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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
Daily Archives: 29/12/2023
IHBC welcomes Designing Buildings’s timely advice for Santa-care… for 2024 and after
Timely advice on Santa-care from Designing Buildings (DB) – partner host of the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki service – only reached the IHBC’s NewsBlogs news service after our Christmas round was posted, but as it is all sound and always relevant … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes Scotland’s new Sustainable Investment Tool (SIT), from HES, BEFS and more
The IHBC has welcomed Scotland’s new Sustainable Investment Tool (SIT), which enables visualisation around decision making for projects and investment in built heritage, a tool supporting the strategy for Scotland’s historic environment – Our Past, Our Future. image: SITOOL.co.uk
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IHBC welcomes first AHF Annual Review introduced by Chair Ros Kerslake
The IHBC has welcomed the first Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) Annual Review introduced by its new Chair Ros Kerslake.
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REMINDER – IHBC seeks paid expert leads for priority new topics in Branch CPD training: ‘Fire Protection’, ‘Enforcement’ and ‘Placemaking & Design Codes’: Closing 6 January 2024
The IHBC is seeking ‘expressions of interest’ from nationally recognised lead conservation experts in three new priority areas: ‘Fire Protection & Regulations’, ‘Enforcement’, and ‘Placemaking & Design Codes’ as it expands the IHBC Branch CPD training pilot, which funds locally … Continue reading
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IHBC ‘Practice & Policy’ Signpost: Rishi Sunak’s tree consultation pledge – Will it save our urban canopy or fall short of real change?
Leading Britain’s Conversations (LBC) has featured an ‘opinion piece’ on the announcement by Rishi Sunak that the government will be introducing a Duty to Consult on the felling of street trees in England. image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0
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IHBC’s ‘Finance’ Signpost: ONS – UK natural capital accounts for 2023 reveal economic value of eco-systems at £1.5 trillion
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates of the financial and societal value of natural resources to people in the UK value ecosystems etc services at £1.5 trillion. image for illustration: Joanna Theobald
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: DB’s IHBC double up – IHBC CSCS PQP renewal and Research for Practice Digest
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 Designing Buildings on the renewal of IHBC’s recognition for CSCS … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Junction’: Refurbishment of historic Dovey Junction viaduct along the Cambrian line complete
The major refurbishment of Dovey Junction viaduct in North Wales has been completed ahead of schedule after Network Rail teams worked through months of extreme weather and around the tides. image for illustration: David Stowell / Bridge over the Dyfi … Continue reading
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Long-Term Plan for Towns: Guidance for local authorities and Town Boards
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLHUC) has issued guidance for local authorities and towns on the establishment of new ‘Town Boards’ in England, Scotland and Wales, and development of their ‘Long-Term Plan’, following September’s commitment of endowment-style … Continue reading
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New data reveals impact of pandemic and new legislation on CIOB Academy training courses
Trend shifts in the Chartered Institute of Building(CIOB) Academy’s course take-up are directly linked to external factors, research data has revealed.
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HES welcomes grant in aid funding from the Scottish Government
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has welcomed grant in aid funding of £74.2 million as part of the Scottish Government’s 2024-2025 Budget. image for illustration: Fiona Newton
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage (and research) from the global doorstep’: Autonomous excavator constructs a six-metre-high dry-stone wall
ETH Zurich (ETHZ) researchers have taught an autonomous excavator to construct dry stone walls itself using boulders weighing several tonnes and demolition debris. image for illustration: Open Government Licence V3.0
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