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IHBC welcomes BEFS call to share building maintenance case studies

Posted on 07/11/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) is calling for examples of where multiple owners within a tenement have been unable to agree on maintenance and this has resulted in the need for extensive repair or local authority intervention.

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IHBC CPD UK update from STBA: Includes STBA members’ workshop, Nov. 29, and much more…

Posted on 07/11/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Sustainable Traditional Buildings Alliance (STBA) is a UK-wide collaboration of organisations – including the IHBC – that acts as a forum for sustaining and improving traditional buildings, and its recent update headlines key issues for many IHBC members interested … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s Chetwyn in Context: ‘Sustainable historic places’ featured on DBW 

Posted on 07/11/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) has featured an article from the IHBC membership journal Context: ‘Planning for sustainable historic places’ by IHBC past Chair Dave Chetwyn, with the post joining DBW’s 5000+ articles on offer to its 6,500 registered and 3 … Continue reading →

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DCMS responds to petition calling for interim protection in listing considerations

Posted on 07/11/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

DCMS has responded to a petition – signed by nearly 7,000 and coming after a developer destroyed a Jacobean ceiling in Bristol to prevent a building being listed – calling for interim protection for buildings being considered for listing by … Continue reading →

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Trump does it for America, maybe you can for heritage… THA’s #HeritageChat on 16 Nov – heritage chat in under 125 characters!

Posted on 07/11/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

THAs first #HeritageChat, linked to the Heritage 2020 initiative, will run on 16 November 2017, 13.00-14.00 (UK time).

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Yorkshire Dales NP nudges house builders to consider building homes in Park

Posted on 07/11/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) has contacted landowners, developers, builders, planning agents and Housing Associations to urge them to consider building new homes in the Park.

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Public service research: Whitehall needs to focus on preventative policies

Posted on 07/11/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

Whitehall is regularly drawn into costly and reactionary spending cycles to mitigate crises within the NHS and adult social care, but this extra money is not sorting out any of the underlying problems these services face, suggests the latest Performance Tracker report … Continue reading →

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RTPI planners to create Brexit border scenarios for Ireland

Posted on 07/11/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

At a joint conference in Dundalk between Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Ireland and RTPI Northern Ireland, planners in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland agreed to work together to create scenarios for a ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ Brexit.

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No windfarm at Louth Canal, Lincs, after dismissal due to ‘harm’ to character

Posted on 07/11/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Application and appeal to build windfarm beside Louth Canal was dismissed by the Secretary of State Sajid Javid because of the ‘harm’ it would do to the character of the area.

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Scarborough Futurist theatre demolition plan approved

Posted on 07/11/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

Plans to demolish an almost 100-year-old seafront theatre in Scarborough have been approved so the site can be cleared and sold.

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IHBC HESPR’s weekly top pick from c.£800,000+ costed work: TfL seeks PLACE Review Group ‘set-up and management’ £100,000-130,000, closing 22/11

Posted on 03/11/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC’s heritage business list, HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – offers its members weekly ‘News and Tender Alert’ emails, with costed opportunities worth more than £800,000 this week, while the IHBC Director’s current top pick … Continue reading →

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IHBC highlights ‘un-actioned’ permissions, skills depletion and public interest as social enterprise primes London’s LA planning capacity for new housing

Posted on 03/11/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

As a collective of built environment interests has launched a social enterprise that aims to get early career planners (and architects) within local government to help deliver more housing, the IHBC highlights the presence of ‘over half a million un-actioned … Continue reading →

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IHBC benefits for members: 10% off new ‘Listed buildings and other heritage assets’ – Mynors & Hewitson, till end Dec 

Posted on 03/11/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

IHBC members can avail of a 10% reduction in the list price of the update of the standard legal guide on listed buildings, now in its 5th edition and by Dr Charles Mynors & Nigel Hewitson, with the offer closing … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s Rural Panel welcomes new Historic England advice on traditional farm buildings

Posted on 03/11/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC has welcomed the publication of a suite of advice and guidance from Historic England on the re-use, maintenance and repair of traditional farm buildings on England.

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REMINDER: IHBC’s Course Connection Day 2017: Free support & networking for conservation-curious student reps, Brum, 23 Nov – Ask Carla ASAP!

Posted on 03/11/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC’s celebrated ‘Course Connection Day’ takes a new twist in 2017 as students on any UK specialist course can apply to join the IHBC for a free, expenses-paid introductory day of conservation and career support, with limited places allocated … Continue reading →

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Future town design competition: create the future of Scotland’s towns – 6 Nov deadline

Posted on 03/11/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

Scotland’s Town Partnership (STP) invites entries in the third annual FutureTown Design Competition to gain media profile for your town and a keynote slot to present your idea at the annual Towns Tea Party, with the deadline for entries is … Continue reading →

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Hastings Pier restoration wins 2017 RIBA Stirling Prize

Posted on 03/11/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

Historic Hastings Pier in East Sussex, devastated by fire in 2010, has won the prestigious RIBA Stirling architecture award 2017 after a multi-million pound restoration work led by dRMM Architects, beating a shortlist heavy with heritage-sensitive work, including the new … Continue reading →

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HE survey: 21% of listed building owners run a business from their property

Posted on 03/11/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

A new report by Historic England (HE) shows that 1 in 5 owners of residential listed properties are also running some kind of commercial venture from them.

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Impact of Brexit on Local Government inquiry – closing 14 Nov

Posted on 03/11/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

The impact of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU and the role local authorities could play post-Brexit is to be examined by MPs on the Communities and Local Government committee. Parliamentary copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament

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Reform of Green Deal Framework – Call for evidence, closing 23 Nov

Posted on 03/11/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has published a call for evidence on all elements of the current Green Deal Framework, as part of Energy efficiency in buildings and Household energy, to help improve the Framework so it … Continue reading →

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European Association Awards 2018 – Deadline extension: Closing 15 Nov

Posted on 03/11/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

There is still time to be in with a chance of winning at the European Association Awards in 2018, as you can have until the 15th November to submit your entry. For more background see the NewsBlogs Extend your deadline: … Continue reading →

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Heritage traditions? Irish historian in Cambridge uncovers drinking habits of 16th century Ireland masons: 14 pints a day

Posted on 03/11/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

Tipperary woman Dr Susan Flavin on her discovery that Irish ‘burly stone masons’ and others in the 16th century drank 14 pints a day

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IHBC in UDG: Joint Conservation Professional Practice Principles explored in Urban Design Group journal…  along with much more

Posted on 31/10/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

IHBC past-Chair Dave Chetwyn and IHBC Director Seán O’Reilly feature perspectives in and around conservation practice and interdisciplinary placemaking in the new issue of the Urban Design Group (UDG) membership journal, as they offer IHBC takes on the institute’s joint … Continue reading →

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IHBC notes RTPI consultation seeking employer feedback on proposed apprenticeship degree scheme – closing 6 Nov

Posted on 31/10/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

Working with employers, the RTPI is looking to establish a Degree Apprenticeship for Chartered Town Planners in England, with the consultation closing on 6 November.

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IHBC CPD boost update on sustainable buildings from PBC: Commission releases EU-wide tool ‘Level(s)’ 

Posted on 31/10/2017 by IHBC NewsBlog

The European Commission has launched the pilot phase of ‘Level(s)’, a new EU- framework for sustainable buildings, aimed at helping transform the building sector, Planning and Building Control today (PBC) explains.

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