Daily Archives: 29/04/2016

IHBC members with benefits: We’re championing CCT’s ‘Champing™’, with special member reductions! Will you?

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The IHBC has teamed up with the Churches Conservation Trust’s (CCT) newly-launched Champing™ initiative to offer members special reductions in an innovative programme that offers camping overnight in historic churches to help create long-term sustainable uses and attract new audiences … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s next ‘Membership Applications Support Seminar’- Scotland Branch, Glasgow, 18 May

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Do you want to tackle the IHBC membership application process but feel a little daunted by it – have no fear as the IHBC’s Scotland Branch is here to help! A seminar is being held on 18th May in Glasgow … Continue reading →

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IHBC NI on ‘social media and digital technologies in HE conservation’ – 26 May: Booking open!

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The IHBC’s Northern Ireland (NI) Branch will host a half-day conference exploring innovative examples of the use of digital technologies and social media in historic environment conservation on Thursday 26 May from 9.30-12.30, Crescents Arts Centre, Belfast IHBC Northern Ireland … Continue reading →

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IHBC at HTF’s ‘Volunteering and Heritage’ Panel: 10 May, Oxford

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IHBC Director Sean O’Reilly will join the panel at the Historic Towns Forum (HTF)-led free evening panel discussion on ‘Volunteering and Heritage’, Kellogg College Oxford, on 10 May, from 7pm on, so please feel free to come along and join … Continue reading →

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IHBC welcomes report on Britain’s Overseas Heritage

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In response to the current DCMS strategic review of arts, heritage and cultural activities, IHBC President David McDonald has welcomed the report setting out the case for a more integrated government approach to support for Britain’s legacy of spectacular buildings … Continue reading →

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Airtight homes warning from Glasgow’s MEARU

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The Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh Environmental Research Unit (MEARU) has conducted research into the health and wellbeing of building occupants in new homes, and issued a film designed to help people appreciate the effects of poor ventilation in overly … Continue reading →

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Land Registry Privatisation- Commons Library report, EDM and consultation

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Members who deal with statutory issues on land use and building repairs may be interested to learn that The House of Commons Library has issued a summary of the current and planned operations of the Land Registry and an Early … Continue reading →

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Unimplemented Planning Permissions- PAS commentary

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The latest statistics on unimplemented planning permissions has been released by the Local Government Association (LGA), and PAS have issued a commentary on its use, highlighting differences between local authority areas. View the Planning Advisory Service (PAS) blog on housing … Continue reading →

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CPRE: More than a ¼m houses planned for Green Belt

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Research from the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) shows that 275,000 houses are now planned for England’s Green Belt, an increase of 50,000 on last year and nearly 200,000 more than when the Government introduced its planning reforms back … Continue reading →

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External covering and insulation in a conservation area

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A news item concerning a historic public house in Sherston in Wiltshire has been brought to the IHBC’s attention, concerning the installation of external insulation and wall covering of ‘naked stone’ within a conservation area, without planning permission. View the … Continue reading →

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May is National Walking Month- any heritage walks near you?

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Living Streets, a charity set up to ‘get people of all generations to enjoy the benefits that this simple act brings and to ensure all our streets are fit for walking’ is urging us all to sign up to walking … Continue reading →

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