Daily Archives: 30/10/2020

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!

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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’

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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