protecting public services.

The Big Climate Conversation (SG 30/01/20)
A public engagement programme on how to end Scotland’s contribution to climate change has shown widespread support for home energy efficiency improvements, increased use of public transport and transitioning to a more circular economy.

Fire safety in specialised housing (SG 30/01/20)
New guidance to reduce the risk from fire in specialised housing, such as sheltered and supported accommodation, has been published.

News Releases

SPAB Announces an Opportunity to Sponsor a Youth Placement (SPAB 12/02/20)
Support places for young people at the upcoming SPAB Scotland Working Parties. Our working parties are a fun and unique way for people with a love for Scottish Heritage to get involved with repair projects on a building in need. Assisting young people to learn more about traditional skills and materials encourages a life-long appreciation for these crafts.

Check your tech maturity with new Digital Culture Compass tool (HF 12/02/20)
The free online tool is designed to help heritage, arts and culture organisations develop their digital capabilities. Arts Council England and The National Lottery Heritage Fund have launched the Digital Culture Compass, a free toolkit designed to help organisations get the most out of digital.

Over £800,000 funding awarded to heritage projects across Scotland (HES 10/02/20)
Historic Environment Scotland has announced funding of £842,802 to support conservation repair projects to historic buildings throughout the country.

RIAS/RIBA Awards for Scotland 2020 (RIAS 10/20/20)
Entries are being invited for the RIAS/RIBA Awards for Scotland 2020 – celebrating the best in Scottish architecture! Now in their 9th year, the Awards continue to demonstrate the quality and breadth of current architectural endeavour in Scotland. Submission deadline: Thursday 20th February 2020.

Call for papers – Archaeological Research in Progress Conference (ARP) 2020 (AS 10/02/20)
Do you have exciting research findings that you would like to present at the ARP in Aberdeen on 23rd May 2020? We are inviting proposals for 20 minute papers that demonstrate the most up-to-date information and best practice. Please submit proposals to e.macqueen@archaeologyscotland.org.uk by Sunday 23rd February 2020.

Meeting the 21st Century challenges for archaeology (CIfA 07/02/20)
Historic England and the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA) are pleased to announce a Memorandum of Understanding setting out the basis for cooperating on addressing the most urgent and important challenges identified by our joint project Twenty-first-century challenges for archaeology.

RTPI Scotland welcomes Scottish Budget but calls for more investment in planning (RTPI Scotland 07/02/20)
RTPI Scotland has welcomed commitments in the Scottish Budget to tackle the climate crisis but has called for more investment in the planning system to enable key targets to be met.

Maintaining Your Property (ES 04/02/20)
Maintaining and repairing a property is incredibly important and a real commitment. If you’re looking for advice on building components, materials or common defects, look no further than our website which is brimming with information and advice.

NPF4 early engagement – Feb 2020 (P&A 03/02/20)
One month into 2020 and the substantial task of producing Scotland’s fourth National Planning Framework is well in motion and picking up pace. Now it’s time for you to join in!

Beautiful homes should become ‘norm’ (MHCLG 30/01/20)
The Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission’s report – Living with beauty – supports the creation of more beautiful communities.

Calculating the full cost of energy used by buildings (DBEIS 24/01/20)
The Whole Life Cost of Energy (WLCoE) calculator – issued by government in BETA form – is intended to help building owners and operators to understand the full financial cost of the energy their buildings use, and welcomes feedback to hndu@beis.gov.uk.

Welsh Slate Landscape nominated for UNESCO World Heritage status (DCMS 24/01/20)
The Slate Landscape of North West Wales has been nominated for UNESCO World Heritage Status.

Parliamentary Questions

Question S5W-27262: Joan McAlpine, South Scotland, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 04/02/2020
To ask the Scottish Government what role encouraging the construction of more homes to certified Passivhaus standard could have on lifting residents out of fuel poverty.

Question S5W-27261: Joan McAlpine, South Scotland, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 04/02/2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether accelerating the construction of new houses to certified Passivhaus standard would be a positive response to the climate crisis declared in Scotland.

Question S5W-27260: Joan McAlpine, South Scotland, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 04/02/2020
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to providing financial incentives to developers to enable the accelerated construction of new homes to certified Passivhaus standard.

Question S5W-27257: Graham Simpson, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 04/02/2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the total cost to local planning authorities of the introduction of short-term let control areas, as set out in Section 17 of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019.

Question S5W-27255: Graham Simpson, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 04/02/2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact that the introduction of a licensing system for short-term lets will have on the number of such lets in Scotland.

Question S5W-27254: Graham Simpson, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 04/02/2020
To ask the Scottish Government what estimates it has made of the resource implications for local authorities and related bodies to introduce, administer and monitor a system of licensing for short-term lets.

