Daily Archives: 21/08/2020

IHBC Marsh Awards 2020 now out – #IHBCMarshAwards: David Lovie, Paula Baron, Andy Barrow celebrated… IHBC, CRT and BCC

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Judges in the fifth year of the IHBC Marsh Awards – for Successful Learning in Heritage Skills and Community Contribution (Retired Member) – are delighted to announce the 2020 IHBC Marsh Awards, including certificates and cash awards up to £500, … Continue reading →

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IHBC Student Awards close 31 August: Last chance for £500 & free places at 2021 Brighton School – Simply submit coursework online!

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The IHBC’s annual Gus Astley Student Award celebrates relevant coursework from ANY UK taught course – history, planning, design, enhancement and more– so just submit your coursework online for a chance to receive up to a £500 cash prize and … Continue reading →

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IHBC Chair asks: ‘Are you getting your CPD?’ as Vic Soc launches online events, from wallpapers (27/08) to pubs (9/09)

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The Victorian Society (Vic Soc) is offering the chance to hear leading historians, authors, architects and curators speak on a wide range of topics in new online lectures, hosted on Crowdcast, with current topics ranging from wallpapers to pubs! …take … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £400K costed work: English BC seeks Town Centre masterplan, closing 14/09, valued £160-200K

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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 its members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s top pick this … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Birmingham’s ‘second tallest building’ under judicial review as heritage concerns undervalued by authorities

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The construction of Birmingham’s second-tallest skyscraper has been cast into doubt after a High Court judge granted permission for a judicial review into the project, reports Birmingham Live, as the High Court said that not enough weight had been given … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s ‘Out of Context’ CPD boost from Ireland:  ‘Restore’?. ‘Repair’?, and who even came first?

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Conservation ethics lies at the heart of the IHBC’s CPD, and we all must question how much we really know about the differences between ‘restoration’ and ‘repair’ and their histories, so the new story of Henry Cotton and James Graves … Continue reading →

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England’s funding boost to help communities plan their neighbourhoods

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Funding in England should help neighbourhood planning groups in urban and deprived areas develop local neighbourhood plans.

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Design in the public sector programme open, themed on climate change, closing 4 September

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Delivered in partnership between the LGA and Design Council, the Design in Public Sector programme (DIPS) equips councils with design skills and methods to apply to their toughest local climate challenges and most ambitious aspiration or mission.

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RTPI: Plan the world we need – The contribution of planning to a sustainable, resilient and inclusive recovery

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An new research paper – ‘Plan the world we need, the contribution of planning to a sustainable resilient and inclusive recovery’ – has published by the RTPI.

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NI Minister Ní Chuilín to reconvene Partnership Panel

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Northern Ireland (NI) Communities Minister Carál Ní Chuilín has announced that she is to reconvene the Partnership Panel – a body set up to strengthen relationships between the Executive and local government. image: Department for Communities, NI

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Wordsworth’s Alfoxton Park home bought by Buddhist charity

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A former home of romantic poet William Wordsworth Alfoxton Park Hotel, in Holford Somerset, has been ‘saved’ after a Buddhist charity bought it for £1.4m

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