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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: 23/01/2016
IHBC and HTF need your views on conservation practice ‘NOW’ … as closing 19 Feb!
The IHBC and Historic Towns Forum seek your views on conservation practice today, and how it fits in with wider planning, place-making and management of the built environment throughout the UK, with a survey questionnaire to help capture thoughts, opinions … Continue reading
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IHBC Marsh Awards reminder: Celebrate the early learners and retired members you know with a nomination by 31 March… and maybe also a free School place in Worcester in June!
IHBC members and networks are reminded that they can commend and celebrate some of the most deserving heritage practitioners – those starting their career as well as retired volunteers – by nominating them for one of the IHBC’s Marsh Awards, … Continue reading
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LGA: Unbuilt homes at record high – Skills the barrier as PP in place for 475,000+
More than 475,000 homes with planning permission are still waiting to be built, according to a study commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA), which also notes that ‘Skills are the greatest barrier to building, not planning’. The LGA writes: … Continue reading
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Post War Sculptures listed: including Gormley and Frink
41 sculptures across England have been listed today, including the first by Antony Gormley, and others by Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore and Elisabeth Frink. English Heritage writes: From an Antony Gormley masterpiece, his first to be listed, to three Barbara … Continue reading
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SAVE on Liverpool Lime Street developments
SAVE has been unsuccessful in their recent judicial review regarding Liverpool Lime Street redevelopment plans. SAVE writes: Judge rules against SAVE’s Judicial Review in Manchester High Court regarding demolition plans for Liverpool’s Lime Street. SAVE considers going to Court of Appeal. … Continue reading
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Adam Smith Institute: A Garden of One’s Own (instead of the ‘corrupt’ green belt)
A new study by the Adam Smith Institute, ‘A Garden of One’s Own’ looks into the ways in which housing demand in London and the South East of England can be met, concluding that at least one million new homes … Continue reading
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CITB: New funding for construction skills and training – 16 Feb
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has announced details of the newly available funding for skills training, with the next closing date being 16 February. CITB writes: Applications for the next round of Flexible and Structured Funds open on 19 January 2016 and … Continue reading
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HE- help find England’s lost post-war public art
Historic England (HE) is seeking the help of the public in identifying the location and condition of post war public art. Historic England writes: England’s post-war public art, created by some of the most important artists of the 20th century, … Continue reading
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Planning Court report update from The Lord Chief Justice
The 2015 Lord Chief Justice report was laid before Parliament on 13 January, and included a summary of the work of the Planning Court, a intended as a ‘reform… to remove unmeritorious statutory challenges to planning decisions as early as … Continue reading
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CAMRA and Co-op in Pub Planning Agreement
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) and the Co-operative Group have developed guidelines for convenience retailing on former pub sites. The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) writes: The Co-op has become the first major retailer to commit to protecting Britain’s … Continue reading
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