Author Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

From far away, the Burj Al Babas could be confused for a diorama of miniature villas. The homes all look the same, their blue-grey steeples and Gothic fixtures calling to mind the castles in Disney films. When the project first … Continue reading →

The ‘new-look’ National Lottery Heritage Fund (formerly the HLF) has unveiled plans for the next five years: 2019-24.

Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) has called on stakeholders and colleagues to input to recent Tenement Maintenance recommendations considered central to improving how owners maintain communal property, to be sent to research@befs.org.uk before the closing date of 27 February.

Following a stand-off with UNESCO over the threat to its World Heritage Status, the city council is looking to ensure future schemes do not negatively impact on the waterfront with a consortium led by by Urban Initiatives Studio (UIS). image: … Continue reading →

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has named Grimsby, Thames Estuary, Plymouth, Wakefield and Worcester as areas to receive millions of pounds of funding to invest in culture.

An Aberdeenshire stone circle initially thought to be thousands of years old has been identified as a modern replica, as reported by the BBC!

A recent Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) survey has found that a third of practitioners ‘do not have easy access to all the knowledge they need to do their job’, noting that: Practitioners find cost and sign-up forms significant barriers to … Continue reading →

The Heritage Alliance is calling on sector bodies to complete, share & retweet its 5-minute survey on EU Workers to help understand how Brexit will affect heritage sector employees, and help it build an evidence base. image: Open Government Licence … Continue reading →

Almost £1 million of Coastal Revival Funding to restore coastal landmarks and bring economic growth to communities up and down the Great British Coast, England’s Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has reported. image: Open Government Licence v3.0 

Civil Society has reported on how the local group that failed to buy Hastings pier has launched a campaign to scrutinise the laws around community assets that have being sold off without consideration for local community interests, to prevent future … Continue reading →

Work to transform Euston station and deliver extra capacity as part of the HS2 project took a very visible step forward with the arrival, on the London skyline, of the project’s first tower crane. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has reported a consultation on increasing local funding for flood and coastal erosion management.

MPs Ed Miliband and Caroline Flint have backed Doncaster Council after they said HS2 had ‘deliberately attempted to underplay the impact’ of demolitions across the borough.

Robbie Williams is ‘blasting Black Sabbath music’ to torment his rock star neighbour Jimmy Page over their bitter home extension row, according to a complaint to their local council reported on by the BBC.