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Daily Archives: 19/11/2016
IHBC’s ‘Top HESPR tender pick of the week’: HE’s ‘Listed Buildings Owners Survey’ 2016: closing 2 December
The IHBC’s commercial conservation services listing, HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – offers weekly HESPR Bulletins that bring tender opportunities together into one handy place, and the Director’s top pick for IHBC members this week features … Continue reading
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Heritage Counts 2016 surveys the state of play in England’s heritage care… with IHBC’s help: LBCs rise but HE staffing doesn’t – so now more than 10 years of decline in HE services
Indicators in the latest Heritage Counts survey of England’s Historic Environment show that Listed Building Consent (LBC) applications are an increasing proportion of all applications submitted while, using data collected by the IHBC among others, overall local authority historic environment … Continue reading
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IHBC update for trustees on Year 1 of ‘CP20’: our Corporate Plan for 2015-20
The IHBC is making available to members the National Office report to trustees on progress in delivering the current Corporate Plan, ‘CP20’, at the end of the first of its five-year life. IHBC Chair James Caird said: ‘It’s important that … Continue reading
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Government rejects calls from HOL Select Committee for a Chief Built Environment Adviser and community right of appeal
Recommendations, by the House of Lords (HOL) Select Committee on the Built Environment, for the creation of Chief Built Environment Adviser and a community right of appeal have been rejected by the Government. The recommendations were part of a Select … Continue reading
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Parliamentary review: Call for Evidence – Basement Development
A call for evidence on basement developments has been issued as part of the parliamentary review of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (closing date of 16 December). The Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCLG) writes: In response to … Continue reading
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World’s first flow assembly line to be transformed with £2m HLF grant
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded initial support of £2m, including development funding of £161,200, to revitalise ‘The Long Shop’ and transform the site into a beacon of industrial heritage. Museums and Heritage writes: The Long Shop in Leiston … Continue reading
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Solar farm rejected due to impact on local character and appearance
Communities Secretary says the five megawatt solar power farm in Lincolnshire would represent ‘substantial harm to the character and appearance of the countryside, both alone and cumulatively’. The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Sajid Javid has dismissed … Continue reading
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Tower of London’s heritage status at risk from City towers: Historic Royal Palaces
Building magazine reports that Historic Royal Palaces is ‘extremely alarmed’ at the impact of tall buildings planned for the area around the Tower and that the site’s World Heritage status increasingly under threat. Building writes: The charity responsible for the Tower … Continue reading
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Practice opinion update: The ‘useless’ requirements of ‘CE’ marking
In a presentation to the Men of Stones group, Maurice Rogers talks about stone testing and takes issue with the regimes required by ‘CE’ marking, CE being the abbreviation of the French phrase ‘Conformité Européene’, or ‘European Conformity’, a declaration … Continue reading
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Harlech Castle shortlisted for civil engineering award: Voting closes 30 November
The Visitor Centre and Footbridge project at Harlech Castle has been nominated to become the UK’s most popular civil engineering project, with voting closing on 30 November. Winner of the Institution of Civil Engineers Wales Cymru’s Heritage Award, the project … Continue reading
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Leith ‘banana flats’ could be listed
Made famous in Irvine Welsh’s ‘Trainspotting’ book, Edinburgh’s so-called ‘banana flats’ could receive ‘listed’ status. Cables Wynd House (known as the ‘banana flats’ due to their curved shape) and the neighbouring Linksview House are both largely owned by the City … Continue reading
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