Daily Archives: 24/05/2016

IHBC, Place Alliance and other key BE bodies push ‘stand out’ recommendations from ‘Building Better Places’ to SOS for CLG

Posted on 24/05/2016 by IHBC NewsBlog

In advance of the Government’s response to the House Of Lords Select Committee paper ‘Building Better Places’, key Built Environment (BE) organisations and members of the Place Alliance, including the IHBC, have written to Greg Clark, Secretary of State (SOS) … Continue reading →

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Reminder – IHBC seeks consultations consultant: Closing 6 June!

Posted on 24/05/2016 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) is commissioning consultancy services to carry out its current consultation function with submissions to be received by email before 5pm on Monday 6 June To find out more about this opportunity see below:

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IHBC welcomes HE archaeology capacity research, and looks forward to conservation equivalents for IHBC’s 2017 School

Posted on 24/05/2016 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC has welcomed the research recently released by Historic England into the impact of infrastructure works on archaeology capacity, and looks forward to comparable informed research into conservation impacts, noting that the IHBC’s 2017 School offers a perfect platform … Continue reading →

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IHBC members with benefits: 25% discounts on ‘Changing Churches’ by IHBC member Charles Mynors

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A 25% discount is offered to IHBC members on any pre-order and post-publication on-line purchases of this much-needed guide by IHBC member Charles Mynors on the complex legal and practical processes to consider when carrying out works to churches, due … Continue reading →

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Queen’s speech promises Neighbourhood Planning and Infrastructure Bill… & 1m homes while protecting the Green Belt

Posted on 24/05/2016 by IHBC NewsBlog

Twenty-one new bills have been announced in the Queen’s Speech, on 18 May, including legislation to help simplify planning rules and support the government’s ambition to ‘deliver one million new homes, whilst protecting those areas that we value most including … Continue reading →

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NHTG-HLF bursary training opportunities: Site-based schemes

Posted on 24/05/2016 by IHBC NewsBlog

The National Heritage Training Group (NHTG) has been awarded £779,200 funding by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to provide high quality, work-based training and skills development opportunities to equip people for a career in the built heritage sector, with the … Continue reading →

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Listed BAR building in Glasgow destroyed in blaze

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IHBC members will be dismayed to learn that firefighters have again had to put out a major blaze which swept through a derelict listed building, on Scotland’s Buildings at Risk (BAR) register, this time Glasgow’s Scotway House, close to the … Continue reading →

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Demolished Maida Vale Carlton Tavern developers described as ‘thugs and vandals’

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Developers that knocked down a 1920s west London pub shortly before it was to be given listed status have been called ‘thugs and vandals’, with Maida Vale resident and community activist John Simmance offering the comments at a public inquiry … Continue reading →

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New Welsh HE laws in force from 21 May

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Some of the measures in the Historic Environment (HE) (Wales) Act 2016 (‘the 2016 Act’) came into force on 21 May 2016, two months after the legislation received Royal Assent, including measures relating to Temporary Stop Notices, Urgent Works and … Continue reading →

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SAVE at the Court of Appeal holds off Liverpool Futurist Cinema demolition

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A last minute hearing at the Court of Appeal considered an alternative solution to save the frontage of the Futurist Cinema, Lime Street, Liverpool, after scaffolding was taken down to make way for full demolition. SAVE writes in their press … Continue reading →

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Opinion: Jonathan Meades on the postmodernist buildings that ‘we must protect’

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Writing in The Spectator, Jonathan Meades explores the subject of The Twentieth Century Society’s conference on 21 May 2016. Meades notes :   ‘It will, no doubt, soon be the turn of postmodern buildings to feel the rough buss of the … Continue reading →

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