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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: 11/11/2015
New IHBC Context online now: ‘Working with metal’
The latest addition to the online archive of the IHBC’s journal Context will appeal to any with a keen interest in materials as it covers ‘working with metal’. IHBC NewsBlogs author Alison McCandlish said: ‘We all know that building materials … Continue reading
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New UK passport features historic buildings + industrial heritage
The new design for the UK was launched this week with the theme of ‘Creative United Kingdom’ and features many historic buildings and elements of industrial heritage as well as architects Elisabeth Scott and Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. HM Passport … Continue reading
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Why do People Live where they do?
The Think Tank ‘Centre for Cities’ has published research which reveals information on why people choose to live in particular places, showing that young professionals tend to prefer city life (recommendations are also made on how to improve urban environments … Continue reading
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New website on history of Welsh Chapels now live
The Welsh Religious Buildings Trust working with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW) has published a new website that provides a virtual museum telling the story of Welsh chapels in terms of religion, architecture, … Continue reading
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Heritage space in high demand in Leeds: Knight Frank
The demand for industrial heritage office space in Leeds is increasing sharply according to leading global property consultancy Knight Frank. Leeds Chamber of Commerce writes: The example of the pioneering Round Foundry, which transformed a historic, but derelict area of … Continue reading
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THA- The H Word- Heritage Revisted Online!
The Heritage Alliance (THA) have made a recording of their latest debate available online, along with slides from speakers exploring connotations of the word ‘heritage’, together with research from ComRes exploring what heritage means to the general public. The Heritage … Continue reading
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District Councils’ Network (DCN) proposals for local plans
The District Councils’ Network (DCN) has made a submission to the government Local Plan expert group which suggests incentivising the production of plans and simplifying the system. The District Councils’ Network (DCN) writes: District councils have outlined a series of … Continue reading
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LGA calls for LAs to be able to set their own planning fees
The Local Government Association (LGA) has assessed that covering the cost of planning applications has cost local communities £450 million in the last three years, and calls for Local Authorities (LAs) to be able to have the right to set … Continue reading
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DCLG says Neighbourhood Planning ‘boosts housebuilding by more than 10%’
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has hailed the success of neighbourhood plans in contributing to housebuilding, noting that ‘plans for housebuilding are more than 10% higher in the first areas with a neighbourhood plan as opposed to … Continue reading
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World’s largest floating windfarm approved in Scotland
A new offshore wind farm development has been approved by the Scottish Government, and will be the UK’s first such structure, and the world’s largest. The Scottish Government writes: The world’s largest floating offshore wind development will be installed off … Continue reading
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