Monthly Archives: October 2020

IHBC’s LA conservation capacity research informs England’s Planning White Paper Briefing to MPs & Peers from new ‘CPP APPG’: 48.7% drop since 2009; 6% of LPAS with no advice!

Posted on 30/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC has published the results of its own 2020 research into specialist conservation provision in Local Authorities (LAs) in England –revealing a 48.7% fall since 2009 and 6% currently with no access to advice – which will inform the … Continue reading →

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IHBC submits comments on BSI’s PAS 2038 – Retrofitting non-domestic properties…: ‘Must stress need for repairs before retrofit’

Posted on 30/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC has submitted its response to BSI’s evolving PAS (Publicly Available Specification) 2038 – Retrofitting non-domestic properties for improved energy efficiency – noting that it fails to emphasise the need to carry out appropriate repairs as the vital precursor … Continue reading →

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IHBC supports CIOB’s ‘Future Skills for Traditional Buildings’: 05 November, online

Posted on 30/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC is co-sponsoring the ‘Future Skills for Traditional Buildings’ virtual conference from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) on 5 November, with speakers to include IHBC members Rory Cullen and John Edwards, and with IHBC officers hosting a digital … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s HESPR pick this week from £19.2M+ costed works: BC seeks consultancy services, closing 17/11, valued £25-50K

Posted on 30/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

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 ‘Out of Context’ CPD boost:  Checking on moisture in porous building materials

Posted on 30/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

Technical conservation issues are the subject of Issue 164 of Context, more specifically damp, with Soki Rhee-Duverne explaining that, despite the plethora of techniques for assessing moisture in traditional porous building materials, none is completely effective, offering a rare opportunity … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh’s Old Royal High School hotel proposals dismissed by Scottish Ministers

Posted on 30/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

In a significant win for the heritage lobby the Scottish Government dismissed appeals into the proposed redevelopment as a hotel of Thomas Hamilton’s Category A listed 1825 Royal High School on Calton Hill, Edinburgh, with the main report dismissing any … Continue reading →

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Changes to planning rules to help unlock development potential in Wales

Posted on 30/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

Changes to the planning policy to allow Welsh councils to compulsory purchase empty houses and vacant land have been announced by the Minister for Housing and Local Government.

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England’s ‘local heritage list’ campaign: call for expressions of interest – £700K, closing 13/11

Posted on 30/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has launched a call for expressions of interest for local heritage lists: with £700,000 of funding to councils in 10 English county areas to develop new or updated local lists and the closing … Continue reading →

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First 7 Town Deals – worth almost £180M – announced

Posted on 30/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

Communities in 7 areas across England are set to benefit from up to £178.7 million in new Town Deals, with Barrow-in-Furness, Blackpool, Darlington, Peterborough, Norwich, Torquay and Warrington are the first of 101 places to be offered a Town Deal. … Continue reading →

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RSA report: Social and economic growth stunted by outdated view of heritage, report finds

Posted on 30/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The heritage sector should focus its growth efforts on telling the stories of more diverse parts of Britain as it reopens following Covid-19, according to a new report from the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce … Continue reading →

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REMINDER: IHBC supports CIOB’s ‘Future Skills for Traditional Buildings’: 05 November, online

Posted on 27/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC is co-sponsoring the ‘Future Skills for Traditional Buildings’ virtual conference from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) on 5 November, with speakers to include IHBC members Rory Cullen and John Edwards, and with IHBC officers hosting a digital … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s MATE update & recap for NewsBlog readers, from our Yorkshire Branch

Posted on 27/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC’s Professional Development Officer Ramona Usher has notched up another successful MATE with the Yorkshire Branch, again with positive feedback from delegates: friendly, approachable, personable and helpful and also demystifying!

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick of the week: Queen’s birthday honours list includes Purcell (HESPR company) partner and IHBC Member Jane Kennedy

Posted on 27/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with notices from across the development sector’s publications, and this week features Building’s … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: £800K scheme to ‘transform’ Longton’s historic town centre buildings

Posted on 27/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The regeneration project in Longton, repairing and restoring historic town centre buildings backed by Historic England and Stoke-on-Trent City Council, follows a similar project in Stoke, reports the Stoke on Trent News. 

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IHBC’s ‘Out of Context’ CPD boost from the Isle of Wight, via Ireland: Walled kitchen gardens – use and history

Posted on 27/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

If you need to know more about the challenges of researching and understanding historic parks and gardens Issue 163 of Context, the IHBC’s member journal, Helen Thomas writes about the study and use of historic kitchen gardens by following a … Continue reading →

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Power to Change report: Community ownership key to revival of high streets’ empty buildings

Posted on 27/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Impact of Community Businesses on People is a new report from Power to Change – an independent charitable trust for community businesses in England – that urges Councils to help local communities take ownership of empty buildings in order … Continue reading →

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Protecting Scotland’s marine environment

Posted on 27/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Scottish Government has announced a new deep sea Marine Protected Area to be established in Scotland. image: for illustration purposes only – Fiona Newton

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Pride in place: RSA Heritage Index 2020 now out –How local heritage can unlock a better future

Posted on 27/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) has published its Heritage Index – ‘Pride in Place’ – for 2020, a unique tool designed to support data-led decision making on heritage at the local level.

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Scotland’s draft Infrastructure Investment Plan, closing 19/11

Posted on 27/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Consultation on the Scotland’s Draft Infrastructure Investment Plan closes 19 Nov 2020, as it sets out to offer ‘a clear vision… to support and enable an inclusive net zero emissions economy.

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THA launches free webinars: ‘Heritage Dialogues’

Posted on 27/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Heritage Alliance (THA) has announced the launch of a new series of free webinars exploring ‘important, complex and engaging heritage topics… for heritage professionals’.

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IHBC’s IMHO: Solving the town centre regeneration puzzle – ‘take stock and re-establish… USP’ with a new roadmap

Posted on 27/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The new Use Classes Order has opened the door to the more rapid re-configuration of commercial premises within town centres, but ‘Now more than ever, towns need to take stock and re-establish their USP’ – their Unique ‘Selling’ Point – … Continue reading →

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IHBC supports CIOB’s ‘Future Skills for Traditional Buildings’: 05 November, online

Posted on 23/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC is co-sponsoring the ‘Future Skills for Traditional Buildings’ virtual conference from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) on 5 November, with speakers to include IHBC members Rory Cullen and John Edwards, and with IHBC officers hosting a digital … Continue reading →

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IHBC welcomes new AHF-HE Covid-19 recovery grants initiative: £1M for post-COVID business planning for ‘small heritage’, closing 9/11

Posted on 23/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC has welcomed the announcement that the Cultural Recovery Fund to include smaller charities and social enterprise, assisted by the Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) tandem with Historic England (HE), as £1M has been allocated to ‘charities and social enterprises … Continue reading →

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IHBC joins 27 leading planning-linked bodies to explore National Planning Forum’s 2020 Vision

Posted on 23/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

England’s newly launched National Planning Forum (NPF) ‘2020 Vision’ explores ‘Planning in a post-COVID world’, featuring contributions by 28 leading planning-linked bodies – from the Woodland Trust and Historic Houses to the Home Builders Federation and Natural England, alongside IHBC … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s HESPR pick this week from £202M+ costed works: Service provision for NI programme, closing 25/11, valued £121K

Posted on 23/10/2020 by IHBC NewsBlog

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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