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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: November 2023
11 new training bursaries awarded by Heritage Crafts
Heritage Crafts has awarded 11 new bursaries for trainees from across the UK to learn heritage craft skills, supported by the City & Guilds Foundation and more. image for illustration
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RTPI responds to Long Term Plan for Towns
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has responded to the government’s announcement of its long-term plan for towns, which will see 55 towns, including seven in Scotland and four in Wales, receiving long-term investment.
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The planning awards are back for 2024 – Enter by 7 December 2024 to secure Early Bird discount
Haymarket Media Group has announced the highly anticipated return of the Planning Awards for 2024.
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FT creates visual investigations team, hires Alison Killing
The Financial Times (FT) has appointed architect and journalist Alison Killing as a senior visual investigations reporter, leading a newly created visual investigations team. image for illustration: Alison Killing (Linkedin Profile)
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‘Creative Corridors’ can be the key to the UK’s creative industries: RSA, ACE etc.
Three major institutions, including Arts Council England and the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) have announced a joint agreement to work together to determine the skills, policies and investment required to achieve sustained growth in the creative sector. image: RSA … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: The Sydney Opera House, ‘the people’s house’, from Al Jazeera
As the iconic Australian building turns 50, a look at how it became known as ‘The People’s House,’ and what that title means today. image for illustration: Sydney Opera House by W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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IHBC welcomes Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023: Outtakes from IHBC, Government, Parliament & HE
The IHBC has welcomed the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act, which on 26 October received royal assent, with further takes by Government, Parliament and Historic England outlined below. image for illustration: IHBC and Open Government Licence v3.0
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FINAL CHANCE: Consultation on joint IHBC-HTVF-CV ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ (CPPP) closes soon
A consultation on updating and enhancing the IHBC-HTVF-Civic Voice joint ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ has been launched, as we look at renewing this cross-sector statement on practice principles for specialists working in built and historic environment conservation roles.
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IHBC’s Practice signpost: Character and appearance of the streetscene, a case study in law
Roderick Morton, writing for Local Government Lawyer, examines just what is the ‘streetscene’ and the ‘character and appearance of an area’? based on a recent Court of Appeal ruling.
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IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ signpost: UK Heritage Pulse Survey research
Results from September 2023 Panel Research have been published by the Heritage Fund. image: DP236227-©-Historic-England-Archive-1536×1024
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £346K+ costed works: trust body seeks design team for GII redevelopment, to 17/11
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 from a trust body for a … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the ‘sportstep’: Spurs lose latest legal battle against development decision
Tottenham Hotspur feared the development of 2,929 homes opposite its stadium would cause crowd problems but a judge dismissed the club’s argument, reports Simon Allin, for The Haringey Community Press. image for illustration – Haringey Council
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UK shadow culture secretary to map out first national infrastructure plan for the arts
In an interview with The Art Newspaper ahead of the Labour conference, Thangam Debbonaire maps out the first national infrastructure plan for the arts… artificial intelligence etc. image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0
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CPRE: Local Green Spaces Report 2023, on designations, changes and policy…
Local Green Spaces Report 2023 examines current designations in England, changes over time, and policy considerations and recommendations and highlights the increasing importance of Local green Spaces for community well-being and nature recovery.
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Report on Inclusive Histories: Narrating our shared past.., helps to ‘confidently navigate ‘culture war’ polarisation’
‘Inclusive Histories: Narrating our shared past in polarised times’, is a new research report from British Future offering insights for practitioners working in museums, galleries and other cultural institutions about conducting work around inclusive histories in ways that confidently navigate … Continue reading
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Griff Rhys Jones calls for public donations to fight Liverpool Street plans
The Victorian Society (Vic Soc) reports that the controversial planning application for the partial demolition of the listed Liverpool Street Station etc. has now been published after many months of delay.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Unesco planning virtual museum of stolen cultural artefacts
A Unesco project to raise awareness of trafficking and the relationship between artefacts and communities is under progress.
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