Monthly Archives: March 2021

Last chance approaches for IHBC’s Marsh Award nominations: Celebrating the achievements of active and civic ‘retired IHBC members’

Posted on 23/03/2021 by IHBC

The closing date approaches for the IHBC’s Marsh Award for community contributions by retired members of the IHBC, with a prize that includes £500 and a free place at the IHBC’s Brighton 2021 Annual School, and with nominations closing on … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s ‘members only’ first Council and General Meeting of 2021: Free, 26 March, 1pm on – Booking closes soon

Posted on 23/03/2021 by IHBC

The IHBC is issuing exclusive invitations and formal notices to IHBC members of ALL categories to the first Council meeting of 2021, from 1pm 26 March (online), starting with a formal General Meeting vote to support virtual meetings, and with … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick of the week: Dezeen on architecture students and the climate crisis’

Posted on 23/03/2021 by IHBC

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 news from across the development sector, and this week features Dezeen on … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: London council estate demolition – with family still living inside – sparks protest

Posted on 23/03/2021 by IHBC

The Hackney Post has reported on how almost 80 people took to the streets of Hackney to protest against the demolition of Marian Court while a family is living on the premises.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: £538,000 plans to save historic Captain Cook pub in Middlesbrough

Posted on 23/03/2021 by IHBC

Proposals have been made for emergency works to protect Middlesbrough’s oldest standing but ‘knackered’ pub from collapsing, writes The Northern Echo. image: Victorian Society

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Wales’ Town Centres benefit from £15.2 million placemaking fund

Posted on 23/03/2021 by IHBC

Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government, Hannah Blythyn, on 4 March 2021 announced a £15.2 million ‘placemaking’ funding package to help Wales’s town centres ‘build back better’.

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England’s Levelling Up Fund Prospectus, viewed from the LGC

Posted on 23/03/2021 by IHBC

As the government has published the long-awaited prospectus for the Levelling Up Fund, the Local Government Chronicle (LGC) offers its analysis.

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Quality of Life Framework (QOLF) launched to address changes to ensure homes provide a better quality of life for everyone

Posted on 23/03/2021 by IHBC

The Quality of Life Foundation (QOLF) has launched a framework that seeks to address the changes that the development industry can make to make sure that homes are ‘acquired, planned, constructed and managed to actively provide a better quality of … Continue reading →

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CPRE’s State of the Green Belt 2021 report published

Posted on 23/03/2021 by IHBC

The 2021 edition is now out of the regular report from CPRE (The Countryside Charity) looking at the threats to the Green Belt. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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England’s Towns Fund recipients announced for March

Posted on 23/03/2021 by IHBC

A list of 45 of the 101 Towns Fund areas that have had their funding confirmed at part of Budget, announced by the Chancellor on Wednesday 3 March 2021, with funding equating to £1.02 billion in total. image: Open Government … Continue reading →

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BDA launches Brickmakers Quality Charter

Posted on 23/03/2021 by IHBC

The Brick Developers Association (BDA) launched the Brickmakers Quality Charter on 1 March, which can be applied for by any Clay Brick, Paver or Tile Manufacturer.

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IHBC features Heritage from the (European) doorstep: ‘Star Cities’, marvels of Renaissance engineering

Posted on 23/03/2021 by IHBC

Europe’s star cities are scattered all over Europe but their perfect geometrical beauty can only be fully admired when seen from above, as featured by US news network CNN.

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New England LA conservation jobs update for 2020! ‘IHBC Toolbox’ Research Note on ‘Market Intelligence’ data from IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ service

Posted on 19/03/2021 by IHBC

IHBC’s first Research Note for 2021 has been posted on the IHBC’s ToolBox, with our regular update of ‘Market Intelligence’ on England’s local authority (LA) conservation-related jobs from our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service.

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IHBC’s ‘members only’ first Council and General Meeting of 2021: Free, 26 March, 1pm on – Booking closes soon

Posted on 19/03/2021 by IHBC

The IHBC is issuing exclusive invitations and formal notices to IHBC members of ALL categories to the first Council meeting of 2021, from 1pm 26 March, starting with a formal General Meeting vote to support virtual meetings, and with eligible … Continue reading →

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Last chance approaches for IHBC’s Marsh Awards: Your chance to nominate  ‘successful learners’ – closing 31 March

Posted on 19/03/2021 by IHBC

The closing date approaches for the IHBC’s Marsh Award for ‘successful learning in heritage skills’, with a prize that includes £500 and a free place at the IHBC’s Brighton 2021 Annual School, and with nominations closing on 31 March.

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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £270K+ costed works: Call for ‘Covid Memorial’ support, closing 19/03, valued £10K-20K

Posted on 19/03/2021 by IHBC

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 pick features a … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Investigation after important feature of historic Keighley mill is destroyed

Posted on 19/03/2021 by IHBC

An investigation has begun after an important part of a historically significant local mill site was destroyed, the The Telegraph and Argus has reported. image: Chris Allen / Low Mill, Keighley – CC BY-SA 2.0 Commons Wikimedia

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Kaiser Chiefs frontman altered Falmouth home without PP

Posted on 19/03/2021 by IHBC

Rock star Ricky Wilson made changes to his Grade II-listed home in Cornwall without planning permission (PP), including the installation of a secret shelving door to the library, reports Cornwall Live.

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Defra consultation on ‘5 legally binding environmental principles… to protect the environment’

Posted on 19/03/2021 by IHBC

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) reports that Ministers will put protecting the environment at the heart of future policy, with a consultation on new plans for a five legally binding principles will guide future policymaking. image: … Continue reading →

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Women in Planning launches mentoring scheme

Posted on 19/03/2021 by IHBC

Women in Planning – which leads change in the planning and built environment industry by making women visible, promoting diversity and inclusion, and supporting career development – has launched a new mentoring scheme.

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HEF-HE Heritage Recovery Plan launched

Posted on 19/03/2021 by IHBC

England’s Historic Environment Forum (HEF) with Historic England (HE) has compiled a Heritage Recovery Plan looking forward to the period from April 2021 as the latest national lockdown comes to an end.

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£40m (2nd) round of Green Recovery Challenge Fund opens: key dates from 22/03

Posted on 19/03/2021 by IHBC

Environmental charities and partners across England to benefit from fund which will create and retain jobs while restoring nature and tackling climate change, with a deadline for applications under £250k of 14 April, and for over 250k, expressions of interest … Continue reading →

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NAO: LAs seriously underfunded and face budget cuts after Covid-19

Posted on 19/03/2021 by IHBC

A new report from the National Audit Office (NAO) finds that while effective action from government has assisted local authorities (LAs) in surviving financially during the COVID-19 pandemic, many face significant funding gaps.

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Kate Winslet hopeful Banksy art can transform Reading Prison

Posted on 19/03/2021 by IHBC

Kate Winslet said it was ‘incredible’ Banksy had chosen Reading Prison for his latest piece as she joined calls to turn the old jail into an arts venue, as the Oscar-winning actress supports a theatre group hoping to stop the … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s General Meeting 26 March, 1pm: Eligible members called on to use advance proxy votes even if attending

Posted on 16/03/2021 by IHBC

Eligible members of the IHBC are strongly encouraged to use proxy votes for the Special Resolution at the forthcoming General Meeting (GM) on 26 March, and help the IHBC ‘move past the pandemic’, while keeping up the discussions and the … Continue reading →

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