Daily Archives: 23/02/2022

IHBC ‘Council’, 24/02, open to all member categories: CPD discussions on England’s LBC advice, with AGM too (Proxy voting closed)

Posted on 23/02/2022 by IHBC

All IHBC members are invited to a virtual practice-led CPD Council special session before the 2022 AGM (also open to all member categories) on 24/02, on listed building consent (LBC). BOOK COUNCIL/AGM HERE Available to all categories.

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IHBC submits evidence for DCMS Parliamentary Committee Inquiry on ‘… placemaking and the levelling up agenda’

Posted on 23/02/2022 by IHBC

The IHBC has submitted evidence to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee Inquiry on ‘…. placemaking and the levelling up agenda’, noting that redundant historic building restoration can catalyse ‘Levelling Up’, and unlock new community spaces, commercial uses … Continue reading →

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UPDATE: IHBC looks to the future with new ‘Affiliate’ arrangements offering improved support for all: ONLY the name changes – to ‘Supporter’ – for those seeking status quo

Posted on 23/02/2022 by IHBC

The IHBC Board’s call to upgrade the Affiliate category – and recognise those with an ‘awareness’ of conservation – means that from April 2022 anyone not securing or applying for assessment as an Affiliate will join a new ‘Supporter’ category, … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s IMHO signpost: Consultation Institute on ‘Levelling up’ Paper

Posted on 23/02/2022 by IHBC

The Consultation Institute (TCI) notes that ‘Levelling up is a collective endeavour’ according to Government’s Paper, but asks ‘why don’t they want to hear from you?’.

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Designing Buildings features HESPR member DIA’s Context case study on Dee’s Hydro Electric Station

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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’, and this week features Designing Buildings – the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki platform – headlining … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Glasgow’s Buchanan Galleries could be demolished to create urban neighbourhood

Posted on 23/02/2022 by IHBC

A radical vision which could transform one of Glasgow’s flagship shopping malls, the Buchanan Galleries, to create the city of the future has been revealed, reports Herald Scotland. image: Buchanan Galleries, Glasgow – Ross Little from Glasgow, Scotland, CC BY-SA … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Next stage of Swindon £6.5M Health Hydro restoration goes ahead

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Swindon Borough Council has appointed specialist advisors to help with their proposed multi-million pound refurbishment of the historic Health Hydro, reports The Swindon Advertiser. image: Swindon Borough Council Facebook

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DCMS expands its Northern regional presence

Posted on 23/02/2022 by IHBC

Hundreds of new jobs will be created in Manchester and the north east as the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) opens new offices as part of government plans to level up regions across the UK. image: Open … Continue reading →

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New grant programmes for Scotland’s historic environment

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Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has refreshed its grants programmes following public consultation and a new framework has been developed which will guide HES’s future grant investments. image: HES

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Applications open for the NHIG Award for Ironwork Conservation, closes 30/04

Posted on 23/02/2022 by IHBC

The NHIG (National heritage Ironwork Group) Award for Ironwork Conservation, which will be presented at the Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths (WCB) Awards Lunch in October 2022, seeks to recognise and celebrate excellence in ironwork conservation as an inspiration to all … Continue reading →

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Urban and deprived areas among those chosen for neighourhood planning pilots

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Urban and deprived areas are among those chosen for planning pilots as 11 councils will receive funding to boost engagement and participation in neighbourhood planning. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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Design and build contractor tasked with transporting Banksy mural on garage wall

Posted on 23/02/2022 by IHBC

Season’s Greetings, a Banksy comment on the impact of pollution on communities, appeared on the outside of steelworker Ian Lewis’s private garage in Taibach, Port Talbot, on 19 December 2018, and is now on the move again. image: Banksy, CC … Continue reading →

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