Monthly Archives: October 2023

Public Practice has published its Annual Report for 2022-2023 with findings on the skills, recruitment, and retention challenges facing Local Government (LG) in 2022-2023.

Barratt David Wilson Homes Cambridgeshire has asked for permission to demolish the 83 affected properties at the Darwin Green development on the edge of Cambridge, reports Cambridgeshire Live. image for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0

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 Building on… ‘the creative reuse of ordinary buildings… revolutionising regeneration’.

The winners of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2023, Europe’s top honour in the field, have been celebrated at the iconic Palazzo del Cinema at the Lido in Venice.

Following extensive consultation and reviews, the IHBC Board has adopted updated Competence ‘descriptors’ – the supplementary guidance detailing each IHBC Competence to be used in our applications and assessments processes – launched today as another outcome from our 25th Anniversary … Continue reading →

Scotland’s leading planner – Ian Aikman, chair of Heads of Planning Scotland (HOPS) – has responded to the ‘Scotland’s broken planning system’ series of Scottish Construction Now (SCN), noting the ‘demographic time-bomb’ facing planning departments. image for illustration: Open Government … Continue reading →

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 this week features a call for a conservation team for repair … Continue reading →

‘Shocking’ new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged, reports Landlord Today. image for illustration

IHBC’s CPD Circular for October is now out, with low-cost training and upskilling opportunities to help guide on all IHBC-networked and notable Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and more.

The Labour Party held its annual conference in Liverpool and Planning Resource has highlighted eleven planning-related promises and other takeaways from the event. image for illustration: Liverpool by Dave Chetwyn

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 Dezeen on the redevelopment of a University of Oxford College.

Police have sealed off an area outside Glasgow Central Station after debris fell off a nearby building. image for illustration: Gordon Street entrance to Glasgow Central – By user:kilnburn, Attribution

King’s Lynn and West Norfolk officers urge refusal of planning permission to bury 97-year-old Congham Bridge near King’s Lynn in Norfolk, reports The Eastern Daily Press. image for illustration: Old railway bridge, Congham by Richard Humphrey, CC BY-SA 2.0 , … Continue reading →