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Calor puts up £85,000 for rural community projects: Closing 9 April

Posted on 03/04/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

To celebrate its 85th birthday, gas company Calor has increased the value of its Rural Communities Fund to £85,000, which it will divide into 22 prizes, closing 9 April. image: for illustration purposes only – P Badcock

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RTPI survey on ‘Measuring Planning Outcomes Research’

Posted on 03/04/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The RTPI are undertaking research on Measuring Planning Outcomes Research to consider how local authorities can measure the outcomes of planning in order to track and improve the impact of planning. image: for illustration purposes only – Open Government Licence … Continue reading →

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Scottish Civic Trust sets social media challenge: What’s Oot Ma Windae?

Posted on 03/04/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

Lovers of the built environment and folk self-isolating throughout Scotland, if spending a little more time indoors or are seeking an interesting way to pass the time why not look to the Scottish Civic Trust’s #WhatsOotMaWindae for some fun and … Continue reading →

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FINAL CHANCE  – #IHBCMarshAwards closes TONIGHT: Nominate ‘retired IHBC members’ and/or ‘successful learners’ for £500 cash awards and free IHBC Annual School places

Posted on 31/03/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC’s Marsh Awards close tonight so please take a few minutes to enter your retired colleagues and/or successful learners for their chance of £500 cash awards and a free place at the IHBC’s Annual School. IHBC President Mike Brown is … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s Coronavirus-friendly CPD boost… out of Context: Saving new town heritage and beyond, with Google, DBW and IHBC too1

Posted on 31/03/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

In the in the recent issue of Context, No 162, devoted to the heritage of New Towns Bob Colenutt and Sabine Coady Schaebitz make the case for saving new town heritage, arguing that protecting the extraordinary heritage of new towns … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Land girls hostel in Cheshire, – one of few surviving – listed to mark women’s war work

Posted on 31/03/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

One of the last remaining Women’s Land Army (WLA) hostels in Cheshire has been given Grade II listed status for being ‘vitally important’ in recognising women’s wartime efforts feeding Britain, reports Cheshire Live.

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IHBC’s IMHO signpost: Using strategy to create a ‘Glocal’ consultation, from TCI

Posted on 31/03/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

Perhaps one of the greatest challenges of consulting internationally is that of running a broad consultation which spans more than one country or region and is simultaneously accessible on a local level, so The Consultation Institute (TCI) asks if a … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: HE considering merit of Mond House becoming a listed building at Winnington Works

Posted on 31/03/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

Northwich’s Mond House could be saved from demolition as assessments on whether it should be classed as a listed building begin at Historic England (HE), writes The Northwick Guardian.

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Design, Heritage and Biodiversity intertwine as new schemes in Brighton need ‘swift bricks’ for nesting birds to get planning

Posted on 31/03/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

Planning rules passed by Brighton and Hove council which come into force next month and will require new developments to contain so-called ’swift bricks’ to encourage nesting birds. 

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UK’s first ‘super’ National Nature Reserve on Purbeck Heaths

Posted on 31/03/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

Landscape-scale conservation to help tackle climate change and benefit more than 2.5 million visitors as, recognising the increasing need for a bigger, better and more joined-up approach to nature conservation, seven leading partners have come together to help protect wildlife … Continue reading →

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Government update to the Inquiries Review Action Plan

Posted on 31/03/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

Government UK notes 16 out of 22 Rosewell recommendations implemented, as the Planning Inspectorate publishes its updated Action Plan. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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City Hall overrules Southwark Council to approve £500m Bermondsey Biscuit Factory Scheme

Posted on 31/03/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

City Hall has overruled Southwark Council to approve a £500m development on Bermondsey’s Biscuit Factory despite concern over a ‘shortfall’ of social housing as the plans, initially thrown out by Southwark’s planning committee over a lack of affordable homes, will … Continue reading →

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NT: Lost statues of the Nine Muses recreated at Stowe after nearly 100 years

Posted on 31/03/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

After years of historical and archaeological detective work, nine lost statues of the ‘Muses’ – goddesses of the creative arts and poetry – have been recreated at the National Trust’s world-famous gardens at Stowe in Buckinghamshire.

