Author Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

Membership of the National Trust has reached five million for the first time, the conservation charity says.

The High Court has told the UK government that its new rules for environmental cases must be changed to protect those taking legal action.

Historic England(HE) has published ‘Heritage and the Economy 2017’, summarising findings from studies on heritage and economic activity, while also introducing a new workbook tool, ‘Heritage Economic Impact Indicators 2017’, described as an ‘interactive workbook to empower users to extract … Continue reading →

England’s Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)has announced that a new round of funding means that ‘Towns and cities along Britain’s coastline set to benefit from thousands of new jobs and millions of pounds more in visitor spending.’ Contains … Continue reading →

England’s Parks and Green Spaces Minister Marcus Jones , for Defra, launched a new Parks Action Group to help England’s public parks and green spaces meet the needs of communities now and in the future. Contains public sector information licensed … Continue reading →

Britain’s oldest conservation charity, the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), reports that the demolition of a Grade II-listed (GII) cottage at 13 Church Street, Owston Ferry, Doncaster, was the result of North Lincolnshire Council’s failure to safeguard … Continue reading →

Richard Buxton has gone into battle over birds, wind farms, Harrier jump jets and the rides at Alton Towers, and campaigners fighting to save Torquay’s seafront Cary Green from development have hired the man ‘who took on the Government – … Continue reading →

England’s Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has published live tables for statistics on planning applications at national and local planning authority level, including statistics on planning applications in England between April and June 2017 and the first set of … Continue reading →

On 25 September applications open for Historic England‘s National Capacity Building grants programme, supporting projects that run for a maximum of 2 years, with funding starting from 1 April 2018, and total grant budgets for 2018/19 of £307,696 and 2019-20 … Continue reading →

Owner of the famed‘stripey house’ – the Kensington Square conservation area house that generated its own IHBC ToolBox Guidance Note on the use of S.215 Notices – Zipporah Lisle-Mainwaring, may now achieve her ambition of demolishing her historic £4.75 million … Continue reading →

The Creative Europe Call – offering support for cooperation projects related to the European Year for Cultural Heritage (EYCH) 2018 and targeting projects with a start date between January and September 2018 and with a maximum duration of a project … Continue reading →

John Glen, Minister for Arts, Heritage and Tourism has pledged the UK to helping save historic and artistic artefacts under threat in conflict-torn countries by ratifying the Hague Convention for the Protection of cultural property in the event of armed … Continue reading →

The British Museum has apologised after a tweet from one of its curators saying ‘sometimes Asian names can be confusing’ on exhibition labels saw it accused of racism and dumbing down, reports the BBC.

Entries to The European Association Awards (EAA) are now open and the deadline for entries is 5pm Friday 27th October 2017.

England’s Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has announced that communities across England are set to benefit from a package of support worth £22.8 million to help them develop plans to give them a real say in the development … Continue reading →

City councillors rejected plans to a build ‘six-star’ hotel around the Category-A listed Royal High School in Edinbrugh after public objections, so the developers have asked Scottish ministers to intervene.