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- IHBC’s ‘quick query’ to Officers & advisers etc. in UK LG conservation, to help inform our ‘call for changes’ to governments, open to 10/07 & after, and for network circulation 26/06/2026
- Spotlighting IHBC’s recent Council film, ‘Do Drop-in, before they drop out’: Our new, must-see interview on pre-Pre App options, and how talking to applicants can help make things better! 26/06/2026
- As 90% of ‘Virtual’ Newcastle School feedback is ‘5/5’ or ‘4/5’, IHBC celebrates success in 2026, in learning, partnerships, friends & more, with thanks & congrats to all as Bristol 2027 looms, in June, on ‘Climate Change and Significance’ 26/06/2026
- REGISTER INTEREST NOW: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ seeks ‘interest’ from leads in conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses 26/06/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: ‘Help Tackle One of Construction’s Biggest Killers: – Dust’…. a 5-minute survey open to 31 July 26/06/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD Signpost: Funding opportunity in AHRC large grants: Outline stage – to £3M, 16/09 26/06/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £10K+ costed works this week: Charity seeks Project Officer for its heritage events etc. programme, to 30/06 26/06/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (milling) doorstep’: Historic six-sailed windmill reopens following five-year restoration project 26/06/2026
- NAO assesses progress of Parliament Restoration and Renewal Programme 26/06/2026
- ARB introduces changes to routes to Registration 26/06/2026
- Government UK: ‘Energy security, jobs and investment boost through climate action’ 26/06/2026
- Consultation: Permitted development rights linked to schools, assets of community value, defence and conservation, to August 5 26/06/2026
- Better Planning Coalition sends letter to PM advocating for a planning system fit for climate, nature and people 26/06/2026
- Government’s UKREiiF update: ‘Chancellor puts regional growth at top of the agenda’ 26/06/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: WHUK on ‘Heritage Adapts!’ launch 26/06/2026
- As 90% of ‘Virtual’ Newcastle School feedback is ‘5/5’ or ‘4/5’, IHBC celebrates success in 2026, in learning, partnerships, friends & more, with thanks & congrats to all as Bristol 2027 looms, in June, on ‘Climate Change and Significance’ 23/06/2026
- IHBC launches survey seeking suggestions for improvements from officers and advisers in local government conservation services across the UK 23/06/2026
- REGISTER INTEREST NOW: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ seeks ‘interest’ from leads in conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses 23/06/2026
- IHBC sponsors SAHGB’s ‘Untold Tales: Women Pioneers in British and Irish Architectural History’ with ‘Call for Papers’ to 26 June 23/06/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ CPD Signpost: Local Heritage Listing – Identifying and Conserving Local Heritage, by HE 23/06/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ CPD Signpost: New research explored at the third National Cathedrals Conference 23/06/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £6.2M+ costed works last week: Council seeks Green Belt Assessment, to 27/07, £180K 23/06/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Dezeen on the ‘Sagrada Familia in LEGO’! 23/06/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Largest ever replica of a pre-historic building at Stonehenge 23/06/2026
- ‘Simpler, shared system’ for describing skills needs in the UK now launched 23/06/2026
Monthly Archives: August 2023
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global Doorstep’: ‘It’s gone forever’ – Al Jazeera on wildfires in town at heart of Hawaiian culture
Large parts of Lahania, the former capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii, have been left in ashes as the Maui fires burn, reports Al Jazeera. image: for illustration Lahaina waterfront before the wildfires by en:User: Calbear22
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IHBC welcomes ‘Seaside Heritage Network’s Top Ten Bucket and Spade Seaside Experiences’, 11/09, Blackpool’s Winter Gardens, with special guest Wayne Hemingway
The IHBC is delighted to support the Seaside Heritage Network’s ‘Top Ten Bucket and Spade Seaside Experiences’ review, with ‘in conversation’ guest Wayne Hemingway, in the Winter Gardens and hosted by Blackpool Council, 2-5 pm, 11/09, with a free optional … Continue reading
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IHBC’s Research & Practice Signpost: Work-related fatal injuries in GB… 135 killed in work-related accidents in 2022/23 (RIDDOR)
Officially, 135 workers have been killed in work-related accidents in the 2022/23 Reporting of Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) update, with the construction and agriculture, forestry and fishing sectors continuing to account for the greatest number of workers killed … Continue reading
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Build you career with the IHBC’s Student Award – for relevant coursework ‘written, designed or made’: Enjoy £500 + free IHBC School, and join our list of winners
The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 August this year, so if you have relevant coursework from a UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, whether ‘written, designed or made’ – from the two years to … Continue reading
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Time to celebrate ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’: SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award closes 1/09/23
The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2023 joint Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) celebrating ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, now open for submissions and closing … Continue reading
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IHBC’s Petition for Charter survey update: Still time to add your thoughts to our #IHBCPetitionforCharter initiative
David Williams, IHBC’s independent consultant on the investigation of a Petition for Charter – #IHBCPetitionforCharter – has compiled a member survey to ‘gather initial thoughts from members and stakeholders’, asking especially for ‘frank…comments’ on behalf of both.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’ double-up: DB on IHBC-Supported APPG briefing + AJ on ‘crooked house’ demolition & protection issues
IHBC’s weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’ to our heritage business register HESPR – Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition – this week features Designing Buildings (DB) on ‘Community involvement in heritage regeneration’ from Parliament (and the IHBC), and the Architect’s Journal … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Man ordered to bulldoze mansion built without planning permission
A man who built a five-bedroom mansion without permission has been ordered to bulldoze it after losing a planning battle with the local council as it had a ‘negative impact’ on the area and was not in keeping with its … Continue reading
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Building Safety Regulator announces first step towards regulating the building control profession
The Building Safety Regulator has announced two independent provider schemes for building control professionals to take the first step in becoming registered building inspectors.
