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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: 25/07/2020
IHBC’s Chair highlights concerns over England’s ‘Build Build Build – Proposed Changes to Secondary Legislation’
IHBC Chair David McDonald has registered with England’s Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government the Institute’s serious concerns over how ‘some of the recently announced proposals relating to permitted development rights in planning (PD) may have unforeseen and detrimental … Continue reading
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Malcom Airs OBE, IHBC’s PP etc. on ‘… date stones… of Dorchester-on-Thames’, on YouTube: View and boost your ‘Evaluation’ CPD online!
Malcolm Airs OBE, IHBC’s Past President (PP), Past Chair and much more, has helped make a film directed by his son Thom, ‘videographer, photographer and content creator’, about the date stones of Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire: ‘The Hidden Meaning of Date Stones … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £565M+ costed work this week: Infrastructure body seeks solutions-based designs for service hubs, valued £5K-20K, closing 15/09
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’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Massive cash boost for historic derelict Derbyshire railway station
A grant worth hundreds of thousands of pounds has been awarded to repair a historic Derbyshire railway station that is the last of its kind, reports Derbyshire Live.
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England’s new planning laws: ‘Full planning applications will not be required to demolish and rebuild unused buildings as homes’
New laws laid in Parliament mean that ‘full planning applications will not be required to demolish and rebuild unused buildings as homes’. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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Oriel College’s ‘Inquiry into the Rhodes statue etc.’: Commission details announced
Oriel College has announced details of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Rhodes statue, which will be chaird by Carole Souter CBE, a former Chief Executive of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and current Master of St. Cross College.
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National Trust sues building firm after fire ravaged Clandon Park
The National Trust’s Clandon Park, near Guildford, attracted more than 50,000 visitors a year before a catastrophic blaze in April 2015 caused by a fault, and now the Trust is suing a construction company and a firm of building surveyors … Continue reading
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CCC’s report to Parliament says COVID-19 can be an historic turning point in tackling the global climate crisis
Ministers must seize the opportunity to turn the COVID-19 crisis into a defining moment in the fight against climate change, according to the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) Annual Report to Parliament.
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‘Ransom strip’ at Edinburgh Accies development goes to appeal after case rejected by judge – Owners surprised at court ruling
Owners of the so-called ransom strip at the controversial Accies development in Stockbridge have lodged an appeal after losing the legal battle over the status of the narrow piece of land.
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Ombudsman criticises Warwick planners following loss of bat habitat: £1K to local group
Warwick District Council is to pay a local wildlife group £1,000 and provide new hibernation boxes for bats after it failed to properly consider the impact a development might have on local wildlife when it approved a planning application said … Continue reading
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Working paper update on ‘Measuring economic impact of cultural heritage at territorial level’, from EPSON
The European Spatial Planning Observation Network (EPSON) reports on research into the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, which shows that over 23000 events were organised, reaching more than 12.8 million participants, ‘demonstrating the potential impact that cultural heritage can … Continue reading
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Darwin Initiative: Application for Fellowship Awards now open, closing Jan 2021
Darwin Initiative: applications are now open for a Darwin Fellowship Award which is aimed at building capacity in developing countries with a closing date of 19 January 2021.
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