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- Lodge your IHBC proxy vote (accredited members only) ASAP & book your online place (members only) for IHBC’s 2026 AGM, 7 January 2026, featuring HE’s co-CEO, from 5.30pm, with 6.00pm AGM 19/12/2025
- IHBC’s new Context, No185, ‘lifts the lid on roofing’, from craft to carbon, with essential, accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals & colleagues 19/12/2025
- IHBC’s Research Signpost from HE & EH: ‘Pathways Into Heritage Construction: A Strategic View/Models and Case Studies’ 19/12/2025
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £101K+ of weekly works: Trust seeks fire engineer for GII* project to 15/01 19/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (riverside) doorstep’: Historic rail bridge collapses into River Spey 19/12/2025
- UK Government urged to step up maintenance to safeguard ageing infrastructure: Royal Academy of Engineering 19/12/2025
- Landmark Planning and Infrastructure Bill becomes law 19/12/2025
- England’s NPPF update: New consultation on proposed reforms and other changes to the planning system, to 10/03 19/12/2025
- AHRC PhD studentships on ‘barriers to creating healthier places’ 19/12/2025
- £2.9m heritage investment for Waterfront regeneration 19/12/2025
- Trowel and Error: A Public User Needs Survey for Archaeology 19/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Costa Carras European Citizens Awards for the Safeguard of Endangered Heritage 2026, entries open to 16/01/2026 19/12/2025
- IHBC welcome SAHGB’s new Colvin Special Award 2025, celebrating editors of The Pevsner Architectural Guides 16/12/2025
- IHBC issues formal notice for 2026 AGM, online on 7 January 2026, from 5.30pm (with special presentation!) for 6pm start 16/12/2025
- IHBC updates on ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’: Check out our web hub, with video & feedback, and help reduce damage to both health and heritage 16/12/2025
- IHBC warmly welcomes PCO approval to Petition for Charter 16/12/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: How to get started in sharing knowledge and expertise on Designing Buildings 16/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Hotspur Press will rise from the ashes as developers issue promise for fire-ravaged mill 16/12/2025
- Videogame to help protect Nottingham Cathedral and other heritage buildings: ‘Pugin’s Revival’ despite ‘structural ‘monsters’’ 16/12/2025
- UK Heritage Pulse Spotlight: Operational use of Artificial Intelligence 16/12/2025
- Public appointment: Members appointed to Historic Environment Scotland 16/12/2025
- HHBT to continue its work in the Highlands as part of SHBT 16/12/2025
- RIBA responds to Environmental Audit Committee report on sustainable housing growth 16/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’– WMF & EH receive grant for next phase of Coastal Connections Programme 16/12/2025
Daily Archives: 28/02/2014
IHBC’s SC Branch pushes ‘duty of care’, VAT relief & more in Bill talks
David Sutton of the IHBC’s Scotland Branch Committee highlighted the potential of a ‘duty of care’ and benefits of VAT reductions as part of his evidence to the Scottish Local Government and Regeneration Committee at their recent meeting on the … Continue reading
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IHBC sponsors BEFS’ Inaugural Annual lecture: ‘Health’
To continue raising awareness of the positive health benefits of historic places, The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) has helped sponsor the Inaugural Annual Lecture of Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS), which covered the topic of ‘Health and the … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes CIOB-NT retrofit conference
The IHBC has welcomed the launch of the joint retrofit conference led by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and the National Trust (NT), which will take place on 9-10 April in Queen’s College Cambridge. IHBC Director Seán O’Reilly said: … Continue reading
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EH & NHTG showcase pilot leadworker CSCS cards at Audley End
English Heritage (English Heritage), supported by the National Heritage Training Group (NHTG), hosted a roof-top tour at Audley End House and Gardens to showcase their pilot scheme requiring Heritage Skills CSCS (Construction Skills Certification Scheme) cards for specialist leadworkers working … Continue reading
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Minister responds to farm building conversion fears
Planning Minister Nick Boles has reassured MPs that the Government is well aware of the arguments being put forward to exempt National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty from proposals to introduce permitted development rights for redundant agricultural buildings. … Continue reading
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POS proposes local plan reform
The Planning Officers Society (POS) has proposed a series of reforms to the local plan-making process in England after highlighting problems with the duty to cooperate, introduced by the Localism Act. POS writes: The POS has been looking ahead to the … Continue reading
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TCPA’s updated New Town legislation guide: ‘New Towns Act 2015?’
The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) has published a report setting out the legislative and administrative reforms needed for a 21st century New Town renaissance. The TCPA writes: … The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) has today published … Continue reading
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Norfolk turbine approval quashed
A decision to build a single wind turbine ‘in unspoilt landscape’ in Norfolk has been quashed by the High Court. Proposals for the 86.5 metre turbine at Pond Farm in Bodham were rejected by North Norfolk District Council in August … Continue reading
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Carnegie Prize call for Northern Ireland and Scotland
A call for entries across Scotland and Northern Ireland has been issued in connection with the new Carnegie Prize for Design and Wellbeing, closing date 12 noon on 17 March 2014. The Carnegie Trust writes: The Carnegie UK Trust is … Continue reading
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Commons registration advice from Defra
England’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has published new guidance for English commons registration authorities (the bodies who maintain the registers of common land and town and village greens) outlining changes to Sections 15A to 15C of … Continue reading
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Listed Saltdean Lido rescue move via Conran
Brighton’s dilapidated listed Saltdean Lido is to be restored by Sir Terence Conran’s design firm. The 1930s art deco structure is the UK’s only Grade II* listed lido and one of just three remaining seaside sites. Search Planning Portal: LINK … Continue reading
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Planning rules on quarrying relaxed in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Environment Minister Mark H Durkan has announced new planning rules which relax the need for planning permission for specified minor development in mines and quarries, coming into force on 10th March. The Northern Ireland Executive writes: This will … Continue reading
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Strangford Lough strategy
Northern Ireland Environment Minister Mark H Durkan has launched the first ‘Heritage Management Strategy and Action Plan’ for Strangford Lough and Lecale. Read the Northern Ireland Executive news release: LINK
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Edinburgh tree homes
A children’s tree house built in the Scottish capital that faced being axed in a wrangle over planning permission has been reprieved. Edinburgh City Council argued that the tree house had a negative visual impact and posed privacy issues for … Continue reading
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