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- IHBC issues formal notice for 2026 AGM, online on 7 January 2026, from 5.30pm (with special presentation!) for 6pm start 16/12/2025
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Daily Archives: 05/03/2016
Time is running out: Nominate early learners and retired volunteers by 31 March for Marsh Awards of £500 and a free School place in Worcester in June!
IHBC members and their networks are reminded that they can easily commend and celebrate some of the most deserving heritage practitioners – those starting their career as well as retired volunteers – by simply nominating them for one of the … Continue reading
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IHBC’s new Research Note (RN) from the Toolbox: ‘Market Intelligence 2015’
The IHBC has just added its first Research Note for 2016 to its practitioners’ Toolbox, on England’s local authority jobs market, entitled: ‘Market Intelligence Local Authority Conservation Specialists Jobs Market 2015’ (RN2016/1, Jan 2016). Author Bob Kindred MBE, IHBC’s Research … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes withdrawal of Wiggins’ PMB and threats to P(LBCA)A 1990
The IHBC has welcomed the formal withdrawal of Bill Wiggin’s Private Members Bill (PMB), which threatened key parts of heritage legislation enshrined in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act of 1990 (P(LBCA)A 1990). Mike Brown, IHBC Chair said: … Continue reading
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Don’t forget: IHBC at CIOB’ sell-out – ‘How to Make Buildings Work for You’
IHBC Director Seán O’Reilly and new appointee Carla Pianese, IHBC’s Branch and Event Support Officer, will host the IHBC’s stand at the forthcoming sell-out CIOB conference, ‘How to Make Buildings Work for You’ in London on 17 March. CIOB writes: … Continue reading
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Planning (Wales) Act now in place
On 1 March the Planning (Wales) Act came into force. The Welsh Government writes: New legislation under the Planning (Wales) Act comes into force today which will ensure that infrastructure projects which are of most significance to Wales are determined … Continue reading
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HES seeks next Chief Executive: Closing 4 April
The recruitment process for a new Chief Executive for the new charity Historic Environment Scotland – a successor body to Scotland’s national heritage agency Historic Scotland – is underway, with a closing date of 4 April. Historic Environment Scotland (HES) … Continue reading
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HE’s invitation: Post War Sculpture Conservation Workshop – 18 March
To mark recent additions to the National Heritage List for England, Historic England (HE) is organising a workshop on post war sculpture taking place at Somerset House on 18 March, offering a chance to contribute to new guidance. The event … Continue reading
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Tours of tunnels under Brighton’s Royal Pavilion: to 26 March!
IHBC members with a more edgy twist may be interested to know of the Pavilion’s tunnel tours that will continue to the end of March. Culture 24 writes: Stretching along 60 subterranean metres beneath George IV’s exotic pleasure palace, limewash … Continue reading
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Victorian gasholder at the Oval listed
The gasholder near the Oval cricket ground in London has now been listed at Grade II; it was the worlds largest when constructed in 1847. Historic England writes: The iconic Victorian gasholder that is the backdrop to test cricket at … Continue reading
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Opinion: Unfair rejection of planning permissions?
The journal ‘Planning and Building Control Today’ has published an article about potentially unfair refusals of planning permission, and suggested that the rate of refusals is likely to increase when planning legislation changes. View the article ‘Councils ‘Computer says no’ … Continue reading
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Scottish Communities benefit from £25million, including for LBs
The £25 million Regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF) has resulted in another 26 projects across Scotland gaining assistance with projects to benefit capital projects, including works to listed buildings (LBs). The Scottish Government writes: Communities across Scotland are set to … Continue reading
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