Monthly Archives: April 2010

IHBC Director Seán O’Reilly welcomed the launch of the joint 2010 ‘Planning and the Historic Environment’ (‘PATHE’) CPD event on Urban Design, run through the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education (OUDCE), and to take place there on Friday 14 … Continue reading →

The IHBC has been approached by the Arvon Foundation to nominate a new trustee (see advert on Context No 113, p.56). Arvon runs courses in creative writing featuring famous names from the Poet Laureate to Lenny Henry.  It owns a … Continue reading →

The  Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced a £25m increase in its annual budget for new awards to heritage projects across the UK; the budget will be £205m/pa from April 2010. Carole Souter, Chief Executive of the HLF, said: “Thanks … Continue reading →

A partnership between the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), the Association of Preservation Trusts (UKAPT), and the Glasgow City Heritage Trust (GCHT) has announced a joint international conference on investing in historic building and area regeneration, to take place … Continue reading →

A unique British scheme to provide free training for people from all faith communities who care for significant, historic buildings as their place of worship has been recognised with a major European heritage award. Faith in Maintenance (FiM), developed by … Continue reading →

In January  2010  about  120,000  records  for  around  155,000  books held in the National Trust’s  140 historic libraries became  publicly  available  for the first time via the web  catalogue  Copac. Copac  provides  free   access  to  the  merged  catalogues of around … Continue reading →

The March edition of the Heritage Protection Reform newsletter is now available here: LINK It features articles on: The new PPS5 and the key changes it brings; The Marine and Coastal Access Act Funding for research and development into Historic Environment … Continue reading →

Two of Blackpool’s most iconic visitor attractions, Blackpool Tower and the Winter Gardens complex, are to get a major facelift and redevelopment as part of a groundbreaking £38.9m project, the Government has announced. The multi-million deal will secure the long-term … Continue reading →

The IHBC has launched a ‘Manifesto for Places’ highlighting the issues that any government, or government in partnership must address. IHBC Chair Dave Chetwyn said: “It is easy to overlook heritage in the context of global recession, climate change and … Continue reading →

Most of Britain’s large urban masterplans have failed to deliver, according the latest issue (163 DP1) LINK of the ICE’s Urban Design and Planning journal, and a back-to-basics approach – based on smaller, more viable plots – is required. Kelvin Campbell, … Continue reading →

IHBC Director Seán O’Reilly welcomed the news that Davd Lovie, the IHBC’s past president, has been elected to the Board of the new Civic Voice, England’s new national charity for the civic movement. Other elected trustees are: Freddie Gick, Birmingham Civic … Continue reading →

Plans for the world’s first underground luxury five-star hotel at Hersham Golf Club in Surrey have been submitted by Claudel Venture Holdings, part of the international leisure company Arkin Group. Claudel Venture Holdings, part of the international leisure company Arkin … Continue reading →

A recruiter is advertising a ‘six figure package’ to attract a partner responsible for ‘conservation and heritage’ to a London-based practice, and requiring IHBC membership supplemented by RTPI/RICS qualifications. Seeking an ‘energetic individual with integrity and enthusiasm to help lead … Continue reading →

RICS Chief Operating Officer, Sean Tompkins, has been named Chief Executive Officer of the organisation and will assume his new role later this year following the retirement of Louis Armstrong. The decision was made by RICS Governing Council today at … Continue reading →

MPs have urged the Government to make adaptation and mitigation more central to its guidance on planning and climate change which needs to be revised. That call has come from the Commons Environmental Audit Committee in a report which argued … Continue reading →

UNISON, the UK’s leading public sector union, has today (26 March) written to the Department for Energy, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), and British Waterways, calling on them to secure the future of Britain’s network of canals and waterways, by … Continue reading →

Regeneration spending will be a target for budget cuts if Labour wins the next election, energy secretary Ed Miliband admitted today. The Labour Party’s manifesto, to be launched today does not contain any big spending commitments, Miliband told BBC Radio … Continue reading →