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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
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- £2.9m heritage investment for Waterfront regeneration 19/12/2025
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- 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
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- 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: 03/10/2015
IHBC welcomes HES: Scotland’s new national heritage body
On 1 October the IHBC welcomed the long anticipated arrival of Historic Environment Scotland (HES), the new non-departmental Public Body (NDPB) which was formed following the transfer of functions from Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and … Continue reading
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UN launches ‘2030 Agenda’; specifies heritage in sustainable development
A special United Nations summit has launched the new framework for sustainable development, the ‘2030 Agenda’, with 17 goals to help ‘eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development by 2030’, including, under Goal 11, to ‘Make cities and human settlements inclusive, … Continue reading
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October is Black History Month – help needed for ‘BAME’ places
October is Black History Month in the UK, and the Ubele Initiative and Locality have issued a report calling on the government to give greater support to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities for community development projects, following research … Continue reading
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£2M for 5 pilot city research projects – includes heritage
A new £2 million scheme that brings together all the UK Research Councils (RCs) for the first time has been launched, which will seek to investigate and address problems and issues in building successful 21st century cities – these teams … Continue reading
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Updated National Heritage List for England (NHLE) website
The new mobile friendly version of the NHLE website has been launched, together with a consultation survey seeking views on suggestions for new features and changes which you would like to see. New features in this release are: redesign to … Continue reading
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New Strategic Planning Policy Statement for NI
The new Strategic Planning Policy Statement (SPPS) for Northern Ireland has been launched, and it includes policy measures to guide the operation of the planning system, covering town centres and retail development, building in the countryside, the creation and enhancement … Continue reading
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PM’s Better Public Building Award shortlist: includes heritage work
The shortlist for the Prime Minister’s (PM’s) Better Public Building Award has been announced, and with 32 nominees it includes a number of with conservation and related works, including refurbishment, works on traditional buildings and historic infrastructure such as the … Continue reading
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Vote now: The Great British High Street Competition 2015
The finalists for each of the categories in The Great British High Street Competition 2015 have now been announced, and your vote could make a difference, but you need to vote before the end of October)! Government writes: Twenty-one finalists … Continue reading
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Demolition of Cockenzie Power Station Chimneys
The iconic 1967 Cockenzie Power Station Chimneys in Fife were demolished this week, in a controlled explosion. View a video of the demolition and images of the work ‘in progress’ on the BBC website
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