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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: 28/08/2015
BBC reports on inappropriate insulation causing damp, as IHBC Wales pre-empts problems with lessons, on 2 Sept, Wrexham
BBC Wales reports that it has been given access to a draft report on ‘damp, mould and condensation caused in Welsh social housing by inappropriate cavity wall insulation’, although the authors and Welsh Government … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes new CEO to new HES: Historic Environment Scotland
The IHBC’s Scotland Branch has offered the institute’s welcome to the new CEO of Historic Environment Scotland (HES), David Middleton (CBE), who joins HES from Transport Scotland, where he has served as Chief Executive since February 2009, and who will … Continue reading
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IHBC encourages members to promote colleagues for honours
Member nominations for the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours list are being encouraged by the IHBC, with a current deadline of 18 September. IHBC members who have more recently received honours include: Colin Hatrick MBE for services to heritage in Northern … Continue reading
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Heritage crime news – Worcester glasshouse demolition prosecution
Wychavon District Council has successfully prosecuted the owner of a grade II listed property who demolished glasshouses without permission. Wychavon District Council writes: A man who demolished a 19th century glasshouse that was within the grounds of a Grade II … Continue reading
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HE to survey listed building owners
Historic England (HE) is to survey residential listed building owners as part of the 2015 Heritage Counts initiative, looking at the profile and attitudes of owners, as well as any issues faced in maintenance and awareness of listed building issues, … Continue reading
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Apprenticeship levy consultation floats impacts on CITB
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (DBIS) is consulting on changes to the apprenticeship system tied to the construction levy, proposing funding to be paid for by ‘every big company’ in England, which may have may have substantial implications … Continue reading
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Owners of derelict North Wales Hospital lose appeal for cost
Following an urgent works notice served on the owners of Denbigh Hospital in which the local council carried out £940,000 of necessary works, Denbighshire County Council has welcomed the decision to dismiss an appeal. Denbighshire County Council writes: Denbighshire County … Continue reading
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ICOMOS objects to Woodstock housing due to Blenheim WHS impact
ICOMOS UK has objected to a proposal to construct new homes within the vicinity of Blenheim Palace Estate, highlighting issues with the likely effect on the site itself and the setting of the estate. Planning Portal writes: Proposals to build … Continue reading
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Quartermain: Interim PINS Chief Executive
The interim chief executive of the Planning Inspectorate has been announced as Steve Quartermain, current DCLG chief planner. The Planning Officers Society (POS) writes: Former POS President (2007/08) and current DCLG chief planner, Steve Quartermain is to take over as … Continue reading
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