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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: 11/03/2015
IHBC South Branch Channel Islands Tour: 7-8 May
The IHBC’s South Branch are organising a special series of events for two days (7 and 8 May) visiting highlights of the Channel Islands and celebrating 50 years of planning and building in Jersey. Tour highlights include: Introduction to Planning … Continue reading
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CLG Select Committee disappointed at NPPF report response
The Chair of the Communities and Local Government (CLG) Commons Select Committee has criticised the Government for rejecting the suggestions within their evidence based report into the operation of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The CLG Committee writes: Clive … Continue reading
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£3m to ‘kick-start the revival of at-risk coastal heritage’
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has launched a fund aimed at helping the heritage economy of coastal areas, providing funding for repair projects and a network of Coastal Community Teams. DCLG writes: A new £3 million fund … Continue reading
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Tri-Council partnership for Dorset area
West Dorset District Council, Weymouth and Portland Borough Council and North Dorset District Council are to work together under a newly formed tri-Council partnership agreement, which will see a single Chief Executive for all three Councils and the pooling of … Continue reading
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DCLG: Unused public sector land to provide 10,000+ homes
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has reported on the progress of land sales by government departments and the effects on housing site availability. DCLG writes: Enough unused public sector land has been released to build over 103,000 … Continue reading
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UK ‘spaceport’: Heritage legacies for futuristic flights
Ministers have announced the outcome of a consultation exercise to establish proposed location shortlist for the UK spaceport, with 5 locations across the UK, many with interesting heritage legacies and associations, old and new. The UK Space Agency writes: Plans … Continue reading
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High Court quashes CA designation for consultation failing
The High Court has ruled that the decision of a London council to designate the area around a demolition-threatened pub as a conservation area should be quashed, after deciding that the consultation held by the council did not meet the … Continue reading
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£45 million transformation for Lord Byron’s former home
The Telegraph recently reported on the acquisition of Lord Byron’s Grade I listed former home (139 Piccadilly), which will now be converted from offices into a private dwelling with swimming pool and gym. View the Telegraph article View the planning … Continue reading
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Nairn on ‘subtopia’: still relevant today?
BBC News recently reported on the 60th anniversary of the publication of ‘Outrage’, within the Architectural Review magazine (a critical look at the architecture and development of British towns by Ian Nairn), inviting Jonathan Glancey to reflect on the relevance … Continue reading
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