Monthly Archives: April 2014

Campaigners have succeeded in their first step to turn a derelict flyover in Liverpool into an urban sky park with over £40,000 raised through Spacehive, claimed to the world’s first civic crowd funding website.  The Friends of the Flyover group … Continue reading →

A pilot e-learning scheme has been launched by English Heritage (EH) to help deliver training in heritage crime for police in urban areas, while EH is seeking feedback on the pilot programme via a questionnaire. EH writes: We have been … Continue reading →

The Council of the European Union has approved a directive amending the EU directive on environmental impact assessment (EIA). This follows a comprehensive overhaul of the legislation initiated two years back. Among the key changes are a stronger screening process, … Continue reading →

The National Trust (NT) has this week switched on their first large hydro turbine, located in Snowdonia, in a project that will help fund the Trust conservation work. The NT writes: Our first large hydro turbine has been switched on … Continue reading →

Heritage Exchange, in London on 14-15 July 2014, brings together invited heritage sector leaders and thinkers to discuss the most pressing challenges and opportunities for heritage now and in the future, and applications are sought from early career researchers to … Continue reading →

The Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority Order 2014 has been formally approved, dealing with strategic development issues in the North East of England Search Planning Portal  Download Durham County Council Frequently … Continue reading →

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is carrying out new research into funding for heritage, and is asking organisations to complete a short questionnaire to assist in the research.   (HLF) writes: The Heritage Lottery Fund is conducting research into alternative … Continue reading →

The Planning Portal reports on likely changes needed to the Planning system to help deliver planned national infrastructure projects. Search Planning Portal

This year’s Brick Development Association Awards are open for entries, with awards across seventeen categories and a closing date of 13 June 2014. Categories likely to be of particular interest to IHBC members include Best Refurbishment & Renovation Project Innovative … Continue reading →

The AJ Retrofit Awards include a heritage category for works to listed buildings and are designed to ‘recognise and celebrate design excellence that prolongs and improves the life of the built environment’, with a closing date for entries is 2 … Continue reading →

The National Heritage Training Group (NHTG) has secured vital funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to develop a new training scheme following its pioneering programme ‘Building Traditional Skills -Building Resilience, Building Community.’  NHTG writes: The new scheme offers crucial … Continue reading →

New measures introduced by sections 60 and 61, and schedule 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (ERR) Act 2013 commenced on 6 April 2014, designed to improve the listed building (LB) consent process. DCLG writes: Provisions will make the … Continue reading →

The first case to be heard by the newly established Planning Court was a legal challenge over English Heritage’s decision not to register a site near York on the Battlefield Register. IHBC newsblogs on the Planning Court Planning Court information … Continue reading →

A consultation is currently being carried out by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) on a review of the Architects Registration Board (ARB), with a closing date of 30 May 2014. The DCLG writes: Government is interested in … Continue reading →

The Department of the Environment Northern Ireland (DoENI) has issued new policy ‘Enabling Development for the Conservation of Significant Places’, including a best practice document to accompany this.  The DoENI writes: ‘Enabling Development’ sets out when developers may get planning … Continue reading →