Question S5W-27253: Graham Simpson, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 04/02/2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the total cost of a licensing system for short-term lets to (a) owners of short-term lets and (b) local authorities.

Question S5W-27252: Graham Simpson, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 04/02/2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its consultation on a regulatory framework for short-term lets, how many local authorities have requested the introduction of a licensing system.

Question S5W-27251: Graham Simpson, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 04/02/2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether people (a) letting out a spare room in their primary residence and (b) occasionally letting out their entire primary residence will be subject to the proposed licensing regime for short-term lets.

Question S5W-27187: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date Lodged: 29/01/2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to use the money received through the Barnett formula as a result of the UK Government’s Stronger Towns Fund.

Events

For the latest information about BEFS Members’ events see our events calendar.

Save Egyptian Halls
Date & time: 21 February 2020 13:30 – 18:00
Venue: The Lighthouse, 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow, G1 3NU
The SPAB joins efforts with organisations across Scotland to help save Glasgow’s Egyptian Halls. The day, coordinated by The Alexander Thomson Society, will host an enlightening afternoon variety of events from experts in their fields, including SPAB Scotland Chair, Jamie McNamara as we make a case to Save Egyptian Halls.

Planning for demographic change
Date & time: Thursday 27 February 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Venue: Committee Room No 9, 18 John St, Glasgow G1 1JQ
What changes are projected for Scotland’s population over the next few decades? What are the challenges for planners in addressing these? And what are the opportunities? Demographic change is one of the main factors that define the issues facing planners over the coming decades, so understanding what lies on the horizon is crucial. This event will consider what the most recent demographic data tells us about Scotland’s future population and the planning implications across the West of Scotland, focusing on housing and health & equalities perspectives.

Planning and ecology
Date & time: Tuesday 10 March 2020, 4pm to 5pm
Venue: Cairngorms National Park Authority, 14 The Square, Grantown-on-Spey PH26 3HG
The Cairngorms National Park is the UK’s largest protected landscape. Being home to around 25% of the UK’s threatened bird, animal and plant species and having around 50% land protected by European nature designations, it is one of the country’s most sensitive locations for development. National Park Authority ecologist, Dr Sally Mackenzie will give a talk on how ecology, habitats and protected species have been taken account of in development within the Park, including the importance of habitat and species management plans. The event will be followed at 5pm by RTPI Highlands and Islands and RTPI Scotland’s event on National Planning Framework 4.

Icon Conference Highlights
Date & time: 20th of March 2020; 9.20am – 4.45pm
Venue: City Art Gallery, 2 Market Street, Edinburgh EH1 1DE.
This one-day conference is organised by Icon Scotland Group and features 12 talks that presented at the Icon 19 triennial conference in Belfast last year. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion, plus opportunities for networking and socialising. If you have any questions about this event, please contact the organiser Isobel Griffin (i.griffin@nationalgalleries.org).

Your Career in Conservation: The Purpose and Process of Accreditation
Date & time: Thursday 26th March 2020 | 9:30-17:00.
Venue: Reid Building, Glasgow School of Art.
Scotland currently has a deficit of conservation accredited professionals, which presents a major hurdle for the delivery of appropriate repairs and maintenance to the historic environment. In order to help address this gap, Glasgow City Heritage Trust is hosting a one-day conference on conservation accreditation within the heritage and built environment sectors. Attendees will be able to hear from leading accreditation bodies about the value of accreditation for conserving our historic environment, how the application process works and how being conservation accredited can open new career paths.

Achieving wider community regeneration outcomes through housing led approaches: SURF Awards Shared Learning Workshop
Date & time: 7th May, 10.15am-2pm
Venue: Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
This free half-day SURF Awards workshop event in the Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh on 7th May provides an opportunity to explore successful approaches to housing led regeneration initiatives providing wider community outcomes. The winning and highly commended projects from the ‘Housing and Regeneration’ category highlighted in the 2019 SURF Awards process will provide comment on their experiences and transferable learning.

Transferable lessons for place-based regeneration: SURF Awards Shared Learning Workshop
Date & time: 13th May, 10am-2pm
Venue: St Luke’s, The Glasgow Barras
This free half-day SURF Awards workshop event in St Luke’s, Glasgow on 13th May provides an opportunity to explore successful current approaches towards regenerating Scotland’s places with two winning projects from the ‘Most Improved Place’ and ‘Community Led Regeneration’ categories highlighted in the 2019 SURF Awards process.

Successful methods of supporting young people to overcome barriers to employment: SURF Awards Shared Learning Workshop
Date & time: 20th May, 10am-2pm
Venue: The Glasgow Women’s Library, Bridgeton
This free half-day SURF Awards workshop event in the Glasgow Women’s Library, Bridgeton, Glasgow on 20th May provides an opportunity to explore successful approaches towards tackling barriers to employment facing young people in Scotland. The winning and highly commended projects from the ‘Youth Employability’ category highlighted in the 2019 SURF Awards process will provide comment on their experiences and transferable learning.

