LLANELLI COMMUNITY HERITAGE featured an open-top bus tour as part of its Open Doors programme this year (2006). Said chair John Wynne Hopkin, "We had a great day and went from Felinfoel to Five Roads, Cynheidre, back into Llanelli Town Centre, the Coastal Park route, Tyisha and Glanymor, Station Road, back into Llanelli Town Centre, Murray Street, Bridge Street and back to Felinfoel. Everyone really enjoyed the day out and we hope to do this every year from now on." Website

CARMARTHEN CIVIC SOCIETY historic ironwork survey read | Awards evening story and picture

TALL BUILDINGS POLICY needed for Swansea says Civic Society

LLANELLI Farewell to the Stepney Hotel. A familiar, heritage building is lost... link

LOCAL DESIGN AWARDS/CADW ACCESS AWARDS Call for nominations Info and entry forms | yn Gymraeg

Read about the Llanelli early history project and the work of Llanelli Community Heritage from the spring/summer 2005 edition of the Trust's magazine (pdf: 85kb)

LLANDEILO SOCIETY establishes itself story | web site

LLANDUDNO opposition to theatre extensions on historic prom story

USK society describes its ambitious plaque-marking project more

PORTHCAWL society condemns Assembly wind farm decision as precedent more | Europa Nostra declaration on wind power development pdf: 56kb

CARMARTHEN SOCIETY'S grant for ironwork survey on CD more

FUNDING SUCCESS for Menai Bridge Community Trust's waterfront regeneration project more

GOWER SOCIETY book reviewed

CIVIC SOCIETIES will shortly have a chance to contribute to a wide-ranging discussion on historic environment policy in Wales background

HAVERFORDWEST "a special place, a special people..." Video from the town's civic society info

HERITAGE Draft Heritage Protection Bill Consultation response to Heritage Protection white paper here | full discussion [pdf: 145kb] | Cadw summary of responses here (offsite link) | Responses as published by DCMS here (offsite link)

RESIDENTIAL DESIGN resources in Bookmarks

WELCOMING JO COLES About our new development officer info

AWARDS On March 21 we announced the winners of the Welsh Civic Societies' Local Design Awards and Cadw's Access Award at Swansea's Waterfront Museum Story

TACKY OR WHAT? PORTHCAWL DESIGN CONTROVERSY The design of award-winning flats on Porthcawl's sea front prompted the civic society to protest to the Royal Society of Architects' Welsh Housing Design Awards | controversy featured in the Guardian (31 January 2007).

HERITAGE PROTECTION REVIEW a white paper signaling changes in the way we manage listed buildings and other heritage sites has been published by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. It will mean changes in both England and Wales. DCMS | comment (March 11) | response (June 6)

CIVIC TRUST AWARDS 2007 On 20 March the Civic Trust announced this years UK Civic Trust Awards. One Welsh project was commended and two gained a mention More

TRUST PROBES MINISTER ON CALL IN PROCEDURES The operation of the Assembly Government's powers on call-in of planning applications was last reviewed in 2002. How clear is the guidance? And how do civil servants and the minister respond in practice to requests for call-in? Trust Director Matthew Griffiths asked minister Carwyn Jones to clarify how the system operates story

NATIONAL WATERFRONT MUSEUM wins Civic Trust Award. Designed by Wilkinson Eyre, this innovative Swansea project is the only Welsh Award winner this year... more (offsite) | Museum web site | architect's web site

CIVIC TRUST AWARDS
overview 2005 | Denbigh Townscape Heritage Initiative wins WDA regeneration award details (offsite links) | The 2006 awards will be published on the evening of March 29 (Awards home page offsite)

National Waterfront Museum opens in Swansea Guardian review | Museum web site | architect's web site

ASSEMBLY GOVERNMENT consults on Environment Strategy info

PLANNING AID WALES expands its services story

LOCAL DESIGN AWARDS 2004 nominated schemes and details on this innovative programme for civic societies info

2004 RSAW Welsh Housing Design Awards main story | Lifetime achievement award for trustee Bill Davies story

LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS Trust response to consultation

HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT POLICY REVIEW
Civic Trust response pdf (171kb) • Culture minister's response (offsite) of January 2004

HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT POLICY REVIEW launched | briefing/analysis | recommendations summarised

CARMARTHENSHIRE puts planning applications online more

SPACE FOR LEARNING New practical guide to the design of education spaces in museums, heritage sites and discovery centre more

WALES SPATIAL PLAN consultation info and Trust response (January 2004)

HERITAGE PROTECTION government consults on the future of listing historic buildings and sites more

RESPONSE to draft WDA design guide (document: pdf: 91kb) | Link to WDA document

LOCAL DESIGN AWARDS The Trust is inviting civic societies to celebrate examples of good design that contribute to a local sense of place more

OVERCOMING THE BARRIERS Guidance from Cadw promotes physical access to historic buildings Story

CIVIC TRUST AWARDS The 2001 Civic Trust Awards in Wales Exhibit | Brochure (pdf: 498kb). See also The 2001 Civic Trust Awards were announced on 23 March. This year Wales had a special crop of winning new build and conservation projects. Winners |CIVIC TRUST AWARDS 2003 winners