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COVID-19 Coronavirus: Interim update from the IHBC, with a message from our Chair

Posted on 27/03/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC’s Chair David McDonald has offered the following interim statement on our plans and operations, in advance of determinations by our trustees who will meet (online) next Thursday to agree a forward strategy across our suite of current plans.

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LAST CHANCE  – #IHBCMarshAwards closes on Tuesday 31st March: Nominate ‘retired IHBC members’ and/or ‘successful learners’ for £500 cash awards and free IHBC Annual School places

Posted on 27/03/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC’s Marsh Awards closing date has been extended to Tuesday March 31, so please take a few minutes to enter your retired colleagues and/or successful learners for their chance of £500 cash awards and a free place at the IHBC’s … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 1: Budget and COVID 19, via DBW

Posted on 27/03/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

On 11 March 2020, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, presented his budget to parliament and, coming in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak, it offered a package of measures to support the economy, all reviewed below via Designing … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 2: CIC’s Coronavirus Digest review and survey (@27/03/20)

Posted on 27/03/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Construction Industry Council’s (CIC’s) ‘CIC Coronavirus Digest – Issue 5’ surveys the latest government advice on the coronavirus (COVID-19) and updates from the construction industry, with selections from the Digest’s Issue 3 for further reference. image: for illustration purposes … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 3: ‘A guide to the coronavirus Job Retention Scheme’, from PBCToday

Posted on 27/03/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

In PBCToday, Nigel Morris, tax director at MHA MacIntyre Hudson explains how employers can access the Job Retention Scheme (JRS) to continue paying 80% of the salary for employees. image: for illustration purposes only

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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 4: Advise and updates collated from the heritage sector, including data and policy to care and cleaning

Posted on 27/03/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

Some organisations with conservation links have been collating resources on COVID-19 impacts, some of which inevitably will be time sensitive, including Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS), Historic Environment Forum, The Heritage Alliance (THA), and Historic England, on cleaning surfaces.

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IHBC’s HESPR pick, from £165K+ costed opportunities: Scottish Council seeks team for CARS, closing 02/04, no value stated

Posted on 27/03/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services working to the IHBC’s standards – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s top pick this week … Continue reading →

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A Culture Strategy for Scotland issued

Posted on 27/03/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Scottish Government has published ‘A Culture Strategy for Scotland’ which shows how important culture is to Scotland’s prosperity and sets the future direction for supporting culture in Scotland.

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England’s Housing Minister: Speech to the Planning Inspectorate, on good and bad design, with a heritage handle

Posted on 27/03/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

England’s Housing Minister Christopher Pincher made a speech at the Planning Inspectorate Annual Training Event, name-checking history, design, old buildings and more. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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Welsh Government Consultation ‘Changes to listed building consent applications’ launched, closing 08/06

Posted on 27/03/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

A Welsh Government consultation has been launched on ‘Changes to listed building consent applications: Applications for listed building consent by local authorities’, closing 8 June.

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CIC publishes new adjudication procedure: ‘affordable adjudication for low value disputes’

Posted on 27/03/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Construction Industry Council (CIC) has published a new procedure to make adjudication affordable for low value disputes.

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LAST CHANCE (NEARLY) – #IHBCMarshAwards extended to end March: Nominate ‘retired IHBC members’ and/or ‘successful learners’ for £500 cash awards and free IHBC Annual School places, closing 31 March

Posted on 24/03/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC’s Marsh Awards closing date has been extended to March 31, so please take a few minutes to enter your retired colleagues and/or successful learners for their chance of £500 cash awards and a free place at the IHBC’s Annual School.

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