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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
Monthly Archives: March 2022
ourplace.scot: New website exploring place-based working
Our Place is a new site devoted to promoting the benefits of place and place-based working, developed by the partners behind the Place Standard tool.
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Protected early 18th Century GII Wiltshire manor destroyed by fire
Nonsuch House, a 10-bedroom Grade II listed 18th Century house in Wiltshire has been lost to fire.
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IHBC’s international signpost: Evaluating the impacts of cultural heritage for sustainable development, via UNESCO and more
‘Evaluating the Impacts of Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Development’ is a report released as part of the wider UNESCO-linked ‘Heritage and Our Sustainable Future’ series.
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IHBC’s Council’s 3rd meeting, chaired by IHBC President, explored practice-led CPD on Listed Building Consent and guidance
IHBC’s new Council held its third meeting immediately before the IHBC 2022 AGM on 24 February, with IHBC President and Council Chair Mike Brown leading updates on recent IHBC developments and introducing a practice-led and free CPD special on England’s … Continue reading
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IHBC Marsh Awards 2022 – ‘Your chance to nominate retired IHBC members and/or successful learners’, closing 31 March
The IHBC’s Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Trust, has launched the two 2022 Awards – for civic contributions by retired members, and for successful learning in heritage skills – with prizes that include £500 and a free place at the IHBC’s Aberdeen 2022 … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR news throwback from a week in February: Director’s selection, from ‘crass’ requests to women in industry
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, while the Director’s occasional news listing this week looks back to early February.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Landmark London gasworks could house 555 new flats, after 8,000 complaints
Two iconic East London gasworks could soon be turned into a huge new apartment complex after plans for the scheme passed a crucial stage, reports My London. image: Dr Neil Clifton / Bethnal Green: Gasholder – Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/ wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Bethnal … Continue reading
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RSPB, CIEEM and RTPI report: ‘Planning naturally- Spatial planning with nature in mind: in the UK and beyond’
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), The Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) and the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) explore together how planning for biodiversity should be integral to every part of the planning process.
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Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council reverses decision to scrap all arts funding following consultation
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead has decided against plans to cut arts funding by 100% following a public consultation which indicated strength of feeling concerning arts funding.
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Irish Government launches the National Retrofitting Scheme
The Irish Government has approved support for homeowners to undertake home energy upgrades, addressing barriers to energy upgrades (retrofits) and reflecting the step-change needed to achieve a target of 500K home energy upgrades by 2030.
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New Scottish Planning Circular on ‘Local Place Plans’
Scotland’s Planning circular 1/2022 – Local Place Plans – provides guidance to communities and planning authorities on the preparation, submission and registration of Local Place Plans.
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Northern leaders put culture at centre of region’s post-pandemic recovery
A post-pandemic, pre-Levelling Up Paper, report on recovery that makes the case for the cultural icons of Northern England to be a catalyst for levelling up wins a rare show of cross-party unity.
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A legal right to nature should be part of levelling-up agenda, say campaigners
The government should set legal duties in levelling-up legislation so that developers and public bodies provide equal access to nature-rich green and blue spaces for everyone. This is just one call set out in a letter to levelling-up Secretary Michael … Continue reading
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Australian mining state passes Aboriginal heritage protection law
Legislators have introduced better protection for Aboriginal heritage in the mining state of Western Australia but indigenous groups said it did not go far enough and are counting on changes at the national level. image: for illustration purposes only By … Continue reading
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