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- IHBC’s newest ‘Branch Committee Bulletin, from the IHBC’s Director’: National Office updates for Branch Officers 24/10/2025
- Need a MATE? More free online Accreditation guidance and update sessions offered to guide IHBC applicants 24/10/2025
- 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 24/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ signpost: Historic England & Defra – ‘… helping to preserve rural heritage for the future’ 24/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £960K+ of weekly works: Nationally significant charity seeks design services for ‘transformational heritage project’, to 10/11 24/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (regal) doorstep’: How the King’s vision is shaping next wave of new towns 24/10/2025
- 7 New Sites Listed by DCMS to Celebrate 200 Years of the Railway 24/10/2025
- BEFS 2026 Manifesto: Building Foundations for a Better Scotland 24/10/2025
- RIBA puts high-quality design on Parliament’s agenda 24/10/2025
- Pathway to Planning – Cohort 4 open to 6/01: … fast track career in the built environment as LG planner or surveyor, from £25K pa 24/10/2025
- Expert Taskforce recommends locations for new towns 24/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Major new study to reveal the value of the UK’s UNESCO sites 24/10/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, with Law & Policy Update – ‘A village is not a historic town’ 21/10/2025
- IHBC Research Signpost: Impacts of changes to local authority funding on small to medium heritage organisations 21/10/2025
- 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 21/10/2025
- IHBC launches FREE ‘Events Calendar’ submission form – with potential for inclusion in our celebrated monthly CPD Circular 21/10/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: LocalGov on ‘Planning recruitment’ threats as 33 bodies (inc. IHBC) call for funds 21/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Welsh council to appeal High Court quashing of Article 4s over ‘misleading’ officers’ report 21/10/2025
- TCPA seeks support in Campaign for Healthy Homes: Joining health and PD rights advocacy in Planning Bill changes 21/10/2025
- Licensing builders must happen following ECO debacle, says FMB 21/10/2025
- Honouring the legacy of the Sycamore Gap tree: a new creative commission 21/10/2025
- Built Environment Committee responds to New Towns Taskforce Report 21/10/2025
- £10Mn+ Water company fines fund local restoration projects 21/10/2025
- Elle Cass next Chair Royal Town Planning Institute Board 21/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: UNESCO launches the first global Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects at MONDIACULT 2025 21/10/2025
Monthly Archives: October 2023
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Scaffolding to be removed from Salisbury Cathedral after 37 years
Scaffolding is due to be removed from Salisbury Cathedral after a ‘marathon’ 37-year circuit of restoration and repair, reports The Salisbury Journal. image for illustration: Artist – Constable’s Salisbury Cathedral – Public Domain Commons Wikimedia
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£1BN puts local people in control with long-term plan for ‘left-behind’ towns
Fifty five towns have been given £20 million endowment-style funds each over 10 years to invest in local people’s priorities.
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Building’s Building the Future Commission: ‘Report into the English planning system’
Building’s Building the Future Commission has issued its review of the English planning system, to form ‘recommendations to make it fit for purpose to deliver the homes the country needs’.
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Joint Letter calling for protection of Birmingham’s ‘priceless heritage’ amidst S. 114 reconstruction
Historic England, Arts Council and National Lottery regions have issued a joint call to Birmingham’s executive and commissioners for the protection of its heritage following the recent issuing of a section 114 notice. image for illustration – Birmingham by JimmyGuano, … Continue reading
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Proposed changes to laws on developments will weaken environmental protections, warns OEP
Proposed changes to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill, with regards to developments, water quality and protected wildlife sites, will reduce the level of environmental protection provided for in law and amount to a regression, the OEP is warning.
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MPs to explore how green spaces in built-up areas can help to meet the environmental challenges of urban living: to 20/10
MPs on the Parliamentary Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee have launched a new inquiry into ‘urban green spaces’, closing 20 October. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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The Palace of Westminster restoration and renewal programme: Recent developments and next steps – summary from Parliament
In advance of a House of Lords debate on a shortlist of delivery options under the Palace of Westminster’s ‘Restoration and Renewal’ programme, scheduled for 18 October 2023, Parliament has issued a discussion and guidance article. Parliamentary copyright images are … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Black History Month celebrates women…
Hundreds of events are lined up for October, with a focus on the role black women have played in shaping British history, reports The Guardian.
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IHBC gets positive responses to pilot online ‘Welcome for newer members’, thanks attendees & highlights CPD benefits
The IHBC thanked all who joined the institute’s pilot online ‘Welcome’ event for newer members from across the UK and beyond, with early compliments including that it was ‘…such a welcoming event’ and ‘… a useful introduction’, our two lead … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’ duet: Dezeen on ‘Placemaking confessions’ & DB on the IHBC
[slideshow_deploy id=’37745′] [Slideshow HESPR News Alert – Special Feature Marcel Breuer by unknown – immediate source Robert F Gatje and the Bauhaus Archive] IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Council’s) doorstep’: Croydon appoints industry experts to Design Review Panel
Croydon Council has announced the appointment of 31 members and four chairs of its newly launched Design Review Panel, ‘to advise the council’. image: Croydon Council
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Scottish Construction Now speaks out on readers’ feedback on ‘devastating’ state of Scotland’s planning system
Scottish Construction Now (SCN) has headlined ‘devastating’ sentiments on the state of Scotland’s planning system as highlighted in their readers’ survey. image for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0
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RIBA: UK homes will remain least energy efficient in Europe without government support
RIBA President Muyiwa Oki has responded to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s announcement that he plans to scale back key green policies. image for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0
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HE’s ‘Snap Survey’ into Industrial Heritage Training Needs
Historic England seeks responses on short questions around ‘knowledge and skills needed to care for our Industrial Heritage’. image for illustration Chris Allen / Ebor Mill, Haworth – Wikimedia Commons
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Building Safety Alliance to become a charity
The Building Safety Alliance (BSA) – a collaborative group of stakeholders from the occupation phase with over 70 declared supporters from a wide range of organisations across the sector – has announced its intention to become a charity.
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Icon welcomes new Chief Executive Officer Emma Jhita
Emma Jhita, Head of Partnerships and Development at Historic England, will join Icon in November. image: ICON
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (global) doorstep’: The Battle to Save Marilyn Monroe’s Last Home in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles City Council has saved the actress’s Brentwood home from demolition — temporarily, sixty years after her death there from an overdose. image for illustration of ‘Cursum Perficio‘ by JG Klein, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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