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- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ spans disciplines, levels & sectors as interdisciplinary conservation practice standards deliver public benefit 19/12/2025
- 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: 18/04/2014
IHBC celebrates ICOMOS’ World Heritage Day: ‘commemoration’
This NewsBlog is issued on International World Heritage Day 2014 as a welcome by the IHBC to the ICOMOS-organised International Day for Monuments and Sites and its 2014 theme: ‘the heritage of commemoration’. IHBC Director Sean O’Reilly said: … Continue reading
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IHBC AGM, Edinburgh 6 June: Elections and proxy votes
Members of the IHBC will be able to vote by proxy this year as the 2014 AGM sets the basis for our governance to become ‘digitally compliant’ under new arrangements and constitutional amendments recently approved by the IHBC Council, so … Continue reading
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New issue of IHBC’s journal Context out: Valuing heritage!
The new issue of the journal of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), Context, is now out, and looks at how we value heritage. The new issue follows the theme from a wide range of perspectives: Rebecca Madgin -valuing … Continue reading
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Reminder: NHPP consultation & IHBC Branch funding
The IHBC is offering up to £150 to Branches in England that want to engage with England’s NHPP consultation. Funds might be used for anything including stand-alone or partnership events, or to simply help cover travel costs to the EH-hosted … Continue reading
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IHBC 2014 School Bursary Awards closed
The IHBC’s 2014 School bursaries for the forthcoming School in Edinburgh have now been awarded, with awards ranging from £200 – £450 per person, as the IHBC continues to target its support for those most in need, most likely to … Continue reading
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Major HLF funding win for NHTG’s flagship ‘BTS’ scheme
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
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ERR Act brings new LB provisions to England
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
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Planning Court hears heritage case
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
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Call for Evidence for ARB review consultation
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
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DoENI’s new ‘Enabling Development’ policy: PPS23
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
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DCLG’s prospectus for garden cities launched
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has issued a prospectus to help communities propose and plan garden city developments, supporting recent budget announcements for new housing funding. The DCLG writes: Communities with ideas for a new generation of … Continue reading
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Consultation draft on sentencing includes heritage crime
Draft guidance issued by the Sentencing Council (SC) this month on theft sentences specifically mentions provisions to deal with heritage crime and damage to heritage structures IHBC members may wish to respond to the consultation which closes on 26 June … Continue reading
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Essex CC review into SuDS and the HE: Can you help?
Essex County Council are seeking assistance from IHBC members to help influence national guidance on sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) and the historic environment, by completing a survey, with a closing date 6 June 2014. Essex County Council writes: In partnership … Continue reading
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Northern Ireland Architectural Awards
The Guildhall in Londonderry, one of the winners of the RIBA Northern Ireland architectural awards has been described as ‘a masterclass in conservation practice’. BBC news on the awards View previous winners Derry Londonderry Guildhall website
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Chester Cathedral repairs and renovations complete
Chester Cathedral ‘Cathedral at Height’ works which started in summer 2013 have now been completed, revealing a new visitor walkway to the roof, a new exhibition space and extensive stonemasonry and roof repairs. Chester Cathedral news release Consultancy team press … Continue reading
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