Daily Archives: 09/12/2022

CPP APPG Inquiry update: MPs back targeted LB VAT cuts & presumption against demolition

Posted on 09/12/2022 by IHBC

Targeted cuts in the VAT rate on listed building (LB) refurbishments and a presumption against demolition of existing properties are amongst the recommendations in the first report of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) heritage group on Conservation, Places and People … Continue reading →

Posted in IHBC NewsBlog | Comments Off on CPP APPG Inquiry update: MPs back targeted LB VAT cuts & presumption against demolition

IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: FREE CPD at London’s LPOC Listed Property Show, Olympia,  2-3 Feb 2023

Posted on 09/12/2022 by IHBC

The IHBC is delighted to offer free entry for our members to the Listed Property Owners Club’s (LPOC) annual London Listed Property Show, on 2-3 February in London’s Olympia (pre-booking essential).

Posted in IHBC NewsBlog | Comments Off on IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: FREE CPD at London’s LPOC Listed Property Show, Olympia,  2-3 Feb 2023

IHBC signpost to Wales’ Historic Environment Bill: Counsel General fields Committee queries

Posted on 09/12/2022 by IHBC

On 14 November, Mick Antoniw MS, Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution, made a second appearance before Committee to give evidence on the Historic Environment (Wales) Bill.

Posted in IHBC NewsBlog | Comments Off on IHBC signpost to Wales’ Historic Environment Bill: Counsel General fields Committee queries

IHBC’s HESPR weekly pick from £416K+ works: Heritage body seeks investment programme evaluation, due 18/01, value c.£250K

Posted on 09/12/2022 by IHBC

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick for this week features the call from a national heritage body … Continue reading →

Posted in IHBC NewsBlog | Comments Off on IHBC’s HESPR weekly pick from £416K+ works: Heritage body seeks investment programme evaluation, due 18/01, value c.£250K

IHBC features ‘Heritage from the park entrance’: Welsh slate roofs in Lake District town must go says National Park

Posted on 09/12/2022 by IHBC

Planners have rejected a request to allow a number of new homes in the Keswick area to keep their Welsh slate roofs, following a requirement to use local materials instead. image: for illustration – Braithwaite by By Andrew Smith, CC … Continue reading →

Posted in IHBC NewsBlog | Comments Off on IHBC features ‘Heritage from the park entrance’: Welsh slate roofs in Lake District town must go says National Park

GOVE: ‘Communities put at heart of planning system’ with Bill changes

Posted on 09/12/2022 by IHBC

Secretary of State for Levelling Up etc., Michael Gove is leading new measures in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill (LURB) ‘to place local communities at the heart of the planning system’. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

Posted in Sector NewsBlog | Comments Off on GOVE: ‘Communities put at heart of planning system’ with Bill changes

RTPI: Almost 90% of Local Authorities surveyed struggling with backlog of planning enforcement cases

Posted on 09/12/2022 by IHBC

Planning enforcement across the country is in a resourcing, skills, and performance crisis, as revealed by a RTPI survey of 103 local planning authorities. image: for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0

Posted in Sector NewsBlog | Comments Off on RTPI: Almost 90% of Local Authorities surveyed struggling with backlog of planning enforcement cases

Consultation for Scotland’s new historic environment strategy: Our Place in Time, closes 20/02

Posted on 09/12/2022 by IHBC

Historic Environment Scotland is consulting on a new strategy for Scotland’s historic environment: Our Place in Time, closing 20 February 2023. image: for illustration-Fiona Newton

Posted in Sector NewsBlog | Comments Off on Consultation for Scotland’s new historic environment strategy: Our Place in Time, closes 20/02

BRE asks: ‘Help test the Built Environment Carbon Database’ – open till 16/12

Posted on 09/12/2022 by IHBC

BRE is collaborating with other industry leaders to develop a new Built Environment Carbon Database so it can ‘become the main source of carbon estimating and benchmarking for the UK construction sector. image: for illustration only

Posted in Sector NewsBlog | Comments Off on BRE asks: ‘Help test the Built Environment Carbon Database’ – open till 16/12

Thousands of apprentices quit due to ‘poor quality’ of scheme

Posted on 09/12/2022 by IHBC

Thousands of people who have taken up apprenticeships to help them develop new skills have dropped out due to the poor quality of their schemes, new research reveals. image: for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0

Posted in Sector NewsBlog | Comments Off on Thousands of apprentices quit due to ‘poor quality’ of scheme