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- IHBC’s ‘Special Thanks’ to 2025’s Student Award entrants, as 49 seek prizes (to £500) & places at #IHBCNewcastle2026 17/10/2025
- IHBC welcomes Campaign for National Parks success as ‘plans to weaken protected landscapes duty quietly dropped’ 17/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: Traditional and historic buildings – a new Retrofit British Standard, an update from IHBC’s John Edwards, with joint CPD webinar 14/11 17/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £495K+ of weekly works: Welsh Council seeks team for urban hub, to 31/10 and c.£75K 17/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’ (& ‘Evaluation’ signpost!): ‘History of the Pioneering Stockton and Darlington Railway’ via HE 17/10/2025
- National Audit Office: Weak controls and oversight blamed for faulty home installations under energy efficiency scheme 17/10/2025
- New UK Town of Culture competition to celebrate our national story 17/10/2025
- THA Call for Case Studies for Heritage Debate 2025, to 24/10 17/10/2025
- New Towns Taskforce: Report to government published 17/10/2025
- Communities to ‘seize control over high streets and restore pride’ 17/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Creative Health – UK & Ireland State of the Sector Survey, to 31 October 17/10/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, featuring Past President Mike Brown’s Vox Pop 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s Communications and Outreach Strategy 2025-28 now online 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s Annual School ‘Save the Date’ notice & Home Page launch: IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School, 18-20 June, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ & up to 20 hours CPD – accessible, interdisciplinary, cost-effective 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: GII Coventry Baths demolition approved by Historic England 14/10/2025
- Government responds to Parliamentary Report on Home Retrofitting with £13.2bn programme 14/10/2025
- HH: Lack of support from Scottish Government threatening heritage tourism sector 14/10/2025
- People across the country set to benefit from £4M boost to improve accessibility to arts and culture: Open to 14/11 14/10/2025
- THA’s Heritage and Placemaking Survey and Call for Case Studies – they want to hear from you… by 17 October 14/10/2025
- BSRIA: Wellbeing in Buildings (TG 10/2025) 14/10/2025
- ‘Remaking the relationship between citizens and the built environment’, a blog via Demos 14/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Heritage home in Canada demolished despite Heritage Act 14/10/2025
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ reaches across disciplines, levels & sectors, from charities – led here by Scotland & CEOs – to Officers (LG) Inspectors (HE) & more 10/10/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, offers insights into ‘The world of generative AI’ 10/10/2025
- IHBC welcomes Gardens Trust report into the role of historic parks and gardens in the 21st century 10/10/2025
Daily Archives: 12/04/2022
Explore Aberdeen Day School SESSION 2: Innovation… working with ‘new’ heritage – in person, or online from £25+VAT, via #IHBCAberdeen2022
After welcomes that include Griff Rhys Jones (video), the second session of the IHBC’s Aberdeen Day School on 17 June targets issues around ‘new heritage’: the nuclear industry; modernism and communities, and the ‘challenging’ heritage of the fossil fuel era … Continue reading
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#IHBC Aberdeen2022’s FREE ‘pre-school’ online CPD: John Edwards on IHBC ToolBox Retrofit Guidance (3/05) + Miles Glendinning on ‘mass housing’ and more (20/04)!
To prep for the Aberdeen School in June, 2 free IHBC ‘pre-School’ events are on offer: Scotland Branch’s online talk by Miles Glendinning on ‘mass housing…’ on 20 April, and Day School speaker John Edwards on the IHBC Toolbox ‘Retrofit … Continue reading
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IHBC’s Aberdeen School – #IHBCAberdeen2022 – School Bursaries still available, supported by the IHBC’s CREATIVE Conservation Fund: Apply Now!
Bursaries for the Aberdeen 2022 School are still available, supported by the IHBC’s CREATIVE Conservation Fund, so if you think you deserve one, apply now!
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IHBC responds to Landscapes Review on National Parks and AONBs: Government Response (DEFRA)
The IHBC has responded to the Government Response (DEFRA) to the Glover Landscapes Review on National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), noting that in practice AONBs are not treated in the same manner as National Parks or … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Agora Journal on HESPR Member Purcell’s Oxford work… and #IHBC25 too!
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 the Agora Journal’s notice on works by a HESPR member … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (construction) doorstep’: Appeal lodged after Glasgow’s Lyceum Cinema revamp rejected
A developer has appealed the decision by Glasgow City Council to reject plans to transform the city’s landmark Lyceum Cinema into a cinema, concert hall and restaurant. image: for illustration purposes only – By Lynn M Reid, CC BY-SA 2.0, … Continue reading
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Civic Voice: England’s National Civic Day, celebrating civic pride, on 18 June 2022
Civic Voice has announced ‘National Civic Day’ on 18 June as part of a platform for community groups to celebrate where they live with pride.
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New developments must start with net zero and nature recovery, says RTPI and RSPB
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) are calling for a new generation of design codes, which puts net zero, nature recovery and equality in planning and development. image: RTPI website
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Scottish Parliamentary Committee publishes report on draft NPF4
Following public consultation on Scotland’s draft National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4) the Scottish Parliament Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee has published its report.
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Oliver Architecture wins Victorian Society Birmingham and West Midlands 2021 Conservation Award
The Birmingham & West Midlands group of the Victorian Society has named Oliver Architecture as the winner of the 2021 Conservation Award for its restoration of the Argent Centre in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. image: Victorian Society website
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IHBC’s ‘Amenity’ signpost: London Historic Buildings Trust appoints Laura Crossley as Director
The London Historic Buildings Trust (LHBT) is delighted to have announced the appointment of Dr. Laura Crossley as its Director.
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