Category Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

The Cotswold resident of Middle Hill Farm, Saintbury, Gloucestershire, pleaded guilty to undertaking unauthorised works to a Grade II listed building, reports Punchline.

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) closed with an agreement that signals the ‘beginning of the end’ of the fossil fuel era by laying the ground for a swift, just and equitable transition, underpinned by deep emissions cuts and … Continue reading →

Following new research into delays in ‘Heritage-Related Planning Determinations in England’ from Historic England, IHBC President Mike Brown has highlighted the core issues of resources and capacity. image HE

Two IHBC Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Charitable Trust celebrate, respectively, civic contributions by retired IHBC members and successful learning in heritage skills, offer awards of £500 and free places at IHBC’s 2024 Annual School in Reading … Continue reading →

The IHBC is delighted to offer free entry for our members to the Listed Property Owners Club’s (LPOC) annual London Listed Property Show, on 2-3 February in London’s Olympia (pre-booking essential).

A consultation on updating and enhancing the IHBC-HTVF-Civic Voice joint ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ has been launched, as we look at renewing this cross-sector statement on practice principles for specialists working in built and historic environment conservation roles.

As we come to the end of our 180th year, our current editor invited four of her predecessors to pick out the memorable stories they covered spanning over 30 years of Building’s history. image for illustration

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 features Designing Buildings with IHBC’s Context, on ‘The ABC of the … Continue reading →

Construction Management from CIOB has offered ‘A round up of the best images from December 2023’. image for illustration

A businessman’s illegal £500,000 home is facing demolition after neighbours saw it light up ‘like an alien invasion from Mars’ at night, reports Yahoo News.

Cypren Edmunds has been announced as the new President of the European Strawbuilding Association (ESBA). image Linkedin Profile

The IHBC’s Chair David McDonald has welcomed the recognition of their personal contributions to the diverse sectors, disciplines, roles and activities on which sustainable and effective conservation outcomes rely, including especially the IHBC’s own Philip Davies.

Designing Buildings (DB) – partner host of the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki service – has issued its Top 20 articles of 2023, which range from ‘Bill of quantities‘ (1), through Megacities (5) to Building Services (20), offering a full range of … Continue reading →

The IHBC is seeking ‘expressions of interest’ from nationally recognised lead conservation experts in three new priority areas: ‘Fire Protection & Regulations’, ‘Enforcement’, and ‘Placemaking & Design Codes’ as it expands the IHBC Branch CPD training pilot, which funds locally … Continue reading →

The IHBC is delighted to offer free entry for our members to the Listed Property Owners Club’s (LPOC) annual London Listed Property Show, on 2-3 February in London’s Olympia (pre-booking essential).

Thousands of homes built under office-to-residential permitted development rights could be harmful to the health of their occupants, an exploratory study by the Bartlett School of Planning has indicated. image for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0

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 features the call from a combined authority for a … Continue reading →

Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid al-Maktoum wants to build an 11-bedroom lodge on the 63,000 acre Inverinate Estate, reports the Press and Journal, ‘because of the sheikh’s entourage’.

A 220-tonne hotel of 1826 in Canada’s Nova Scotia, which faced demolition, was saved and moved using an unusual method – hundreds of bars of soap. image for illustration

Timely advice on Santa-care from Designing Buildings (DB) – partner host of the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki service – only reached the IHBC’s NewsBlogs news service after our Christmas round was posted, but as it is all sound and always relevant … Continue reading →

The IHBC has welcomed Scotland’s new Sustainable Investment Tool (SIT), which enables visualisation around decision making for projects and investment in built heritage, a tool supporting the strategy for Scotland’s historic environment – Our Past, Our Future. image: SITOOL.co.uk

The IHBC has welcomed the first Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) Annual Review introduced by its new Chair Ros Kerslake.

The IHBC is seeking ‘expressions of interest’ from nationally recognised lead conservation experts in three new priority areas: ‘Fire Protection & Regulations’, ‘Enforcement’, and ‘Placemaking & Design Codes’ as it expands the IHBC Branch CPD training pilot, which funds locally … Continue reading →

Leading Britain’s Conversations (LBC) has featured an ‘opinion piece’ on the announcement by Rishi Sunak that the government will be introducing a Duty to Consult on the felling of street trees in England. image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates of the financial and societal value of natural resources to people in the UK value ecosystems etc services at £1.5 trillion. image for illustration: Joanna Theobald