There is so much that can be done now, such as the production of Neighbourhood Plans.
The cutting of VAT on the repair, restoration, and traditional retrofitting of historic structures holds a universally agreed consensus across leading professionals. Lowering the tax burden will make traditional methods financially competitive with modern drywall and concrete systems.
Be it proposing authentic traditional architecture Design Codes or targeted greenery planting of trees and hedgerows, if done en masse this will ellicit the right outcomes and prove that this can be a powerful tool for good.
The Conservatives can make a crucial difference to their communities in this chapter by actively, positively and constructively engaging with property owners to prevent sales to less sympathetic third parties.
Many of us will have observed a majestic building on our everyday journeys that has either ceased functioning or, in some cases, physically disappeared entirely from the landscape over the last decade
There is still a long way to go towards preventing further avoidable decline of streetscapes up and down the United Kingdom.