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- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, with Bob Kindred’s must-read review of heritage periodicals 28/10/2025
- Need a MATE? More free online Accreditation guidance and update sessions offered to guide IHBC applicants. 28/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: Traditional and historic buildings – a new Retrofit British Standard, an update from IHBC’s John Edwards, with joint CPD webinar 14/11 28/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ signpost: Institute for Governance report highlights concerns in merger of districts with different service models 28/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ Signpost: Museum of London demolition plans face judicial review challenge 28/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’:Police warning on dangers of entering fire damaged Woolton Hall 28/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Council welcomes full Government funding for Southport pier restoration 28/10/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: BD on the ‘litany of failures’ in external insulation captured by National Audit Office (NAO) 28/10/2025
- AHF: Full Steam Ahead.. Celebrating the Past, Present and Future of Railway Heritage for Railway 200 28/10/2025
- HES is Talking about Heritage, till December 7 28/10/2025
- Three new Commissioners appointed to HE Board 28/10/2025
- Interim Chief Construction Adviser appointed, to ‘… provide expert, independent advice to… government on building safety and regulatory reform’ 28/10/2025
- Cultural Enterprises Awards 2026 launched: ‘celebrating success and creativity in cultural income generation’ 28/10/2025
- IHBC’s newest ‘Branch Committee Bulletin, from the IHBC’s Director’: National Office updates for Branch Officers 24/10/2025
- Need a MATE? More free online Accreditation guidance and update sessions offered to guide IHBC applicants 24/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: Traditional and historic buildings – a new Retrofit British Standard, an update from IHBC’s John Edwards, with joint CPD webinar 14/11 24/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ signpost: Historic England & Defra – ‘… helping to preserve rural heritage for the future’ 24/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £960K+ of weekly works: Nationally significant charity seeks design services for ‘transformational heritage project’, to 10/11 24/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (regal) doorstep’: How the King’s vision is shaping next wave of new towns 24/10/2025
- 7 New Sites Listed by DCMS to Celebrate 200 Years of the Railway 24/10/2025
- BEFS 2026 Manifesto: Building Foundations for a Better Scotland 24/10/2025
- RIBA puts high-quality design on Parliament’s agenda 24/10/2025
- Pathway to Planning – Cohort 4 open to 6/01: … fast track career in the built environment as LG planner or surveyor, from £25K pa 24/10/2025
- Expert Taskforce recommends locations for new towns 24/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Major new study to reveal the value of the UK’s UNESCO sites 24/10/2025
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£1.15M Funding boost for the great British pub
England’s Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick is backing the great British pub with a new £1.15 million fund to benefit an estimated 100 communities. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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Graduates win the SPAB design prize for inventive schemes to revive industrial heritage
Each year, the SPAB’s Philip Webb Award celebrates new design in the context of historic buildings, and this year, first place was awarded jointly to University of Sheffield graduates Nikola Yanev and Olivia Hellman, for their schemes which gave imaginative … Continue reading
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IHBC’s suggestion for your New Year resolution: Become an author for Conservation Wiki on DBW!
Why not extend the reach of your skills, knowledge and experience in 2020 by contributing to Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) and the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki, and offer the 10,000 registered users – and many more viewers – from across the … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘New Towns, New Year’ Quiz… out of Context
At this seasonal time of year, why not test your knowledge on New Towns, using the latest issue of Context, No 162; with the answers to be published in the next issue of the IHBC NewsBlogs (no prizes, just for … Continue reading
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IHBC consultation on Corporate Plan 2020-25 (‘CP25’) ‘Stage 1’ scoping – First responses call extended to January 6
IHBC’s members and prospective members are asked to study, scrutinise and feed back on the IHBC’s evolving Corporate Plan for 2020-25 – called CP25 – and let us know what we need to add, change or develop in the forward plans for … Continue reading
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Give someone their fondest memories for 2020: #IHBCMarshAwards nominations now open for ‘retired IHBC members’ and/or ‘successful learners’, closing 29/02/20
The IHBC’s Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Christian Trust, has entered its successful fifth year with the launch of the two 2020 Awards – one celebrating civic contributions of retired IHBC members, and one for successful learning in … Continue reading
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More looking ahead to #IHBCBrighton2020 and ‘OLD TOWNS : NEW FUTURES’: ‘High streets face a bleak future without rethinking regeneration strategies’
Reflecting issues that will be encountered across the institute’s June 2020 Brighton School, on ‘OLD TOWNS : NEW FUTURES’, think tank Centre for Cities argues that, as many British High Streets face a bleak future, and policymakers fail to identify … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £300K+ costed opportunities this week: NI DC seeks PQQ applications for Visitor Centre plans, valued £276K, closing 20/01/2020
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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IHBC’s 2020 CPD boost… out of Context: Displacement and the first generation of post-war new towns
Displacement may not be a familiar headline in conservation circles, but the latest issue of Context, No 162, themed around new towns, includes Michael Asselmeyer’s important exploration of post-war new towns in Germany and how the arrival of millions of … Continue reading
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Lewisham Council investigating after Noah’s Ark pub in Deptford demolished without permission
Lewisham Council stated that ‘planning permission had not been granted for the demolition of the building’ and that it is ‘a criminal offence to demolish a building in a conservation area.’
