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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: 05/12/2015
IHBC’s ‘Big Thanks’ to ‘Council+’ as future role in ‘IHBC+’ endorsed
IHBC trustees and officers have offered a ‘big thanks’ and congratulations to all involved in supporting and progressing ‘Council+’, the institute’s new forum for national reporting and debate on built and historic environment conservation, as its members endorse their future … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes Heritage Counts, as people voice pride in heritage, thanking also those who do ‘the work that really matters’
The IHBC has welcomed the new edition of Heritage Counts which includes some of the IHBC’s own statistics as well as surveys of over 1000 listed building owners, while IHBC Chair Mike Brown highlighted the importance of those individuals offering … Continue reading
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IHBC? NHTG seeks your help – by 8 December
Can you spare a few minutes to help shape the future of the National Heritage Training Group (NHTG)? NHTG writes: We would like to make sure that the National Heritage Training Group (NHTG) is giving the best possible service to … Continue reading
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More on LGO stressing over conservation cracks & crises as ‘Watchdog bangs the drum over plans affecting heritage sites’
Following the outcry spurred by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) report on a case at Northampton Borough Council, The Planning Portal writes that ‘Planners must ensure they refer to the correct legislation when considering applications affecting heritage sites, the Local … Continue reading
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HRP ‘poppy’ sculpture for Caernarfon Castle in 2016
The Wave and Weeping Window sculptures – part of the iconic First World War ‘poppy’ sculpture – originally at the Tower of London as part of the Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) commissioned artwork to mark the centenary of the war are … Continue reading
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CofE awarded £9,900 HLF grant for 11,479 churches archive
The Church of England (CofE) has been awarded a grant of £9,900 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to assist in the digitisation of records held in the Canon Clarke archive, covering 11,479 Anglican and Roman Catholic churches in England. … Continue reading
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DCLG: New Building Regs proposed: 11/01/16
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has begun consulting on a proposed new Part R of the Building Regulations which will ensure all new buildings and major renovations have the ducts and distribution channels to enable connection to … Continue reading
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New £500K fund for community organisers announced
New funding has been announced by DCLG and Cabinet Office under the Community Organisers Mobilisation Fund which will help communities in England to take action under Localism initiatives. The Cabinet Office writes: The Minister for Civil Society, Rob Wilson MP, … Continue reading
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QC uses crowd funding to take Chiswick case to Court of Appeal
A QC is seeking to raise £20,000 through crowd funding to take a planning case through to the Court of Appeal. Simon Kverndal QC is a maritime litigation and arbitration specialist at Quadrant Chambers who has lived in the Chiswick … Continue reading
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Significance? Green light for ‘Fawlty Towers’ inspiration to go…
The hotel that inspired the cult TV series Fawlty Towers is to be knocked down and replaced with retirement flats. The BBC writes: Churchill Retirement Living will convert the site after its plans were approved by Torbay Council. Former owner … Continue reading
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