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- IHBC President’s ‘Members only’ Invitation to next Virtual Council: Online, 8 April 2026, from 4.30pm – Scoping ‘Investigation’ of conservation in local government, with a call for suggestions etc. 13/02/2026
- IHBC welcomes National Apprenticeship Week: to 15/02 13/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 13/02/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, June 18-20 (Full School only): Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT (Online Day School), free pre-conference webinars and more… 13/02/2026
- 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! 13/02/2026
- IHBC ‘Management’ Signpost: Managing Surplus Government Property, guidance from the Government 13/02/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £64K of weekly works: UK heritage body seeks Chief Exec, to 28/02 13/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the ‘super-rich’ doorstep’: Britain’s building standards so bad that even super-rich face housing misery… 13/02/2026
- Southbank now listed: The Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery and associated terraced walkways and stairs 13/02/2026
- Iconic canals to be better protected with £6.5 million investment- Funding to support repair, maintenance & long-term projects 13/02/2026
- 2026 SPAB Fellows and Scholars announced 13/02/2026
- New £11.5Mn fund to help England’s charities and councils support local communities 13/02/2026
- NLHF & HE survey on ‘Historic Gardens: Supporting Adaptation to a Changing Climate’ 13/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Federal judge ‘sceptical’ of Trump’s authority over White House ballroom 13/02/2026
- Check out IHBC’s next new-style ‘CPD Circular’ & feedback: ‘At-a-glance colour coding’, simpler format, Awards, Director’s CPD Spotlights, & more 10/02/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, June 18-20 (Full School only): Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT (Online Day School), free pre-conference webinars and more… 10/02/2026
- 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! 10/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 10/02/2026
- IHBC ‘Management’ Signpost: Turley on ‘Grey Belt – What have we learned’ 10/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: New air source heat pump case studies from Historic England 10/02/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: DB on COTAC’s Insight 4 – ‘Understanding and Appreciating the Region of East Anglia’ 10/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Inclusive Farm Scotland welcomes first students to 22-acre working farm on Royal Deeside 10/02/2026
- Georgian Group launches High Court challenge over Clandon Park decision 10/02/2026
- First ever UK Town of Culture competition to restore pride in communities – to 31/03 10/02/2026
- RICS Scotland Manifesto 2026 – Surveying Scotland: ‘ambitions… not be achievable without urgent action on skills & workforce’ 10/02/2026
Daily Archives: 23/12/2013
IHBC’s Christmas gift to future conservation professionals: more clarity!
More help will soon be on offer to applicants seeking to become accredited as Full Members of The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), as the institute will soon introduce an intermediate membership stage to add more clarity to the … Continue reading
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IHBC caveats DCMS consultation on new rules for LBs
The IHBC has highlighted the central role of increasingly rare conservation skills and capacity in local authorities if proposals intended to streamline the regulatory burden for owners of listed buildings (LBs), now out for public consultation by the Department for … Continue reading
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IHBC promotes widest input into EH’s Research Frameworks review
The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), the UK’s professional body for built and historic environment conservation specialists, is encouraging anyone interested in England’s heritage and history to contribute to the current review by English Heritage (EH) of their Research … Continue reading
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RTPI’s Council planning team award
For the first time the annual Royal Town Planning Institute Awards for Planning Excellence will include a category honouring the best local authority planning team, with a deadline for entries of 4.30pm on 31 January 2014. The RTPI writes: 30 … Continue reading
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SAVE Britain’s Heritage wins HLF support
SAVE Britain’s Heritage has received £10,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) Catalyst Small Grants programme to develop a corporate fundraising strategy. SAVE writes: This will enable SAVE to reach out to key decision makers and companies who are interested … Continue reading
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Conservation scholarships & funded PhDs
Scholarships and funded doctorates are available in small a number of conservation related areas, in Scotland and Europe, with closing dates in the new year, while anyone interested in such opportunities is encouraged to keep up to date through the … Continue reading
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ARB chief to leave
The Chief Executive of the Architects Registration Board (ARB), Alison Carr, is to join Institution of Engineering and Technology. ARB writes: After seven years as Registrar and Chief Executive of the Architects Registration Board (ARB), Alison Carr is leaving in … Continue reading
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New Crystal Palace: competition launched
Plans to rebuild the Crystal Palace in south east London as a ‘major new cultural destination for the capital’ have taken a step further with the opening of a 3-stage competition to identify architectural teams to design the new building. … Continue reading
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Half of councils with green belt land preparing to develop it, says NT
Half of England’s councils that have green belt land are preparing to allocate some of it for development, according to new research by the National Trust (NT). Search Planning Resource: LINK
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Digital tech in the heritage sector: good content, poor revenue
A report into new digital technology in the heritage sector, ‘Digital Culture: How arts and cultural organisations in England use technology’, finds that heritage is good at creating content but not at raising revenue. The Heritage Alliance writes of the … Continue reading
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OWHC, NW Europe: position paper on World Heritage status
The Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) has published a new paper entitled ‘Safeguarding and Further Developing World Heritage Cities, Position Paper’ to give a ‘clear picture of what the World Heritage Status as a cross-cutting topic means for the … Continue reading
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