Monthly Archives: March 2018

A property owner in Boston, Lincolnshire, who fitted UPVC windows to a Grade II Listed Building (LB) without permission has been ordered to pay more than £1,430 by magistrates, while the case is currently being added to the IHBC’s Listed … Continue reading →

The University College London’s (UCL) Institute for Sustainable Heritage (ISH) has announces its call for the Ecclesiastical Insurance Bursary for the academic year 2018-2019, with a closing date for receipt of applications of 18 June 2018.

Now open for its eighth year, the New London Awards recognises the very best projects across 15 sectors of the built environment, and are the only London-wide awards for built and unbuilt projects, while the deadline for 2018 is 29 … Continue reading →

video Historic England website London Central Mosque, Regent’s Park (Grade II*) and the Fazl Mosque, Southfields (Grade II) have been listed on advice from Historic England, and Britain’s first purpose-built mosque in Woking, Surrey has been upgraded to Grade I, … Continue reading →

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has unveiled a new £12 million investment plan for conservation projects on some of Scotland’s most iconic historic sites.

Gladstone’s Library is seeking submissions from architect–led teams with exceptional design skills for a prestigious new building and re-development of the existing Grade I (GI) listed building and its landscape with a shortlist of five teams to be chosen by … Continue reading →

Highways England has highlighted how the iconic Spaghetti Junction structure is set to be immortalised at the new LEGOLAND Discovery Centre in Birmingham. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Heritage Priority Area Leadership team is inviting AHRC-Funded Principal Investigators to contribute a piece on their research projects as part of the ‘case studies’ section of the Heritage Research website. image Heritage Research … Continue reading →

A new survey by specialist insurer, Ecclesiastical, shows that while funding tops the list of concerns heading into 2018, the impact of Government changes is next on the charity risk list.

Nine towns and cities in Scotland are celebrating an injection of £2.4million to help shape their future development, thanks to a new National Lottery scheme which puts heritage at the heart of regeneration. image Carloway Broch on the Isle of Lewis … Continue reading →

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has published ‘The English Housing Survey’ (EHS), providing the findings from the 2016-17 national survey of people’s housing circumstances and the condition and energy efficiency of housing in England.

Planning Theory and Practice (PTP), the RTPI’s academic journal published jointly with Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, has been accepted by Clarivate Analytics for inclusion in the Social Sciences Citation Index™.

‘Europe’s greenest city’ has lost 5,000 trees, chopped down by a private company despite furious local protests, and even Michael Gove calls the destruction ‘bonkers’, but now the chainsaws are about to start their work again, reports the Guardian.

The draft revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) is now out for a consultation closing 10 May, with changes largely driven by housing concerns as demonstrated in the supporting documents and the more reserved position on sustainable development, as well … Continue reading →

Qualifications Wales is inviting views on the options proposed following their built environment review of qualifications in Construction and the Built Environment – including recognising that the knowledge and skills for work on traditional and heritage buildings needs to be … Continue reading →

Does your church have any signs or plaques marking the work of the Incorporated Church Building Society (ICBS), as good quality photographs of ICBS commemorative signs would help celebrate the church building charity’s 200th anniversary, through the National Churches Trust, … Continue reading →