Daily Archives: 09/12/2016

IHBC Marsh Awards 2017 launched: Nominations for retired IHBC members and new heritage learners, closing end March 2017

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The IHBC’s new Marsh Awards programme, developed in partnership with the Marsh Christian Trust, has entered its second year with the launch of the 2017 Awards, celebrating retired IHBC members and successful learners in heritage practice, with prizes that include £500 … Continue reading →

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IHBC asks: Help assess NPPF impacts on conservation – closing 19 December

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Historic England (HE) has launched a survey to obtain an understanding of whether planning decisions in general are consistent with law and policy and having the desired effect of protecting and enhancing the historic environment, with the survey closing on 19 December.

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IHBC expresses sadness and concern at closure of Civic Trust Cymru and hopes for a replacement body

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On 1 December the Board of Trustees of Civic Trust Cymru announced the closure of the organisation ‘with immediate effect’ due to ‘irresolvable issues with an inherited pension deficit’, news met with considerable sadness and concern by partner bodies such … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s ‘Top HESPR tender pick of the week’: Better evidence base for impact assessment of planning reforms, Historic England, £45,000-£55,000 and closing 04/01

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The IHBC’s commercial conservation services listing, HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – offers members weekly HESPR Bulletins that bring tender opportunities together into one handy resource, and the Director’s top pick for IHBC members this week … Continue reading →

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IHBC CPD boost: New technology reveals monks’ cemetery and evidence of burial rituals at NT’s Fountains Abbey

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Ground penetrating radar reveals more than 500 graves of Cistercian monks and lay brothers who once lived at Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire, now cared for by the National Trust (NT).

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Heritage complexities: Wrexham Grove Park school’s listed status reinstated by Welsh Government

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A High Court decision to strip a former school of its Grade-II listed status so it could be demolished has been reversed by the Welsh Government.

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GII* listed Whitechapel Bell Foundry up for sale

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The Grade II* listed Whitechapel Bell Foundry, which opened in 1570 and made Big Ben – and is in the Guinness Book of World Records as Britain’s oldest manufacturing company –  as the company’s owner Alan Hughes said he hoped … Continue reading →

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Art History A-levels saved, Archaeology etc. still threatened

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The BBC reports that campaigners for art history A-level say they are ‘absolutely thrilled’ by a late decision to save the subject, which was set to be discontinued, as now exam board Pearson has confirmed plans to develop the new … Continue reading →

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King’s Cross GII listed Gasholder No 8 wins lighting award

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The Grade II listed structure at King’s Cross in London has won the Best Lighting Scheme at the FX Awards.

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Paddington Cube gains permission despite heritage critique

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Westminster Council has given permission for a £775 million 14-storey Renzo Piano ‘Paddingtoon Cube’ block, though SAVE Britain’s Heritage calls the project ‘outrageously and gratuitously overscaled’

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DCLG: Improving LPA performance – updated criteria

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The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has updated its criteria for assessing local planning authority (LPA) performance in determining applications for major and non-major development.

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University sector annual maintenance costs reach £2bn a year

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A new report on the UK’s university estate reports £2bn of annual maintenance costs alongside more than £2.75bn capital expenditure, as the total university estate has grown by 200,000 metres over the previous year to meet the demands of staff … Continue reading →

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A collective memorial of place, recorded through virtual reality, from UCL developers

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Developers at University College London (UCL) are using software to record and combine the past, present and future architectures of the city, with the first project recording the stories of local residents, some of whom will lose their homes, communities … Continue reading →

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