How can embedding artistic approaches enable communities to become agents for change?: SURF Awards Shared Learning Workshop
Date & time: 28th May, 10am-2pm
Venue: The Grassmarket Community Project, Edinburgh
This free half-day SURF Awards workshop event in the Grassmarket Community Project, Edinburgh on 28th May provides an opportunity to explore successful approaches towards linking creative arts and culture into regeneration initiatives. The winning and highly commended projects from the ‘Creative Regeneration’ category highlighted in the 2019 SURF Awards process will provide comment on their experiences and transferable learning.

Training

RICS CPD day Dunblane
Date: 12 March 2020.
Venue: DoubleTree by Hilton Dunblane Hydro, Perth Rd, Dunblane, FK15 0HG.
A RICS regional conference for Scotland. Hear the latest guidance, technical updates and best practice across the built environment, land and property sectors. Covering today’s ever-changing market trends, legislation and technical guidance, CPD day Dunblane focuses on the specific knowledge and practical skills you will need over the next 12 months.

Vacancies

Edinburgh World Heritage trustees
Edinburgh World Heritage is looking for new Board trustees who are passionate about Edinburgh and the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage Site; interested in how we connect and engage all people in our heritage; skilled and experienced in aspects of the historic environment, leadership, marketing and communications, strategic thinking and fundraising, or individuals keen to develop in these areas. We also welcome applications from young people or those interested in applying for their first trusteeship.
Closing date for applications: Monday 2nd March at 5pm.

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12 Feb 2020

Details of funding for Historic Environment Scotland in the Scottish Government’s draft budget.

The Scottish Government published its Budget 2020-21 on 6 February with details on the funding of Historic Environment Scotland within the Culture, Tourism and External Affairs portfolio.

The total budget for HES in 2020-21 is £100.1 million, an increase of 7%.

Capital Expenditure remains at £6 million but the rest of the grant has increased to £33.8 million, an increased of 10% following a 5% reduction the previous year. This is against HES generating a forecast income of £63.3 million, a 6% increase over the previous period.

While the Draft Budget states that HES will continue to dispense grants it does not specify the amount. The overall increase in the budget is to be welcomed.

Historic Environment Scotland Priorities

In 2020-21 HES will:

continue to deliver ‘Our Place in Time: the Historic Environment Strategy for Scotland’;
offer grant support to help regenerate and promote the active use, care and maintenance of the historic environment, promoting sustainable economic development and reinforcing local identity;
provide expert advice and guidance to deliver the right balance between conservation and sustainable change;
promote learning and education to enhance knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of the historic environment;
continue to play a leading role in supporting our understanding of climate change and its impacts on the historic environment; and
support the maintenance of traditional skills and provide young people with opportunities to develop new skills.

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) Spending Plans (Level 3)

Level 3	2018-19 Budget £m	2019-20 Budget £m	2020-21 Budget £m
Operational Costs	92.2	93.5	100.1
Capital Expenditure	6.0	6.0	6.0
Less Income	(57.1)	(59.7)	(63.3)
Total Historic Environment Scotland	41.1	39.8	42.8
*of which:*
Fiscal Resource	32.6	30.8	33.8
Non-cash	2.5	3.0	3.0
Capital	6.0	6.0	6.0

What the Historic Environment Scotland budget does

Historic Environment Scotland is the lead public body for the historic environment in Scotland, and takes the lead in delivering Scotland’s historic environment strategy ‘Our Place in Time’, in addition to having delegated responsibility for the care and management of Scottish Ministers’ Properties in Care. A significant portion of the grant-in-aid funding which Historic Environment Scotland receives is passed on to Scottish communities by way of grant schemes which fund the regeneration of Scotland’s town centres and the repair of historic buildings.

Full details.

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6 Feb 2020

Nick Wright reflects on his recent research commissioned by the Scottish Government in preparation of draft regulations and guidance for Local Place Plans.

This blog was first published by Nick Wright on 4th February 2020.

Local Place Plans – one of the provisions of the new Scottish planning system – are the subject of much uncertainty in the world of Scottish planning.

Have they started yet? What will they look like? How will they relate to Local Development Plans and other plans? Who will prepare them? Who will pay for them?

Uncertainty rules

The only one of these questions that can be answered is the first one: no, Local Place Plans have not been enacted yet. Until the Scottish Government publishes its regulations and guidance on Local Place Plans, scheduled to be in early 2021 according to their work programme, nobody know what they will look like – or the answers to any of the other questions.

