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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: 12/12/2020
IHBC’s new Context looks to the future while making history! Oxford themed and introduced by local MP and new CPP APPG Chair, Layla Moran
The latest issue (no. 166) of the IHBC’s membership journal Context is now out, with historic firsts including a new approach that focusses on the future of an historic city – Oxford – and boasts an introduction by Layla Moran … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR pick this week from £136K costed works: Department seeks research on value of heritage assets, closing 21/12, value £50-100K
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’: Durham’s Whorlton Bridge to close until further notice
A historic County Durham bridge – Grade II, Scheduled, the UK’s oldest road suspension bridge and the earliest surviving structure using an iron chained suspension bridge – is due to close after a condition assessment found it is no longer … Continue reading
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Thousands of councillors call for rethink on planning reforms
Over 2,000 councillors have called on the Government to rethink its planning proposals, warning the changes will lead to an ‘unacceptable loss’ of local democracy and scrutiny. image: for illustration purposes only – Open Government Licence v3.0
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Mackworth church fire: Grade I listed chapel in Derbyshire ‘destroyed’
A centuries-old village church, All Saints’ Church in Mackworth, Derbyshire, has been ravaged by a huge fire.
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HES & BGS launch volunteer trial for new Building Stone Database: Responses sought by c. 12 /01
British Geological Survey (BGS) and Historic Environment Scotland (HES) have created the Building Stone Database for Scotland (BSDS) – an ‘to define and describe all of the building stones of Scotland’ – and is seeking volunteers to test the portal, … Continue reading
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See Duncan Wilson, HE CEO, on HWGPNFY (S2, E11; 31:12… ), with more on COs etc,, via Youtube
The new ‘Have We Got Planning News For You’ (HWGPNFY: S2 E11) episode features Historic England (HE) CEO Duncan Wilson OBE (from 31:28), and also includes relevant content on Conservation Officers and more, offering NewsBlog readers stimulating and entertaining highlights … Continue reading
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Norman Foster pulls out of climate pact over Saudi airport row
Norman Foster has withdrawn his architecture firm from Architects Declare, lead in an industry commitment on climate change.
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Wildlife Trust launches vision of wildscape to replace bleak Nottingham’s Broadmarsh
Following the collapse of the operators of Nottingham’s Broadmarsh shopping centre, INTU, and the return of the site’s lease to Nottingham City Council, Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, a locally based charity championing wildlife in the city for over 30 years has … Continue reading
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Dissemination of ESPON results among the scientific community – call for early career researchers: Closing from 15/12
The ESPON EGTC is launching a Call for Competition to contract a maximum of 20 early career researchers (PhD and/or Postdoc students) to promote the uptake of ESPON territorial evidence within the scientific community, with the call for competition to … Continue reading
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Don’t forget: HEAN Listed Building Consent Advice consultation closes 21/12
The draft Historic England Advice Note (HEAN) on Listed Building Consent Advice is open to public consultation and closes on Monday 21 December 2020.
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Soc Ant’s ‘Future of Archaeology Manifesto’
The Society of Antiquaries of London (Soc Ants) seeks comments on a new manifesto that ‘proposes a new model [that]… offers a mechanism that will encourage collaborative working across all sectors of the profession, enhancing archaeological research and providing information … Continue reading
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‘The Lord of the Rings’ cast crowdfunding to buy Tolkien’s home and turn it into a literary centre
J.R.R. Tolkien’s house on Northmoor Road, Oxford, where he penned ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy, will soon hit the market, so to preserve it for fans and writers, the actors who brought Tolkien’s worlds to film … Continue reading
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