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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Council) doorstep’: Falkirk Council declares Slamannan ‘eyesore’ demolished

Posted on 02/08/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration The derelict and abandoned former Royal Hotel in Slamannan has been torn down, clearing the way for the community to decide what the future holds for the land.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: PI decision on removing Congham Bridge infill favours National Highways

Posted on 02/08/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration: Congham Bridge – ‘ Overgrown railway bridge north of Roydon’ by Richard Humphrey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons   National Highways has won its appeal against removing thousands of tonnes of concrete it poured under an historic … Continue reading →

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King’s Speech: … to unlock growth and ‘take the brakes off Britain’

Posted on 02/08/2024 by IHBC

image: Open Government Licence v3.0 New laws unveiled by His Majesty The King on Wednesday 17 July focussed on ‘improving living standards for working people through economic growth’, reports the government.

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New National Planning Policy Framework consultation now open to public, till 24/09

Posted on 02/08/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 The Government has unveiled plans for a major overhaul of the planning system in England, aimed at tackling the nation’s acute housing crisis and stimulating economic growth, to include new mandatory housing targets … Continue reading →

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Two new sites in the UK inscribed onto the UNESCO World Heritage List: Scotland’s Flow Country & NI’s Moravian Church Settlements

Posted on 02/08/2024 by IHBC

Two new sites in the UK have been inscribed onto the UNESCO World Heritage List: Scotland’s Flow Country and Northern Ireland’s (NI) Moravian Church Settlements.

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Heritage Fund: Partnership unlocking the UK’s archives awarded £5Mn

Posted on 02/08/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration The Heritage Fund has announced one of its biggest investments into archives this century, awarding £5m to Archives Revealed, a long-running partnership between The National Archives, the Pilgrim Trust and the Wolfson Foundation.

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HE says: ‘Heritage Works for Housing’ as it aims to support developers in their journey to reusing historic buildings

Posted on 02/08/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration: Liverpool – Dave Chetwyn Historic England’s new ‘Heritage Works for Housing’ sets out how heritage can work for housing, to enable and facilitate the reuse of historic buildings to deliver more homes and better outcomes for all.

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Civic Voice Responds to the King’s Speech Announcements

Posted on 02/08/2024 by IHBC

Civic Voice, the national charity for the civic movement in England, has welcomed the announcements made in the King’s Speech, particularly those that directly align with our mission to promote and support civic pride and community-led planning.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Rouen cathedral evacuated after spire blaze

Posted on 02/08/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration: Rouen and the Cathedral in 1525, from the ‘Livre des Fontaines’ by Jacques Le Lieur – Public Domain, Commons Wikimedia The spire of a famous Gothic cathedral in the French city of Rouen caught fire, prompting an evacuation, … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s Context 180’s BUMPER issue, Part 2: Special Features update, from slavery, world heritage and grottos to a library battle… just to start

Posted on 30/07/2024 by IHBC

The new issue of the IHBC’s members’ journal, Context, No. 180, as well as its themed articles – on heritage and nature – includes a wide range of topical features, with the spotlight here on John Preston’s ‘Take 2’ on … Continue reading →

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SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2024 now open: Celebrating ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’, enter work from 2022 by 1/09 2024

Posted on 30/07/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2024 joint Heritage Research Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) to celebrate ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, with submissions welcomed … Continue reading →

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Join IHBC’s Consultations Panel: Your chance to keep up on conservation policy, legislation, guidance and much more, while building skills and CPD

Posted on 30/07/2024 by IHBC

IHBC members are invited to join the IHBC’s longstanding Consultations Panel, which offers the chance to offer your take on conservation practice, principles and standards into the IHBC’s conclusions on emerging policy, legislation and guidance, shaping the conservation outcomes of … Continue reading →

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IHBC launches Affiliate Fast-Track Pilot for Local Authority conservation staff (with personal guidance too): Open to applicants from 15/07 to 30/08/2024, so pass the word!

Posted on 30/07/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC will soon launch a new Affiliate Fast-Track Pilot – developed from recent pilots – specifically aimed at helping existing Local Authority heritage, planning and conservation staff progress from Supporter to Affiliate membership, and maybe beyond, with applications closing … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Arch Daily reports on ‘The Hidden Carbon Cost of Climate Retrofits’

Posted on 30/07/2024 by IHBC

IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week’s special news features Arch Daily on ‘The Hidden Carbon Cost of … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (council) doorstep’: Built Heritage Commission for Glasgow established by Council

Posted on 30/07/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration: By Ian Dick from Glasgow, UK – Dawn over Glasgow, CC BY 2.0 A Built Heritage Commission (BHC) for Glasgow has now been established to provide advice on a wide variety of heritage related matters in the … Continue reading →

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Shortlist for CITB Top 100 most influential women in construction 2024 announced

Posted on 30/07/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 The shortlist for the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) ‘Top 100 Most Influential Women in Construction 2024’ is now out.

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Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre to become non-domestic retrofit demonstrator

Posted on 30/07/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration BE-ST (Built Environment – Smarter Transformation) has announced that it has been awarded over £1.2M in grant funding from the Scottish Government’s Salix Public Sector Heat Decarbonisation Fund, to retrofit the Accelerator Lab at its Hamilton Technology … Continue reading →

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RTPI Blog on Volunteering:…’a great way to grow your network’

Posted on 30/07/2024 by IHBC

The RTPI blog on volunteering is from Ifeanyi Chukwujekwu, a chartered planner and an Appeals Planning Officer at the Planning Inspectorate, as he promotes volunteering as a rewarding activity with great networking opportunities.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Australian Government bans use, supply & manufacture of engineered stone

Posted on 30/07/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration Australia has banned the use, supply and manufacture of engineered stone. The ban will start on 1 July 2024 and will apply to engineered stone benchtops, slabs and panels.

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IHBC’s Context 180’s BUMPER issue, Part 1: Explore ‘Where heritage and nature meet’, and see the ‘but’ in being doomed, with life, death, Forests, bats, landscapes and much more

Posted on 26/07/2024 by IHBC

The new issue of the IHBC’s members’ journal, Context, No. 180, moves beyond Churchill’s take on ‘architecture shaping us’ to argue that ‘we have [now] come to realise that what we build has a fundamental effect on the planet and … Continue reading →

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IHBC launches Affiliate Fast-Track Pilot for Local Authority conservation staff (with personal guidance too): Open to applicants from 15/07 to 30/08/2024, so pass the word!

Posted on 26/07/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC will soon launch a new Affiliate Fast-Track Pilot – developed from recent pilots – specifically aimed at helping existing Local Authority heritage, planning and conservation staff progress from Supporter to Affiliate membership, and maybe beyond, with applications closing … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s ‘Professional’ signpost: DB on ‘Construction industry reactions to the election result’

Posted on 26/07/2024 by IHBC

Designing Buildings (DB) has published some of the reactions to the election result as they are published by construction industry bodies.

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SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2024 now open: Celebrating ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’, enter work from 2022 by 1/09 2024

Posted on 26/07/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2024 joint Heritage Research Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) to celebrate ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, with submissions welcomed … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £275K works this week: Heritage charity seeks design team for iconic heritage project design and delivery, to 21/08

Posted on 26/07/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick this week is a call from a national charity for a … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (pub’s) doorstep’: Pub landlord threatened over huge mural painted on side of historic inn

Posted on 26/07/2024 by IHBC

Pub landlord Martin Peel, 52, had an 8ft mural of a Hereford bull painted on the side of the 16th century Grade II-listed Bull’s Head pub in Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire, reports the Coventry Telegraph.

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