Since we know that Local Place Plans are on the horizon, local authorities and others are gearing up to get ready for their appearance. Some local authorities, like Renfrewshire for example, have already prepared guidance for producing Local Place Plans in their area – click here for my blog post on Renfrewshire’s guide and pilot Local Place Plan. PAS has recently produced a guide explaining their approach to producing Local Place Plans.

These are all welcome initiatives, as they share good practice about local community-led planning and are, I’m sure, useful to the Scottish Government in helping them draft the regulations and guidance. But nobody yet knows whether these initiatives will stand the test of time, because they anticipate what the regulations and guidance might say.

Moving towards certainty

The Scottish Government is of course working towards draft regulations and guidance on Local Place Plans. As part of that work, it commissioned Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC, who developed the National Standards for Community Engagement) and me to undertake action research to contribute to preparation of draft regulations and guidance for Local Place Plans.

Critically, we wanted to find out more about the implications of Local Place Plans for communities, and explore some big questions:

How might Local Place Plans help spatial planning, community planning and community empowerment align to support better places and communities?
What skills, capacities and resources might be needed amongst professionals and communities for effective Local Place Planning?
How might resources be managed so that Local Place Planning tackles inequality?

Most of the work took place in the first half of 2019, involving interviews, focus groups and a national seminar with planners, community development workers, community planners, community organisations, civil servants and built environment membership organisations. has just been published.

The big opportunity: flipping the system

From all the research discussions across people from all sectors, it was clear that there was a big opportunity for Local Place Plans: they they could be a mechanism to ‘flip the system’, in the words of one civil servant.

What does “flipping the system” mean?

At the risk of over-simplifying with these cartoons, it means helping to deliver the public service reform agenda by moving from this:

to this:

Where do Local Place Plans fit into this? They would be the mechanism for enabling that “flip” to happen, by expressing the local community’s aspiration for its future, to inform service delivery and investment by the public sector, private and voluntary sectors.

In other words, the opportunity is for Local Place Plans to be a critical link in delivering community empowerment and the public service reform (in line with the aspirations of the Christie Commission), rather than merely another layer in the land use planning system.

Putting that into practice

The report outlines how Local Place Plans might be designed to “flip the system” as described above, including:

Ten principles for Local Place Plans (see below).
A summary process for producing a Local Place Plan.
Case studies of recent community-led plans which could form models for Local Place Plans.
Existing sources of further support and information that are already availably.
Recommendations for further work to support successful implementation of Local Place Plans.

These findings are all intended to feed into the Scottish Government’s preparation of regulations and guidance over the coming year. But remember, we won’t know if Local Place Plans will follow this model until the draft regulations and guidance are published!

10 guiding principles

As a taster of what’s in the report, here are the 10 guiding principles suggested to the government:

Local Place Plans (LPPs) should be community led.
LPPs should be prepared through inclusive and robust community engagement.
LPPs should express a clear vision with key actions.
LPPs should be co-produced and co-delivered.
LPPs should reflect community aspirations, and should not be limited to spatial planning.
The spatial elements of LPPs should inform Local Development Plans.
LPPs should be tools for community empowerment and addressing inequality.
LPPs should be tools to help community planning and land-use planning achieve better outcomes.
LPP boundaries should reflect local community boundaries.
LPPs and Community Action Plans can essentially be the same thing.

More information

There’s a lot more in the report itself. Click to download the report (0.5mb PDF), and here for more information on the SCDC website.

Also, the Improvement Service held a webinar about the research just after its publication – click here to see the presentation and discussion on YouTube.

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5 Feb 2020

BEFS analysis of the Church of Scotland’s recent land and buildings consultation is now available.

Read BEFS full consultation analysis report and key findings here.

During early August 2019 until the end of October 2019, the Church of Scotland General Trustees invited views on one of the most crucial issues for the future of the Church: how best to manage their church land and buildings.

BEFS was contracted to run and facilitate the consultation process, which included a series of workshops across Scotland, a webinar, an online survey (now closed) and an event with the built environment sector.

Every congregation and presbytery was encouraged to contribute and almost 1,300 people responded to the survey.

Introducing the results, Raymond Young, Chairman of the Church of Scotland’s General Trustees, said:

“The General Trustees are very pleased to publish the whole consultation analysis report that has been prepared by Built Environment Forum Scotland from the results of the online survey.

“We received a fantastic response to the seminars which around 1,000 people attended and around 1,300 people responded to the survey on behalf of presbyteries, Kirk sessions and individual congregations.

“We would like to thank all those who participated and Built Environment Forum Scotland for all of their help.”

The General Trustees’ response to this consultation analysis report will come in their Report to the General Assembly in May 2020.

To engage BEFS to run your consultation process or facilitate your event, get in touch.

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