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- IHBC President’s ‘Members only’ Invitation to next Virtual Council: Online, 8 April 2026, from 4.30pm – Scoping ‘Investigation’ of conservation in local government, with a call for suggestions etc. 13/02/2026
- IHBC welcomes National Apprenticeship Week: to 15/02 13/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 13/02/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, June 18-20 (Full School only): Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT (Online Day School), free pre-conference webinars and more… 13/02/2026
- IHBC is planning for growth, so grow with us by volunteering, with our Committees, Boards and Branches, or Panels, Groups and more as suits – just let us know! 13/02/2026
- IHBC ‘Management’ Signpost: Managing Surplus Government Property, guidance from the Government 13/02/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £64K of weekly works: UK heritage body seeks Chief Exec, to 28/02 13/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the ‘super-rich’ doorstep’: Britain’s building standards so bad that even super-rich face housing misery… 13/02/2026
- Southbank now listed: The Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery and associated terraced walkways and stairs 13/02/2026
- Iconic canals to be better protected with £6.5 million investment- Funding to support repair, maintenance & long-term projects 13/02/2026
- 2026 SPAB Fellows and Scholars announced 13/02/2026
- New £11.5Mn fund to help England’s charities and councils support local communities 13/02/2026
- NLHF & HE survey on ‘Historic Gardens: Supporting Adaptation to a Changing Climate’ 13/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Federal judge ‘sceptical’ of Trump’s authority over White House ballroom 13/02/2026
- Check out IHBC’s next new-style ‘CPD Circular’ & feedback: ‘At-a-glance colour coding’, simpler format, Awards, Director’s CPD Spotlights, & more 10/02/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, June 18-20 (Full School only): Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT (Online Day School), free pre-conference webinars and more… 10/02/2026
- IHBC is planning for growth, so grow with us by volunteering, with our Committees, Boards and Branches, or Panels, Groups and more as suits – just let us know! 10/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 10/02/2026
- IHBC ‘Management’ Signpost: Turley on ‘Grey Belt – What have we learned’ 10/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: New air source heat pump case studies from Historic England 10/02/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: DB on COTAC’s Insight 4 – ‘Understanding and Appreciating the Region of East Anglia’ 10/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Inclusive Farm Scotland welcomes first students to 22-acre working farm on Royal Deeside 10/02/2026
- Georgian Group launches High Court challenge over Clandon Park decision 10/02/2026
- First ever UK Town of Culture competition to restore pride in communities – to 31/03 10/02/2026
- RICS Scotland Manifesto 2026 – Surveying Scotland: ‘ambitions… not be achievable without urgent action on skills & workforce’ 10/02/2026
Daily Archives: 08/06/2016
OUT & ONLINE NOW: IHBContext144 – Restoration at Kew to HGV vibrations; punk heritage and Pirandello’s authenticity to an insider’s insight to philosophy in IHBC accreditation
The new Context, the IHBC’s membership journal and key heritage sector resource, has just been circulated to members, offering contents that span the full spectrum of practices and principles, alongside the regular sector updates: reports, reviews, events, briefings and much … Continue reading
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IHBC seeks practitioners’ input and direction on heritage and HE ‘strategies’: England’s NPPF and beyond…
The IHBC has been made aware of uncertainties over the status – or even absence – of local authority Heritage and Historic Environment (HE) strategies as a specific component of Local Plans, and the place of such strategies in Local … Continue reading
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Peter Ainsworth: Chairman of The Churches Conservation Trust
The Queen has announced the appointment of the former Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Peter Ainsworth, as Chairman of Trustees of The Churches Conservation Trust from July 2016. The Churches Conservation Trust writes: ‘Peter has been UK Chair of … Continue reading
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Review of Scottish Planning report out
The report of an independent review of the Scottish planning system, commissioned by Scottish Minsters in September 2015, has just been issued, entitled ‘Empowering Planning to Deliver Great Places’, with the aims of the review being ‘to provide an opportunity … Continue reading
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BEFS welcomes new research findings on the state of volunteering
Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) welcomes new research findings on the state of volunteering in Scotland’s historic environment sector in ‘Volunteering and the Historic Environment’, published on 1 June. BEFS writes: The report sheds new light on the scale and … Continue reading
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First test of the Housing and Planning Act 2016: the community voice and the Birmingham Development Plan?
The Government has used its powers under the Housing and Planning Act 2016 to issue a holding notice on the Birmingham Development Plan. Planning Portal writes: ‘This intervention came after backbench MP Andrew Mitchell asked Communities Secretary Greg Clark to … Continue reading
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Green Light for new settlement at Stratford-on-Avon
Outline planning permission granted by Stratford-on-Avon District Council to Nexus Planning for 140-hectare development in Warwickshire, the largest scheme ever considered by the council… The Planning Portal writes: The proposals, on behalf of Commercial Estates Group (CEG) and the Bird … Continue reading
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Government seeks Estates Regeneration Initiative
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has requested expressions of interest from parties who want to be involved in the administration’s new estates regeneration programme, with £140m available to target 100 estates around. DCLG writes: A panel chaired … Continue reading
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Homes proposed for former Yorkshire munitions facility
Proposals have been unveiled for an urban village of 1000 homes on the site of a former West Yorkshire munitions factory, near Boston Spa, latterly Thorp Arch trading estate, to be named Rudgate Village. The Rudgate Village development will feature … Continue reading
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Preston CC prepares to lodge High Court challenge against Secretary of State
Differing national and local evaluations of the development of 150 new homes on Preston Road, Grimsargh, described as ‘basically building on open countryside’ has led to Preston City Council (CC) preparation to challenge the Secretary of State’s decision. Preston City … Continue reading
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