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RIBA’s Reinvention Award 2023: Celebrating creative & sustainable transformation of a building
The Reinvention Award announced by Royal Institute of British Architects(RIBA) celebrates the creative transformation of an existing building and the project’s vital improvement to environmental, social, or economic sustainability.
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World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize: Open to 22/09
Nominations are now open for the 2024 World Monuments Fund(WMF)-Knoll Modernism Prize until September 22, 2023
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Scotland’s £65M nature restoration fund invites conservation projects to apply now
Scotland’s £65M nature restoration fund invites projects to apply now as conservation projects that aim to put Scotland’s land, rivers and seas back on the road to recovery are being invited to apply to a multi-million pound nature restoration fund.
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Huge blaze in abandoned £25M mansion dubbed ‘The Towers’ on Billionaires’ row in north London
A huge blaze broke out in an abandoned and largely derelict mansion worth £25 million on Billionaires row in north west London, known as ‘The Towers’. image: Martin Addison / The Bishops Avenue – Commons Wikimedia
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DEFRA Consultation on Protecting Hedgerows closes 20/09
The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has launched a consultation on protecting hedgerows which closes on 20 September. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Reuters on Western Australia scrapping 2021 Aboriginal heritage protection laws
Western Australia state has scrapped new Aboriginal heritage protection laws after just five weeks because of opposition from landowners, reports Reuters.
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Build you career with the IHBC’s Student Award – for relevant coursework ‘written, designed or made’: Enjoy £500 + free IHBC School, and join our list of winners
The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 August this year, so if you have relevant coursework from a UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, whether ‘written, designed or made’ – from the two years to … Continue reading
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Time to celebrate ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’: SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award closes 1/09/23
The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2023 joint Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) celebrating ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, now open for submissions and closing … Continue reading
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IHBC’s Petition for Charter survey update: Still time to add your thoughts to our #IHBCPetitionforCharter initiative
David Williams, IHBC’s independent consultant on the investigation of a Petition for Charter – #IHBCPetitionforCharter – has compiled a member survey to ‘gather initial thoughts from members and stakeholders’, asking especially for ‘frank…comments’ on behalf of both.
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IHBC Practice Signpost: Just transition for the built environment and construction sector – a discussion paper from Scotland
The Scottish Government has issued a discussion paper intended to support engagement on a just transition for the built environment and construction sector.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £100K+ costed works: English Diocese seeks historian, closing 21/08, £7K+
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick for this week features is the call from an English Diocese … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Suspected arson attack devastates part of historic Ushaw
Deep sadness has been expressed about a devastating fire that ripped through parts of a historic former seminary after a suspected arson attack at Ushaw House, reports The Northern Echo. image for illustration: Former Junior Seminary Chapel of St Aloysius … Continue reading
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Public Accounts Committee seeks evidence on ‘real and rising risk’ Palace of Westminster ‘will be destroyed before it is restored’, to 06/10
A Restoration and Renewal Recall Inquiry from Westminster’s Public Accounts Committee is recalling senior Parliamentary officials to explore progress on the project ahead of a debate on the subject in the House of Commons due to take place in December … Continue reading
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National Lottery Heritage Fund’s 10-year strategy, Heritage 2033
The National Lottery Heritage Fund has published the first three-year delivery plan for its new 10-year strategy, Heritage 2033.
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Investigation launched into demolition of ‘Britain’s wonkiest pub’
An investigation into the circumstances surrounding the demolition of the historic Crooked House pub has been launched, the local authority has said. image for illustration: by Peter Broster – Crooked House, Dudley CC BY 2.0
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New grant funding of £20M to help decarbonise Scottish public sector buildings
A new funding scheme has been launched in Scotland offering up to £20 million in grants to support local authorities, universities and arm’s-length external organisations decarbonise their buildings.
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