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Tewkesbury Civic Society

Protecting Tewkesbury's Architectural Heritage and ensuring today's developments add positively to it.
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Civic Voice


With its origins in the Kyrle Societies whose objectives from the late 1880s were to promote the cultural and physical qualities of their towns, the civic movement grew slowly initially, maturing in the period after the Great War and mushrooming after the Second World War.

The movement received a major boost when Duncan Sandys gave it a national voice in 1957 with the creation of the Civic Trust as a champion for the character and diversity of the buildings and places that make up our cities, towns and villages. From the outset, the Civic Trust focused not only on conservation, but also on bringing about positive change and promoting higher standards. The Civic Trust’s work included drafting legislation which created conservation areas in 1967 – there are now 9,300 conservation areas in England - and it ran the country’s largest voluntary cultural event – Heritage Open Days - until going into administration in April 2009.
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The formation of Civic Voice as a national body for the movement in 2010 was a major landmark event, marking recognition that societies need to have their voice heard at a national level. Ensuring that government is made aware of the importance of local participation in planning and related decision making is, of course, the core objective of the organisation. However, building collective views on issues affecting communities across the country, ensuring that they are promulgated where they need to be heard, and stimulating the sharing of ideas, programmes and enthusiasm between societies are also essential components of the Civic Voice agenda.

To find out more see here.

Tewkesbury Civic Society was an early member of Civic Trust and joined Civic Voice at the first opportunity.​

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  • Home
  • Issues
    • Borough Mills redevelopment
    • Spring Gardens redevelopment
    • Tewkesbury Garden Town project
    • Housing sites close to town
    • Roads and crossings
    • Current planning applications of interest
    • Unfinished permitted developments
    • Developments without permission
    • Riverfront
    • Bin blight and other environmental problems
  • Activities
    • Talks
    • Trips
    • Planning Application Review
    • Plaques
    • Community Projects
    • Conservation Area Protection
  • Policies
    • General
    • National Planning Policy Framework
    • Joint Core Strategy
    • Tewkesbury Borough Plan
    • Tewkesbury Town Neighbourhood Plan
    • Tewkesbury Town Masterplan
    • Tewkesbury Heritage Strategy
    • Conservation Areas
    • National and Local Heritage Lists
    • Buildings at Risk
    • Shopfront Design
    • Community Infrastructure Levy
  • About Us
    • Objectives
    • Origins
    • Membership
    • Officers
    • Communications
    • Civic Voice
  • Pictures
    • Trip Pictures
    • Event Pictures
    • Historic Pictures
  • Useful Links
  • News