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- More details on IHBC’s next Virtual Council… on ‘Conservation Officers & Services’, from COGs and careers to retrofit, resources, recruitment & more, 8 April, 4.30pm 27/03/2026
- #IHBCNewcastle2026 School Bursary Awards close early as cases are ‘persuasively argued and well-structured’, and with hopes for allocation uplift for 2027 27/03/2026
- LAST CHANCE FOR IHBC’s MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 27/03/2026
- Don’t need your paper Context? Do everyone a favour and pass it on, ‘Spreading the Word’ to help the Conservation Professional! 27/03/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard (NZCBS), v.1 & consultation 27/03/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: DB on ‘The New Plan Making System’ 27/03/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £4.2Mn costed works: Historic city seeks plan-maker to 08/05 & £2.2M 27/03/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Lock-side Pill Boxes transformed to create new homes for bats 27/03/2026
- SCT’s Manifesto for Scotland’s Places: ‘Protect What Matters’ 27/03/2026
- CPRE responds to Land Use Framework publication 27/03/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Historic Montreal church destroyed by fire… flames spread… 27/03/2026
- IHBC’s 2025 Gus Astley Student Award winners and prizes announced: Jack Parker (Oxford Brookes) receives top Award with £500, and Booth-Bird award to Andrew Pettifor (Birmingham City University), both winning Newcastle School places 24/03/2026
- UPDATE: IHBC Presidential ‘Member only’ Invitation to ‘Virtual’ Council, 8 April 2026, from 4.30pm – Scoping conservation topics in local government, with COGS, Data, Training, & more 24/03/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 24/03/2026
- IHBC is planning for growth, so grow with us by volunteering, with our Committees, Boards and Branches, or Panels, Groups and more as suits – just let us know! 24/03/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ Signpost: City of London future skyline ‘showcases strong investor confidence and growth momentum’ ahead… 24/03/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Wiltshire homeowners can’t install solar panels on roof of ‘church and high-quality landmark, even on appeal 24/03/2026
- Government’s ‘Roadmap of resources and support’ for a new local plan-making system 24/03/2026
- HE launches guide to ‘Developing Creative Industry Hubs’ 24/03/2026
- From Local to Global: The Power of Heritage in a Changing World – Heritage Alliance Insight Report 24/03/2026
- Heritage Sector Resilience Plan 2025-35 (HSRP2) 24/03/2026
- Pilgrim Trust & partners: Collaborative funding programme tackles conservation skills shortages 24/03/2026
- RTPI Scotland’s ‘Planifesto’ 24/03/2026
- SHBT unveils new 3-year strategy 24/03/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Reuters on halting of demolition of parts of Grenfell Tower after handprints found on walls 24/03/2026
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Your invitation to ‘A Medieval Christmas’, at Newcastle’s Black Gate, with IHBC’s North Branch, 7 December, from £20 (with select free places too!)
Join in the North Branch Winter Event 2023 on 7 December from 5.30pm, with buffet, festive drinks and more at the Black Gate, Newcastle, for certificated CPD (Historic and Technology), from £20 (IHBC Retired members & Students free).
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CLOSING SOON – FINAL CHANCE: Consultation on updating joint IHBC-HTVF-CV ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ (CPPP)
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.
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IHBC ‘Practice’ signpost from Wales: Neath Port Talbot Council Biodiversity Duty Plan
Neath Port Talbot Council (NPTC) has a legal duty to maintain and enhance biodiversity, and in so doing, promote the resilience of ecosystems, and a new Biodiversity Duty Plan demonstrates how they hope to fulfil that duty.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: IHBC on #IHBCReading2024 and sponsorship opportunities
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 the IHBC’s pre-launch notice for the Home Page to the … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Objections lodged to proposals by Stella McCartney to build seafront house near Mallaig
Highland Council has received more than 50 objections to a proposal by fashion designer Stella McCartney to build a seafront house close to Mallaig, reports Scottish Construction Now. image of Mallaig for illustration by Bradscorner, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia … Continue reading
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IHBC launches Reading School Homepage & contact point: ‘Place & Building Care…’ with bookings to open in 2024 – #IHBCReading2024
[slideshow_deploy id=’38431′] The IHBC is delighted to launch the Reading 2024 website homepage resource so soon – helping early promotion and interest in the School. #IHBCReading2024 – as critical CPD for anyone interested in ‘Place & Building Care…’, with a … Continue reading
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IHBC seeks paid expert leads for priority new topics in Branch CPD training: ‘Fire Protection’, ‘Enforcement’ and ‘Placemaking & Design Codes’: Closing 6 January 2024
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
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IHBC’s 1st Christmas treat: Free and open webinar from IHBC’s Technical Panel lead John Edwards on ‘Applying BSI’s PAS 2035:2023…’ for IHBC Reading School 2024, Christmas and more, 15/12
John Edwards will explore ‘Applying BSI’s PAS 2035:2023 in Retrofitting Traditional and Historic Buildings’ in a free and open webinar on 15 December, for 1 hour (including questions) offered on behalf of the IHBC’s Technical Panel, IHBC’s Reading School 2024 … Continue reading
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IHBC’s Professional signpost: Ayr Station Hotel Fire – Action and reaction in Scotland’s parliament and beyond
Impacts of the recent fire at Ayr Station Hotel were raised in the Scottish Parliament with The First Minister by Sharon Dowey MSP, while a roundtable there also explored ‘all options for retaining the historic Ayr Station Hotel for the … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from un-costed works: Welsh County Council seeks Conservation Architect etc. for historic buildings works, closing 08/12
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 Welsh Council for Conservation … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Wyke Regis man sentenced over non-compliance with planning enforcement notice
Dorset Council secured a successful prosecution in court recently, as a Weymouth resident was sentenced for failing to comply with a Planning Enforcement Notice for using agricultural land for leisure purposes without planning permission, reports The Dorset Eye.
