Category Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

IHBC’s December CPD Circular has been issued, highlighting Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities across the sector, including the IHBC ‘members-only’ free CPD AGM opportunity on 3 December and its special pre-AGM feature from Griff Rhys Jones.

IHBC President Mike Brown has called out to members practicing in England for examples of good, bad and indifferent Heritage Statements to inform Historic England’s (HE) review of its guidance.

Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) – host platform for the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki and the ‘construction industry knowledge base’ has featured the CIAT’s promotion of the IHBC’s Local Planning Authority capacity research for England.

The 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’, with notices from across the development sector’s publications, and this week features Archdaily’s … Continue reading →

A hall built in 1899 for the spiritual wellbeing of the local community has been granted heritage protection, The Salisbury Journal reports.

The latest issue (no. 166) of the IHBC’s membership journal Context is now out, with historic firsts including a new approach that focusses on the future of an historic city – Oxford – and boasts an introduction by Layla Moran … Continue reading →

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 its members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s top pick this … Continue reading →

A historic County Durham bridge – Grade II, Scheduled, the UK’s oldest road suspension bridge and the earliest surviving structure using an iron chained suspension bridge – is due to close after a condition assessment found it is no longer … Continue reading →

Westminster’s new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on ‘Conservation, Places and People’, chaired by Layla Moran MP and with the IHBC as its Secretariat, has embarked on its first public inquiry, with the call closing on 29 January 2021 and oral … Continue reading →

The 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’, with notices from across the development sector’s publications, and this week features the … Continue reading →

Dozens of miles of paths could be lost in Wirral, reports The Wirral Globe, unless they are registered in time by local authorities.

A London housing association and a ‘airspace’ developer have secured planning approval to build 30 new rooftop homes on top of an existing residential development in Bermondsey.

The IHBC’s first virtual AGM on 3 December 2020 overwhelmingly supported the adoption of its new Articles of Association – ‘paving the way for modernisation and more’ – after which members of all categories joined in brief discussions on strategies … Continue reading →

Westminster’s new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on ‘Conservation, Places and People’, formally established in September and chaired by Layla Moran MP, with the IHBC as its Secretariat, has embarked on a first public inquiry into the ‘regeneration of historic places’, … Continue reading →

The IHBC’s 2020 AGM has seen the adoption by members of a new Corporate Plan for 2020-25, (‘CP25’) – entitled ‘Conservation Advocacy And Influence…’ – distilling the strategies that have underpinned the IHBC’s successful corporate planning ‘for uncharted territory’ to … Continue reading →

Westminster’s new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on ‘Conservation, Places and People’, formally established in September and chaired by Layla Moran MP, launched its first briefing document on Wednesday 2 December, analysing heritage issues for parliamentary interests in the context of … Continue reading →

As a lead into the IHBC’s historic and first virtual AGM, on 3 December 2020, members had the chance to enjoy an exceptional online welcome and introduction from Giff Rhys Jones, as well as updates from our perennial CPD focus, … Continue reading →

Westminster’s new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on ‘Conservation, Places and People’ (CPP), formally established in September and chaired by Layla Moran MP, has launched its new website, developed by the APPG’s secretariat, the IHBC.

To help heritage and conservation employers and practitioners across the UK, the IHBC regularly updates NewsBlog readers about the diverse career opportunities advertised on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, while recent posts include roles from Conservation and Design (maternity cover), … Continue reading →

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 its members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s top pick this … Continue reading →

A popular ‘Instagrammable’ bar in Hessle could be forced to pay more than £20,000 to reinstate the bar’s original windows, while the bar’s owner says the bill could ‘put the business in jeopardy’.

A father and daughter from the west Highlands have been left ‘devastated’ after one of the world’s richest men was given permission in principle to build a luxury retreat next to their home, reports The Scotsman.

Among modern architects, was any architect ever so modernity-minded as Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (Le Corbusier), asks Open Culture, while reporting one take on how, in fact, ‘Le Corbusier, writer, has little in common with Le Corbusier, maker’. image: for illustration purposes … Continue reading →

Unusual buildings have been featured together in an informal collation from Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) – host platform for the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki and the ‘construction industry knowledge base’. image: DBW website

A Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) opinion piece around England’s recent Planning White Paper suggests that society is facing a series of major crises related to the ways we use and develop land. image: for illustration purposes only  Open … Continue reading →