Category Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

ICOMOS-UK’s one-day conference, co-sponsored by the IHBC, will explore how a Rights-Based Approach, including Decolonisation practices, can be a valuable tool, from £20 (Students) to £80, to include lunch and evening reception, all at the University of Greenwich.

Government UK has launched a new technical consultation on ‘increased planning fees and performance’.

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

Plans to save the only farm built by the poet Robert Burns are unveiled as the ‘FutureVision’, which seeks to safeguard the 170 acre Ellisland Farm, on the banks of the River Nith, where Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne, Tam … Continue reading →

A French company specialising in recycling rubble for building materials has teamed up with the Ukrainian military and Ukrainian organisations to build new apartment blocks from the remains of bombed ones. image: for illustration only

All categories of IHBC member – Supporter, Affiliate, Associate and Full Member – are invited to join Council from 2pm on 30 March for a packed afternoon of CPD, from a new election (Vice President) to practice and support updates … Continue reading →

The IHBC has launched a suite of new help and guidance to make it easier for our Supporter members to advance to the new Affiliate member category, including a dedicated web page; surgeries and more recently a video screencast by … Continue reading →

The economic opportunities available to Scotland by becoming a more circular economy are outlined in the Circular Economy Scotland Report.

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 Architect’s Journal on HESPR member Purcell’s £15m transformation of … Continue reading →

An ambitious footpath improvement project at the world famous Old Man of Storr, Isle of Skye, has been completed in time for the peak tourist season, reports Scotland’s Highland Council. image: for illustration – By Diliff – Own work, CC … Continue reading →

All categories of IHBC members – Supporters, Affiliates, Associates and Full Members – are encouraged to join the IHBC’s next Council from 2pm on 30 March, to take a first look at chartering the IHBC and its benefits and challenges, … Continue reading →

To help connect employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, the IHBC regularly updates NewsBlog readers on the diverse opportunities in our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so be sure to sign up for free alerts and ‘stay ahead’ with the our unique … Continue reading →

Designing Buildings – the construction sector’s knowledge base as well as host and partner to the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki – has posted a summary of some industry responses to the 2023 Spring Budget, with more select links on offer to … Continue reading →

From the Climate Heritage Network (CHN) Mobilization in 2018 to COP27 in 2022 and beyond, the CHN video library includes essential discussions focused on arts, culture and heritage and their intersections with gender, youth, tourism, infrastructure, and more.

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

Fears of roof collapses have sparked an Edinburgh Council investigation into whether the lightweight concrete was used in the construction of any of its buildings, reports Edinburgh Live. image: for illustration -Fiona Newton

The IHBC’s suite of new help and guidance making it even easier for our Supporter members to advance to the new Affiliate member category includes regular ‘drop-in’ surgeries, the first of which takes place on 15 March, from 1pm (No … Continue reading →

All categories of IHBC members – Supporters, Affiliates, Associates and Full Members – are invited to join the IHBC’s next Council from 2pm on 30 March, to take a first look at chartering the IHBC, its benefits and challenges, starting … Continue reading →

Beavers build 70 metre wide dam (believed to be the largest beaver-made dam in the UK) across Sutherland Beck in Cropton Forest– slowing the flow and reducing flood risk for the village of Sinnington downstream.

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 Building on IHBC’s response to the National Planning Policy … Continue reading →

District council leaders have welcomed a proposal that could see an increase in planning fees to help over-stretched local planning departments, reports LocalGov. image: for illustration

The winner of the IHBC Gus Astley Student Award for 2022 has been selected by guest judge Clara Arokiasamy, President of ICOMOS-UK, as Caitlin Osborne, from Birmingham City University’s IHBC-recognised MA course, for her dissertation, while Martin Whelehan of the … Continue reading →

All categories of IHBC members – Supporters, Affiliates, Associates and Full Members – are invited to join the IHBC’s next Council from 2pm on 30 March, to take a first look at chartering the IHBC, its benefits and challenges, starting … Continue reading →

A new NewsBlog reprise on the IHBC’s 2022 Annual School – #IHBCAberdeen2022 in #IHBC25 – celebrates Aberdeenshire Council’s £20m grant from the UK Government’s Levelling Up fund. image: for illustration Stonehaven Aberdeenshire By Taras – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0

The UK Government has published its Policy Paper on Nationally Significant Infrastructure, including an action plan for reforms to the Planning Process.