Daily Archives: 21/04/2020

IHBC’s 2020 Virtual School now booking: ‘OLD TOWNS | NEW FUTURES’, Heritage Reflections & Speculations from a Global Pandemic, June 19, online and interactive, sessions starting at £15+VAT

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With some speakers agreed – including architect Carl Elefante, 94th President of The American Institute of Architects – and delegate places limited, booking has been opened on the IHBC’s CPD highlight for 2020, our ‘Virtual School’, as we look ahead … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest’/’Sector News’  pick of the week, from the IHBC: BD on variations in ‘virtual’ planning committees

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The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services working to the IHBC’s standards – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, including notices gleaned from across the development sector’s … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 21: PD rights for creation of medical facilities comes into effect, but do not change LBC

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Emergency legislation on Permitted development (PD) rights, that allows councils and health providers in England to establish facilities to support the fight against the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, came into force on 9 April and while work can be undertaken in … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 22: BEFS calls for reference to HES grants in measures tied to COVID-19 heritage sector funding

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BEFS has… written to Cabinet Secretary Fiona Hyslop, calling for heritage measures to specify reference to the grants delivered through Historic Environment Scotland.

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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost update 23: HE survey results

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Historic England (HE) has published results form the recent short survey on how sector bodies are being affected by the current pandemic.

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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 24: Update from THA

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Noting that the current coronavirus outbreak is causing concern amongst across its membership and the sector more widely The Heritage Alliance (THA) is continuing to advocate on behalf of the sector, including with regular meetings and communications with DCMS.

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IHBC’s ‘Conservation from the doorstep’: Call to protect Leeds’ heritage buildings on Notre Dame fire anniversary

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A fire safety expert has called for tighter laws forcing owners of heritage buildings to boost their protective measures after hundreds of fires in historic buildings in the last 12 months, reports the Yorkshire Evening Post.

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IHBC’s ‘Conservation from the doorstep’: Bicycle mural in Milton Keynes could be dismantled and used as school signposts

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The Milton Keynes Citizen reports on how heritage campaigners are objecting to a plan to dismantle an historic bicycle mural and use it for school signposts.

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IHBC’s CPD Boost, under COVID-19: See Web Cams of surreally empty city streets, Venice, New York, London & Beyond, courtesy of Open Culture

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‘… empty cities seem a little more dystopian to me. Dystopias are ‘a kind of surrealism’, writes Kim Stanley Robinson for Open Culture, accompanied by views of empty streets.

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Second round of Urban Tree Challenge Fund opened on 30 March 2020

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The second round of the £10 million Urban Tree Challenge Fund opened on 30 March, helping plant more trees in England’s cities and towns. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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Personal and economic well-being in the UK: February 2020

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Estimates looking across personal and economic well-being in the UK for Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2019 have been published by the ONS.

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Edinburgh Council develops repairs app for shared properties

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City of Edinburgh Council is developing an app to support residents in shared properties in keeping their buildings in good condition. image: for illustration purposes only – Fiona Newton

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