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- IHBC’s Director joins RICHeS Programme Board: ‘Honoured, of course, but mostly I’m impressed by the £80M of research opportunities for historic and built environment conservation’ 20/02/2026
- Don’t need your paper Context? Do everyone a favour and pass it on, ‘Spreading the Word’ to help the Conservation Professional! 20/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 20/02/2026
- 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… 20/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: Unlock Access to RICHeS Research Infrastructure with Full Access Fund Call now Open with ‘Help’ webinar on 11/03 20/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: Designing Buildings & more on Restoration and Renewal at Westminster 20/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: LPA Planning Capacity and Capability Survey 2025 20/02/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s weekly works: Charity seeks PM for heritage regeneration project, to 02/03 20/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Legal bid to protect Scots brutalist landmark from bulldozer 20/02/2026
- Delivering restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster: the costed proposals published 20/02/2026
- Government plans to train next generation of construction workers 20/02/2026
- SAVE’s Buildings at Risk register (BaR) – Call for Entries 2026 20/02/2026
- York Consortium for Craft and Conservation opens applications for Bursaries for 2026, to 16/03 20/02/2026
- Government Consultation on Design and Placemaking Planning Practice Guidance, to 10/03 20/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: National Residential Retrofit Plan 2026 for Ireland’ makes upgrades more affordable and accessible 20/02/2026
- 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
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)
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’
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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