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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
Monthly Archives: July 2020
MPs are asked for views on £4bn Parliament restoration plan
MPs and peers are being asked for their views on the planned restoration and renewal of the Houses of Parliament. image: Parliamentary copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament
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AA director loses two votes of no confidence
The Architectural Association (AA) school is in turmoil after director Eva Franch i Gilabert lost two votes of confidence in her leadership.
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IHBC Chair reports on your institute ‘Promoting CPD During Lockdown’ via HE
David McDonald, Chair of the IHBC, has explored the challenges of responding to members’ Continuing Professional Development (CPD) during lockdown, as part of Historic England’s (HE) Heritage Online Debate series examining ‘The Impact of Covid-19 on the Heritage Sector’, guest … Continue reading
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IHBC highlights demand for HE’s new & concise guidance on ‘Enabling Development…’ (‘GPA 4’)
Historic England (HE) has released its new concise replacement practice guidance on ‘Enabling Development and Heritage Assets’ (GPA4), as IHBC Chair David McDonald highlights the application.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick this week from £23.8M+ costed works: English DC seeks Landscape Architects for urban works, closing 27 July, valued £25-50K
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 its members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s top pick this … Continue reading
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IHBC CPD Boost: Local Government Lawyer on amending street names and removing statues
For the Local Government Lawyer Ruchi Parekh highlights the legal framework and some of the issues that councils will need to consider before amending their street names or removing statues.
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PM announces England’s ‘Build, Build, Build’ strategy to beat the pandemic
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced the most radical reforms to England’s planning system since the Second World War, making it ‘easier to build better homes where people want to live’. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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Build, Build, Build Needs Repair, Repair, Repair, says FMB
The Prime Minister is right to call for ‘build, build, build’ but not let’s not forget the need to repair, repair repairs, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in its response to the government’s boost to infrastructure funding. image: … Continue reading
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Jenrick on England’s building and coronavirus recovery
Measures to help the construction industry boost building and return to work safely will be introduced this week including extension of planning permission deadlines.
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England’s councils’ planning powers under threat
Planning powers could be shifted from local authorities to development corporations as part of a planned economic stimulus package. image: for illustration purposes only – Open Government Licence v3.0
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Don’t let planning deregulation lead to poor quality housing, says CPRE
CPRE, the countryside charity, argues that, as calls grow for more cuts to the rules for planning and developing, the hazards of rushing towards deregulation are substantial as ‘It’s already far too easy to build poor quality homes.’ image: for … Continue reading
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HE on new PDRs: The essential detail, from their Planning Bulletin
Historic England’s Planning Bulletin for June outlines impacts on Permitted Development Rights (PDRs) linked to new planning regulations.
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COVID-19 survey shows ‘significant’ impact on Scotland’s heritage sector
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has published the findings of research into the impact of COVID-19 on Scotland’s heritage sector, coinciding with the first meeting of the COVID Historic Environment Resilience Forum (CHERF), itself focussed practical steps to tackle the immediate … Continue reading
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International Women in Engineering Day 2020
International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) was created on 23 June 2014 by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) to celebrate its 95th anniversary and to focus attention on the great opportunities for women in engineering. Within a short time, the … Continue reading
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Tony Pidgley CBE, 1947-2020: ‘a man always ahead of the game’!
Berkeley Group’s Chief Executive Rob Perrins has paid tribute to the Group’s founder and Chairman, Tony Pidgley CBE.
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Farnham awarded World Craft City status in first for England, third for Europe
Farnham has been awarded the prestigious World Craft City status by the World Craft Council.
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