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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
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- 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: 08/07/2015
IHBC NI Branch on ‘Conservation without frontiers’
IHBC Northern Ireland Branch Chairman Andrew McClelland – also a member of the IHBC’s new Council+ structure – recently presented at the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society and Irish Georgian Society Summer School on ‘Conservation without Frontiers’. Andrew McClelland said ‘There … Continue reading
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IHBC Context article on application of BS 7913: Cases sought
IHBC Trustee and consultant, and lead author on the British Standard 7913, on historic building conservation, John Edwards, is preparing an article on the practical application of the Standard, and is seeking examples where the document – either in its … Continue reading
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Prestigious Fortress Study Group award for Belfast’s Grey Point Fort
A fort near Belfast is to be the first site in Northern Ireland and the third in the British Isles to receive a Fortress Study Group award for conservation. The Department of the Environment Northern Ireland (DoENI) writes: Grey Point … Continue reading
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TCPA: People should be the heart of planning!
The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) has released a report recommending changes to the planning system, moving away from an economic centred approach to place people at the heart of the process. The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) … Continue reading
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HLF funding: £34m for 16 parks
Sixteen parks across the UK are celebrating their share of £34 million of Heritage Lottery Fund awards this week. The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) writes: 16 of the UK’s parks and cemeteries have received a much-needed £34million boost from the … Continue reading
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Scottish Empty Homes Partnership to help High Street
The Scottish Government has announced a new £4 million fund to help re-use of high street spaces and homes. The Scottish Government writes: A new £4 million fund will help bring abandoned homes and empty high street spaces back to … Continue reading
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Wales: Monument grant awards
The latest round of ancient monuments grant funding have now been awarded by Cadw. Cadwy writes: Precious ancient monuments and war memorials across Wales are being awarded a share of almost £287,000 of Welsh Government funding to restore and protect … Continue reading
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LGA on housing: ‘Councils are key
The new Conservative Chairman of the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned of a construction skills shortage affecting housing supply, urging devolving of powers to local authorities to help address this issue. The Local Government Association (LGA) writes: Councils hold … Continue reading
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HE: Assessing community-led research survey
Historic England has commissioned new research on how much archaeology, historic building and local history research is carried out by voluntary groups in England in a survey that closes on 21 August. Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service writes: The project … Continue reading
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