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Competition: GII National Picture Theatre, Hull, restoration, closing 17/01
Hull City Council is seeking a design team to conserve and restore a ruined Grade II-listed former cinema, with applications closing 17 January. image: Hull Live
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Aberdeenshire’s Design Awards (AALDA 2020) – Closing date extended to 12 January for select categories
The closing date for submissions to the Aberdeenshire Architectural and Landscape Design Awards 2020 (AALDA 2020) categories of ‘Innovative Solutions to Housing Need’ and ‘Building Communities for the Future’ has been extended to 12 January 2020.
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World Monuments Fund Announces 2020 World Monuments Watch
From iconic monuments to sites of social justice, the 2020 World Monuments Watch includes 25 sites that marry great historical significance with contemporary social impact, including the Bennerley Viaduct in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
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RTPI welcomes the new Government and calls for resources for local authority planners
The chief executive of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has congratulated the Conservative Party on its victory in the General Election and has called on Boris Johnson’s incoming government to ensure local planning authorities are adequately resourced to deliver … Continue reading
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Give someone their fondest memories for 2020: #IHBCMarshAwards nominations now open for ‘retired IHBC members’ and/or ‘successful learners’, closing 29/02/20
The IHBC’s Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Christian Trust, offers two Awards – one celebrating civic contributions of retired IHBC members, and one for successful learning in heritage skills – with prizes that include £500 and a free … Continue reading
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More looking ahead to #IHBCBrighton2020 and ‘OLD TOWNS : NEW FUTURES’: Places don’t have to copy hipster trends to prosper – they can embrace what makes them unique
London, New York, Tokyo, Paris and Hong Kong – these famous cities dominate the world economy but, The Conversation argues, they are not representative of the rest of the world’s urban residents as, while 54% of the global population lives … Continue reading
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Updated ToolBox Guidance Note on ‘Marketing of heritage assets’
As part of its monitoring of key online resources, the IHBC has updated the ToolBox Guidance Note on ‘Marketing of heritage assets’.
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IHBC’s ‘Recognised CPD Providers’: Old list closing soon, so sign up ASAP for online registration, for free!
IHBC’s support for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) includes our online registration for anyone – or any organisation – seeking our free recognition service and listing for CPD providers.
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the (urban) doorstep’: Urban explorer captures abandoned Bacup cinema as you’ve never seen it before
Lancashire Live has highlighted how photos from urban explorer No Limits Urbex show the once-grand Regal Super Cinema in Bacup is now a shadow of its former self.
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Llangollen steam rail line nears opening as 45-year track work ends
A 45-year project to build a railway line between two Denbighshire towns has been completed as 10 miles (16km) of the Llangollen steam railway line has been rebuilt between Llangollen and Corwen.
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Major victory after Earls Court housing estates under threat of demolition handed back to council
Two west London housing estates that have been under threat of demolition by developers for 12 years are to be handed back to the council in a major victory for campaigners, reports the Evening Standard.
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Historic Houses’ ‘Invitation to View’ offers special visits to privately owned houses and places of interest: ‘See behind closed doors’
The ‘Invitation to View’ from members of Historic Houses offers visits to privately owned houses and other places of interest – many rarely open to the public – in a scheme where individuals can buy tickets to visit a place … Continue reading
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How a Camden Town Sainsbury’s became Grade II listed: ‘It was very, very controversial’ – a detailed history from the New Statesman
In July, Sainsbury’s Camden Town superstore – a key example of High-Tech architecture – became the first purpose-built supermarket to be listed by Historic England, and the New Statesman offers an uncommonly detailed and holistic take on the process.
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Heritage Counts Review Survey: Online survey, closing end Jan 2020
Heritage Counts, England’s annual snapshot of the heritage sector, seeks feedback in a new survey closing at the end of January.
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With the first flat in the ‘iconic’ Battersea Power Station complete, you can take a look inside!
Plenty of property developers try to brand their latest apartment block as ‘iconic,’ which, nice as many of them are, is usually a bit of a stretch, observes CITY A.M., but it reckons the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station into … Continue reading
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