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Designing Buildings’ collation on the ‘Autumn Statement’: Thoughts from IHBC, CIOB, CPRE and more
Designing Buildings has collated feedback and opinion on the government’s ‘Autumn Statement’, presented by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, from expert sector leads including the IHBC, CIOB, CPRE and more. image: Parliamentary copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament
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IHBC seeks paid expert leads for priority new topics in Branch CPD training: ‘Fire Protection’, ‘Enforcement’ and ‘Placemaking & Design Codes’: Closing 6 January 2024
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
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IHBC’s 1st Christmas treat: Free and open webinar from IHBC’s Technical Panel lead John Edwards on ‘Applying BSI’s PAS 2035:2023…’ for IHBC Reading School 2024, Christmas and more, 15/12
John Edwards will explore ‘Applying BSI’s PAS 2035:2023 in Retrofitting Traditional and Historic Buildings’ in a free and open webinar on 15 December, for 1 hour (including questions) offered on behalf of the IHBC’s Technical Panel, IHBC’s Reading School 2024 … Continue reading
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Your invitation to ‘A Medieval Christmas’, at Newcastle’s Black Gate, with IHBC’s North Branch, 7 December, from £20 (with select free places too!)
Join in the North Branch Winter Event 2023 on 7 December from 5.30pm, with buffet, festive drinks and more at the Black Gate, Newcastle, for certificated CPD (Historic and Technology), from £20 (IHBC Retired members & Students free).
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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
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’s ‘new home’ signpost: Historic Buildings & Places moves home
IHBC member and lead Bob Kindred, Trustee of Historic Buildings & Places, has drawn attention to the change of address for the Society (formally known as the Ancient Monuments Society) as they have now moved to new premises at The … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Dezeen on AI
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 news and views from Dezeen on AI.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage the doorstep’: Fresh plans to demolish Jimmy Savile’s Highland home and ‘replace it with monument’
NEW plans have been submitted to knock down the remote Glencoe cottage once lived in by disgraced TV personality Savile, reports The Press and Journal.
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IHBC seeks paid expert leads for priority new topics in Branch CPD training: ‘Fire Protection’, ‘Enforcement’ and ‘Placemaking & Design Codes’: Closing 6 January 2024
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
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IHBC, ICCROM and many more mourn the death of Jukka Jokilehto
The sad news of the death of renowned, respected and much-admired Jukka Jokilehto – a co-founder and leading light in modern conservation practice and understanding – has been felt across a huge number of lead bodies, including the IHBC where … Continue reading
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IHBC’s 1st Christmas treat: Free and open webinar from IHBC’s Technical Panel lead John Edwards, on ‘Applying BSI’s PAS 2035:2023…’ for IHBC Reading School 2024, Christmas and more, 15/12, 10.00 am
John Edwards will explore ‘Applying BSI’s PAS 2035:2023 in Retrofitting Traditional and Historic Buildings’ in a free and open webinar on 15 December, for 1 hour (including questions) offered on behalf of the IHBC’s Technical Panel, IHBC’s Reading School 2024 … Continue reading
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Your invitation to ‘A Medieval Christmas’, at Newcastle’s Black Gate, with IHBC’s North Branch, 7 December, from £20 (with select free places too!)
Join in the North Branch Winter Event 2023 on 7 December from 5.30pm, with buffet, festive drinks and more at the Black Gate, Newcastle, for certificated CPD (Historic and Technology), from £20 (IHBC Retired members & Students free).
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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
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’s ‘Professional’ signpost, from THA: Fair pay and conditions voted Top Priority at Heritage Debate 2023
On Wednesday 15 November, The Heritage Alliance’s annual Heritage Debate stimulated a lively discussion on the key challenges facing careers in heritage in 2023.
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