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- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ spans disciplines, levels & sectors as interdisciplinary conservation practice standards deliver public benefit 19/12/2025
- Lodge your IHBC proxy vote (accredited members only) ASAP & book your online place (members only) for IHBC’s 2026 AGM, 7 January 2026, featuring HE’s co-CEO, from 5.30pm, with 6.00pm AGM 19/12/2025
- IHBC’s new Context, No185, ‘lifts the lid on roofing’, from craft to carbon, with essential, accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals & colleagues 19/12/2025
- IHBC’s Research Signpost from HE & EH: ‘Pathways Into Heritage Construction: A Strategic View/Models and Case Studies’ 19/12/2025
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £101K+ of weekly works: Trust seeks fire engineer for GII* project to 15/01 19/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (riverside) doorstep’: Historic rail bridge collapses into River Spey 19/12/2025
- UK Government urged to step up maintenance to safeguard ageing infrastructure: Royal Academy of Engineering 19/12/2025
- Landmark Planning and Infrastructure Bill becomes law 19/12/2025
- England’s NPPF update: New consultation on proposed reforms and other changes to the planning system, to 10/03 19/12/2025
- AHRC PhD studentships on ‘barriers to creating healthier places’ 19/12/2025
- £2.9m heritage investment for Waterfront regeneration 19/12/2025
- Trowel and Error: A Public User Needs Survey for Archaeology 19/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Costa Carras European Citizens Awards for the Safeguard of Endangered Heritage 2026, entries open to 16/01/2026 19/12/2025
- IHBC welcome SAHGB’s new Colvin Special Award 2025, celebrating editors of The Pevsner Architectural Guides 16/12/2025
- IHBC issues formal notice for 2026 AGM, online on 7 January 2026, from 5.30pm (with special presentation!) for 6pm start 16/12/2025
- IHBC updates on ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’: Check out our web hub, with video & feedback, and help reduce damage to both health and heritage 16/12/2025
- IHBC warmly welcomes PCO approval to Petition for Charter 16/12/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: How to get started in sharing knowledge and expertise on Designing Buildings 16/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Hotspur Press will rise from the ashes as developers issue promise for fire-ravaged mill 16/12/2025
- Videogame to help protect Nottingham Cathedral and other heritage buildings: ‘Pugin’s Revival’ despite ‘structural ‘monsters’’ 16/12/2025
- UK Heritage Pulse Spotlight: Operational use of Artificial Intelligence 16/12/2025
- Public appointment: Members appointed to Historic Environment Scotland 16/12/2025
- HHBT to continue its work in the Highlands as part of SHBT 16/12/2025
- RIBA responds to Environmental Audit Committee report on sustainable housing growth 16/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’– WMF & EH receive grant for next phase of Coastal Connections Programme 16/12/2025
Daily Archives: 19/11/2019
Don’t forget: IHBC’s great ‘FREE CPD’ opportunity: Still chances to join us at Council+, London GII* venue, 28 November, on ‘CPD…’ (Expenses paid; numbers restricted)
Apply now by contacting Fiona at operations@ihbc.org.uk to register to find out more about how the IHBC is integrating the CPD across its operations, and help us improve our services to you, in London on 28 November (Expenses paid; numbers … Continue reading
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NT launches new ‘Guide to Heritage in Neighbourhood Plans’, by IHBC past Chair Dave Chetwyn IHBC
The National Trust (NT) has launched its new ‘Guide to Heritage in Neighbourhood Plans’, written by IHBC past Chair and current trustee, Dave Chetwyn IHBC, which ‘describes how heritage can be incorporated into neighbourhood plans… everything from guidance on collecting … Continue reading
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More looking ahead to #IHBCBrighton2020 and ‘OLD TOWNS : NEW FUTURES’, as number of shoppers on UK high street falls by 10% in seven years
Bricks and mortar retailers suffer increase in online sales as well as rising costs and rates, in more worrying signs of the scale of the threat to the traditional economics of the High Street! image: IHBC SE Branch
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the (school’s) doorstep’: Rochdale schools win national heritage award
Caldershaw Primary School and St Andrew’s C of E Primary School are the first in Rochdale to win the national Heritage Schools Award, given through Historic England’s Heritage Schools programme to those that have embedded local history into the curriculum, … Continue reading
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IHBC’s international ‘Opportunity Signpost’: ‘Salut Paris – Reclaiming the Urban Voids of Paris’
Paris offers an opportunity to ‘design and augment a part of its public space by converting it into community platform near the historical Ornano Street, which has a pre-existing garden and Restaurant (Le Recyclerie and Jardins du Ruisseau) that attracts … Continue reading
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Review of Scotland’s historic lighthouses for ‘Year of Coasts and Waters 2020’
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has announced that lighthouses up and down the country will be reviewed for listing as part of the Year of Coasts and Waters 2020. image: for illustration purposes only – Fiona Newton
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Future Homes Standard consultation: Changes to Part L and Part F of the Building Regulations for new dwellings, closes 10/01/20
Consultation on the uplift to standards of Part L of the Building Regulations and changes to Part F, the first step in achieving the Future Homes Standards, with the consultation closing on 10 January 2020. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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AHRC funding opportunities listing
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has issued another of its regular listings of funding opportunities for research.
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ONS: Urban green spaces raise nearby house prices by an average of £2,500
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reports that urban properties close to public parks, gardens and playing fields are more expensive, with the opportunity to see how much green space adds to the value to property. image: for illustration purposes … Continue reading
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The rise of ‘facadism’ in London, from the BBC and ‘The Gentle Author’
London blogger The Gentle Author has been photographing the changing face of London, focusing on what is known as ‘facadism’, the practice of destroying everything apart from the front wall and constructing a new building behind it.
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