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- Bursaries for #IHBCNewcastle2026 open to 13/04, 18-20 June: ‘Submit now to be next on the list!’ 17/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 17/02/2026
- IHBC President’s ‘Members only’ Invitation to next Virtual Council: Online, 8 April 2026, from 4.30pm – Scoping ‘Investigation’ of conservation in local government, with a call for suggestions etc. 17/02/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, June 18-20 (Full School only): Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT (Online Day School), free pre-conference webinars and more… 17/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ Signpost: Great Expectations Conference update by the National Churches Trust – Recordings now available 17/02/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC’s NewsBlog on ‘BOOKING OPEN for IHBC’s Full School (June 18-20): #IHBCNewcastle2026’ 17/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Heritage charity to change name after sale of 20,000-acre estate 17/02/2026
- National Heritage Emergency declared by Stoke-on-Trent – ‘first for a UK City’ – as Potteries needs £325Mn investment over the next decade 17/02/2026
- Nominations open for the Plowden Medal Conservation Award 2026, to 15/05 17/02/2026
- LPOC announces Listed & Modern Architectural Awards 2026 17/02/2026
- The Heritage Fund on ‘Putting people’s memories at the heart of heritage-inspired regeneration’ – ‘Felt experience’ 17/02/2026
- Headline findings of Official Statistics from the Community Life Survey 2024/25 released 10 December 2025 17/02/2026
- Scottish Infrastructure Strategy 2027-2037 Consultation now out 17/02/2026
- IHBC President’s ‘Members only’ Invitation to next Virtual Council: Online, 8 April 2026, from 4.30pm – Scoping ‘Investigation’ of conservation in local government, with a call for suggestions etc. 13/02/2026
- IHBC welcomes National Apprenticeship Week: to 15/02 13/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 13/02/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, June 18-20 (Full School only): Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT (Online Day School), free pre-conference webinars and more… 13/02/2026
- IHBC is planning for growth, so grow with us by volunteering, with our Committees, Boards and Branches, or Panels, Groups and more as suits – just let us know! 13/02/2026
- IHBC ‘Management’ Signpost: Managing Surplus Government Property, guidance from the Government 13/02/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £64K of weekly works: UK heritage body seeks Chief Exec, to 28/02 13/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the ‘super-rich’ doorstep’: Britain’s building standards so bad that even super-rich face housing misery… 13/02/2026
- Southbank now listed: The Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery and associated terraced walkways and stairs 13/02/2026
- Iconic canals to be better protected with £6.5 million investment- Funding to support repair, maintenance & long-term projects 13/02/2026
- 2026 SPAB Fellows and Scholars announced 13/02/2026
- New £11.5Mn fund to help England’s charities and councils support local communities 13/02/2026
Daily Archives: 10/03/2020
IHBC membership application support update: MATE session in Wales, for a Conservation Officer Group
The IHBC travelled to sunny Usk, Monmouthshire, South Wales on 26 February to deliver a Membership Application Training Event (MATE) to members of a local Conservation Officer Group (COG).
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Don’t forget: IHBC, CARE, RICS, RIAS ICON & more, at GCHT’s ‘Your Career in Conservation… Accreditation’ conference & workshops, Glasgow, 26/03
IHBC, CARE, RICS, RIAS ICON & more, at GCHT’s ‘Your Career in Conservation… Accreditation’ conference & workshops, Glasgow, 26/03
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IHBC at HE’s ‘Traditional Roofs’ conference update, on Wood and more
The IHBC joined exhibitors and advised some of the 150 delegates at the recent Historic England (HE) event on ‘Traditional Roofs Conference: Repair and conservation of traditional roofs’, as HE reported on its research into historic roofs and attendant pressures … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Councillor ‘delighted’ that neighbourhood plan prevails after judicial review over ‘local gap’
Hook’s neighbourhood plan is finally ready to be adopted by Hart District Council (HDC) after a legal challenge from a developer – a challenge over a ‘local gap’ to prevent two settlements from merging – is dismissed, writes the Romsey … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Redruth HAZ high street funding
Redruth town centre could be set to get a welcome boost thanks to millions of pounds to help breathe life into historic buildings, as the Falmouth Packet outlines the town’s ambitions around the Heritage Action Zone (HAZ).
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IHBC’s CPD Boost, out of Context: Conservation of timber buildings – technique, archive, philosophy
The most recent issue of Context, No 162, devoted to the heritage of New Towns offers a peek into an archive of timber conservation history, through the records of the practice of FWB and Mary Charles Chartered Architects, a fascinating … Continue reading
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Council & BPT in conservation partnership: Aberdeenshire Council and North East Scotland Preservation Trust secure SM’s future
A partnership led by Aberdeenshire Council with support from the North East Preservation Trust (NESPT) has secured the future of Tullich Kirk – a nationally-important Scheduled Monument (SM) to the east of Ballater – which has been undergoing a sensitive … Continue reading
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GB’s Bridge maintenance backlog grows a third, with £6.7 billion needed to clear workload
The one-off cost of clearing the total maintenance backlog for the near 72,000 council-managed road bridges in Great Britain (GB) has increased by a third.
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Auditors raise concerns over councils in England spending £6.6bn on property
Councils in England have spent £6.6bn on purchasing commercial property in the past three years, the National Audit Office (NAO) has revealed, reports LocalGov, raising concerns on the wider impacts.
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Industry archive broken up and at risk
An historic construction industry archive collection – the Construction Industry Resource Centre Archive (CIRCA) – is being broken up and some is at risk of being lost forever because the volunteers who look after it are running out of time … Continue reading
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New owner wanted! Brandon Station, Suffolk, needs ‘owner who cares’
SAVE Britain’s Heritage is seeking an urgent reprieve for a threatened, empty and forlorn country station – Brandon Station in Suffolk, which served both the RAF and the US Air Force during the second world war – that is crying … Continue reading
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RIBA: Building regulations proposals fail to meet scale of climate challenge
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has responded to the Future Homes Standard consultation on proposed changes to the Building Regulations for new homes, and arguing that the proposed changes do not go far enough and offering recommendation that … Continue reading
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England’s government pledges £500 million to bring back historic rail lines
Pledges of £500 million to bring back historic rail lines have been announced, as investment to drive forward reversal of the Beeching era cuts. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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