IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: IHBC reminds members and networks of ‘LAST CHANCE TO BOOK VIRTUAL SHREWSBURY SCHOOL’, by 12/06 for broadcast and recordings on 13/06 (local times)

Posted on 10/06/2025 by IHBC

The IHBC has written to members and networks with reminders to take their ‘last chance to book the IHBC’s #IHBCShrewsbury2025 Virtual School’ which closes this Thursday coming, 5.00pm local (Shrewsbury) time.

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IHBC’s June ‘CPD Circular’: Accessible, cost-conscious learning, events, awards, calls etc., featuring Schools, webinars, Branch CPD partnerships and more

Posted on 10/06/2025 by IHBC

IHBC’s June CPD Circular offers our current listing of accessible, cost-effective ‘Continuing Professional Development’ (CPD) opportunities for historic and built environment conservation professionals and their networks, with the usual range of Branch and network events, publications, awards and more.

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IHBC CPD Circular – Special Edition – Your CPD Guide to #IHBCShrewsbury2025

Posted on 10/06/2025 by IHBC

IHBC’s 2025 Shrewsbury School CPD Circular offers our annual dedicated guidance on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities and resources for interdisciplinary conservation professionals at #IHBCShrewsbury2025, online or in-person.

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IHBC welcomes RICS Friend of the School Jessica Jones – RICS Building Conservation Advisory Group VC – to #IHBCShrewsbury2025: NB Virtual School booking (13/06, from £35+VAT) closes 12/06, 5.00pm

Posted on 10/06/2025 by IHBC

The IHBC is delighted to welcome as our 2025 Annual Friend of the School representing RICS Jessica Jones MA MSt FRICS IHBC, Vice-Chair (VC) of the RICS Building Conservation Advisory Group.

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IHBC’s SPECIAL OFFER and updates to Conservation Course networks & students: Free access to (and recordings of) our online 2025 Shrewsbury ‘Virtual School’ (13 June) and more…

Posted on 10/06/2025 by IHBC

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IHBC’s Director Seán O’Reilly has written to members of the Conservation Course Directors Forum (CCDF) to let them know that for 2025 we have introduced a free option for network leads and their students to attend our Virtual School on 13 June.

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IHBC’s NewsBlog launch of Griff Rhys Jones on #IHBCShrewsbury2025 and more: Check out our YouTube channel for community and economics in conservation!

Posted on 10/06/2025 by IHBC

Griff Rhys Jones closed the IHBC’s 2025 AGM with a short video exploring Shrewsbury, its heritage and our 2025 School – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – taking the his welcome role as the public conscience for integrated community and economic heritage values.

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IHBC seeks ‘Branch Consultants’ with strong interpersonal, IT & comms skills for flexible part-time (typically 4 hours/week) regional support: Help boost locally-led conservation and volunteers, @£25/hour + expenses, closes 18 July

Posted on 10/06/2025 by IHBC

If you want to help the IHBC’s UK-wide built and historic environment conservation practice Branch network, have strong IT, comms & interpersonal skills, and seek flexible home-working with huge potential for engagement, travel and supporting interdisciplinary conservation, please let us know as advised below, before 18 July.

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IHBC’s ‘Policy’ Signpost: Natural England’s updated ‘Protected species and development: advice for local planning authorities’

Posted on 10/06/2025 by IHBC

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Natural England has updated its ‘standing advice’ – general advice that Natural England, as a statutory consultee, gives to LPAs – on ‘Protected species and development: advice for local planning authorities’ on how to assess a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (business) doorstep’: Leicester’s historic Rialto Bridge faces six-month specialist repair project

Posted on 10/06/2025 by IHBC

Leicester City Council has submitted a planning application to restore the deteriorating Rialto Bridge, a Grade II-listed structure dating back to the 1850s and closed to the public for over a year due to structural safety concerns, reports Business Link East Midlands.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Fire damaged Shire Hall in Wales could become a riverside apartment complex, if…

Posted on 10/06/2025 by IHBC

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An historic but dilapidated prominent Jacobean style North Wales Shire Hall building – a fire damaged 125-year-old structures , which is now a sad shadow of its former self – has gone up for sale at auction, reports The Anglesey Herald.

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Heritage Crafts Red List of Endangered Crafts 2025 published

Posted on 10/06/2025 by IHBC

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The Red List of Endangered Crafts, first published in 2017 by Heritage Crafts, has been updated for 2025.

