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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: 30/03/2016
New IHBC Context out: Building with Earth and Clay, (or ‘… from mud brick to Mrs Coade’) with 400 copies to partners in BLF and Earth Building UK (for Clayfest 2016)
Terracotta, faience, Coade stone, mud brick and earth plasters are all covered the new issue of the IHBC members’ journal Context, as No. 143 covers building with earth, clay and more, while 400 copies are being presented to key sector … Continue reading
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IHBC spreads the word: Prospect Magazine dinner on ‘What do we preserve and how’
IHBC Vice-Chair Kathy Davies and London Branch Chair Sheila Stones attended a dinner on 22 March hosted by Prospect Magazine – which describes itself as ‘the leading magazine of ideas’ – and ch2m, a major infrastructure company, to discuss the … Continue reading
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IHBC spreads the word: Members, HESPR & advocacy reach 65,000 confirmed digital users through NT featured PAD magazine sponsorship: Property and Development
Recently the IHBC sponsored the digital issue of Planning and Development (PAD), including a half-page advert on IHBC membership and our HESPR scheme, reaching some 65,000 practitioners in a development-led publication that featured the National Trust (NT). IHBC Director Seán … Continue reading
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Land Use Strategy for Scotland published
The second edition of the Land Use Strategy for Scotland has been published and covers the period from 2016-2021, with measures for community involvement and connection with land use issues discussed. The Scottish Government writes: Our land is our biggest … Continue reading
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Changes to PD rules for mobile masts in England’s protected areas
Changes have been introduced for permitted development (PD) relating to mobile telecommunications infrastructure; a new rule applies allowing new masts of up to 20 metres in protected areas in England. Brandon Lewis (Minister of State for Housing and Planning) writes: … Continue reading
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DCLG’s new prospectus for LAs: ‘Locally-led’ garden villages, towns & cities
Expressions of interest are being invited by DCLG from Local Authorities (LAs) that want to develop new garden city settlements as a new prospectus is launched with a closing date of 31 July for villages relating to up to 10,000 … Continue reading
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Cadw: Celebrating 30 years of Gwynedd WHS with 30 adventures
The 30 year anniversary of the designation of four castles which form the Gwynedd World Heritage Site (WHS) is being celebrated by Cadw through organising 30 special and innovative events which tie in with Wales’ Year of Adventure 2016. Cadw … Continue reading
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Closing the skills gap with CITB: £7.5m
21 projects have received allocations from the £7.5 million Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) Flexible and Structured Fund which is designed to address skills gaps, and a third round of funding will be open for applications from 19 April. CITB … Continue reading
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Tintagel bridge design team winner announced
A major competition which was launched by English Heritage to design a new landmark bridge for the sensitive landscape access to Tintagel Castle has been won by Ney & Partners Civil Engineers and William Matthews Associates. English Heritage writes: A … Continue reading
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NI Coastal Communities Fund Annual Report- ‘building renovations benefit’
A DoENI report shows how the £2.5million Northern Ireland (NI) Coastal Communities Fund has benefitted coastal communities, including building renovation work, and the Environment Minister has urged more communities to consider applying when the next phase of applications opens in … Continue reading
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DCLG: Making England’s CPO’s ‘clearer, fairer and faster’
A review of the compulsory purchase order (CPO) system in England and Wales has been launched by DCLG with a closing date of 15 May, aiming to make CPO’s ‘clearer, fairer and faster’ through new methods of assessing market value, … Continue reading
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WG extends moratorium to underground coal gasification
The Welsh Government (WG) has announced that any planning application connected to the gasification of coal must be now be referred to Welsh Ministers where local planning authorities are minded to approve them. The Welsh Government writes: The Minister has … Continue reading
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