Monthly Archives: January 2018

IHBC Context’s ‘What makes a heritage-at-risk officer?’ features on DBW

Posted on 05/01/2018 by IHBC NewsBlog

The ‘Heritage at risk’ officer’s role, as reviewed by Dan Longman in the IHBC member journal Context issue 150, on Conservation and Urbanism, has been featured on email updates from our partner service Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW), the construction industry … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s heritage ‘from the doorstep’: Historic Lowestoft chosen for heritage transformation – from ‘at risk’ to regeneration vis HAZ

Posted on 05/01/2018 by IHBC NewsBlog

An ‘at risk’ part of historic Lowestoft, linking the town to the original fishing village, has now the subject of a major regeneration project supported by its designation as a Heritage Action Zone (HAZ), as The Lowestoft Journal reports. image … Continue reading →

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SNH’s Green Infrastructure Community Engagement Fund to re-open for applications – closes 3 April

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Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) is re-opening its Community Engagement Fund to new applicants at the start of 2018, a fund aimed at transforming some of Scotland’s most deprived urban areas by developing and improving their green spaces, with a deadline … Continue reading →

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SPAB wins court case opposing harmful alterations to a medieval Sussex church

Posted on 05/01/2018 by IHBC NewsBlog

The SPAB (Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings) has won a landmark court case this month involving a harmful proposal to Grade I listed Holy Trinity, Poynings, Sussex. image SPAB website

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RTPI responds to Sunday Times article on planning corruption

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Following articles published in The Sunday Times on 17 December claiming that corruption is endemic in the English planning system, RTPI has complained to the paper and sent a Letter to the Editor from its President Stephen Wilkinson.

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A view from the school: Why young people don’t want to work in construction, by a young person – ‘Sell the sector in school’

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An opinion piece on UK ConstructionWeek explores why so few young people are taking up careers in construction, featuring a guest blog from a fifteen year old and Year 10 work experience student who says ‘… the industry needs to … Continue reading →

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Perspectives in pictures: Heritage angles on CIOB’s ‘The Art of Building 2017’ from the BBC

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Twelve finalists have been chosen from this year’s ‘Art of Building’ architectural photography competition, run by the Chartered Institute of Building, as relayed by BBC News, with older and heritage places featuring strongly. image Mehmet Yasa BBC website

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