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HES consultation on ‘Scotland’s protected historic places… a long-term strategy for heritage designation’

Posted on 10/06/2025 by IHBC

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has issued a strategy consultation paper and is looking for your views on our strategy for how they identify and legally protect Scotland’s most important historic sites and places.

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Canal & River Trust announces new chief executive

Posted on 10/06/2025 by IHBC

The Canal & River Trust has announced the appointment of Campbell Robb as its new chief executive.

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Need a MATE? IHBC introduces free monthly online MATE sessions from 1 July:  All welcome (max. 30 per session), including Full and Associates seeking CPD updates and roles in IHBC’s future training and assessment service

Posted on 07/06/2025 by IHBC

As part of the IHBC’s evolving Membership Accreditation Training Events (MATEs) programme, which advises on IHBC accreditation applications, we’re offering free webinars for applicants as we pilot streamlined application forms and expanded resources.

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Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ reaches across disciplines, levels & sectors, while posts from charities get c.25% off

Posted on 07/06/2025 by IHBC

To connect employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, the IHBC updates NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so sign up for free alerts, and telling your boss about our targeted subsidies for adverts, outlined below, helps your prospects too!

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IHBC CPD Circular – Special Edition – Your CPD Guide to #IHBCShrewsbury2025

Posted on 07/06/2025 by IHBC

IHBC’s 2025 Shrewsbury School CPD Circular offers our annual dedicated guidance on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities and resources for interdisciplinary conservation professionals at #IHBCShrewsbury2025, online or in-person.

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IHBC to provide perspectives at upcoming STBA Advisory Group Meeting, 16 June, London

Posted on 07/06/2025 by IHBC

Prof. John Edwards, IHBC Technical Panel Chair and STBA Board Member, will be on hand at the upcoming STBA Advisory Group meeting on 16 June, to deliver perspectives representing IHBC interests and concerns in the evolving policy landscape, including EPC reform, MEES and related initiatives.

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IHBC’s SPECIAL OFFER and updates to Conservation Course networks & students: Free access to (and recordings of) our online 2025 Shrewsbury ‘Virtual School’ (13 June) and more…

Posted on 07/06/2025 by IHBC

image: Angharad Hart

IHBC’s Director Seán O’Reilly has written to members of the Conservation Course Directors Forum (CCDF) to let them know that for 2025 we have introduced a free option for network leads and their students to attend our Virtual School on 13 June.

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IHBC’s NewsBlog launch of Griff Rhys Jones on #IHBCShrewsbury2025 and more: Check out our YouTube channel for community and economics in conservation!

Posted on 07/06/2025 by IHBC

Griff Rhys Jones closed the IHBC’s 2025 AGM with a short video exploring Shrewsbury, its heritage and our 2025 School – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – taking the his welcome role as the public conscience for integrated community and economic heritage values.

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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ and ‘Policy’ signpost: ‘Article 4 Directions and Heritage Protection Report Published

Posted on 07/06/2025 by IHBC

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A new report created by Avalon Planning & Heritage and commissioned by Historic England evaluates the adoption, effectiveness, and the barriers to broader implementation of Article 4 Directions and permitted development rights.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Old Sarum fire – Wiltshire Council ‘seeking legal advice’ in listed (& disputed) WW1 Hangar

Posted on 07/06/2025 by IHBC

Wiltshire Council has sought legal advice after fire engulfed a listed First World War hangar that was embroiled in a lengthy planning dispute, reports The Salisbury Journal.

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Cross-party MPs urge Government to make Listed Places of Worship Grants Scheme permanent and remove devastating cap

Posted on 07/06/2025 by IHBC

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The National Churches Trust has reported how, during a Westminster Hall debate on 13 May 2025, MPs from different political parties urged the Government to fund church buildings if they want to continue to see vulnerable people helped and heritage saved.

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Planning reforms to slash a year off infrastructure delivery

Posted on 07/06/2025 by IHBC

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Clean energy projects, reservoirs, railway lines, and other major infrastructure to be built faster, under changes to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.

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Historic England launches Local Heritage Hub to unlock hidden histories

Posted on 07/06/2025 by IHBC

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Coinciding with this year’s Local History Month, Historic England (HE) has launched a new Local Heritage Hub, with nearly 400 locations, offering every county, city, district, major town, and national park in England now has a dedicated digital page.

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Mayfair resident ordered to restore 18th century home after unlawful basement works

Posted on 07/06/2025 by IHBC

Westminster City Council has successfully defended an appeal against enforcement action by the owner of a three-storey town house in Mayfair, who carried out unauthorised works to the Grade II listed building.

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