Volunteers wanted for community heritage project at Beaurepaire Medieval Manor House.

Durham County Council has approved its own planning application for the Aykley Heads Business Park, for a design that ignores the energy standards in its recently-approved County Durham Plan.

Hoardings on the new multi-storey car park on the Sands proclaim “promoting sustainable green travel to the City”.

Durham County Council has submitted a planning application for major developments on Aykley Heads comprising: a detailed application for an office block with associated parking and landscaping on land known as Plot C, and an outline planning application for the demolition of the existing County Hall site and the development…

The Trust has been saddened by the news that Crook Hall has stopped trading and has to be sold. The Hall is a real heritage asset to the City as well as a beautiful garden space in which to relax.

The goverment is providing councils with emergency active-travel funding to ceate temporary interventions to make walking and cycling possible and safe under social distancing requirements. Durham County Council is carrying out a consultation to identify areas that need attention: Street Space in County Durham. The Trust has submitted their response.

Recently the City of Durham has been named by the Solar Centre as the UK’s greenest city. However, the Trust has serious doubts about the validity of the evidence base for this assertion, as explained in a recent press release, available below. The Trust’s main concerns are: The Solar Centre…