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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: 09/01/2024
IHBC President on England’s new research into heritage planning delays: ‘… any system starved of the necessary resources is inherently inefficient and will ultimately fail’
Following new research into delays in ‘Heritage-Related Planning Determinations in England’ from Historic England, IHBC President Mike Brown has highlighted the core issues of resources and capacity. image HE
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IHBC Marsh Awards 2024: Seeking Nominations for ‘Retired IHBC Members’ and/or ‘Successful Learners’ – Closing 31 March 2024
Two IHBC Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Charitable Trust celebrate, respectively, civic contributions by retired IHBC members and successful learning in heritage skills, offer awards of £500 and free places at IHBC’s 2024 Annual School in Reading … Continue reading
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Reminder: IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: FREE CPD at London’s LPOC Listed Property Show, Olympia, 2-3 Feb 2024
The IHBC is delighted to offer free entry for our members to the Listed Property Owners Club’s (LPOC) annual London Listed Property Show, on 2-3 February in London’s Olympia (pre-booking essential).
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REMINDER: CLOSING SOON: Consultation on updating joint IHBC-HTVF-CV ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ (CPPP)
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 History Signpost: Those were the days… Building editors look back at how construction has changed
As we come to the end of our 180th year, our current editor invited four of her predecessors to pick out the memorable stories they covered spanning over 30 years of Building’s history. image for illustration
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: DB on the IHBC… again… with Director’s ‘ABC’ take on IHBC exploring a Petition for Charter
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 with IHBC’s Context, on ‘The ABC of the … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Construction) Doorstep’: In pictures – The best images of December 2023
Construction Management from CIOB has offered ‘A round up of the best images from December 2023’. image for illustration
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (night-time) Doorstep’: Anger as illegal £500,000 house floods hamlet with lights ‘like a Mars invasion’
A businessman’s illegal £500,000 home is facing demolition after neighbours saw it light up ‘like an alien invasion from Mars’ at night, reports Yahoo News.
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Britain’s heritage attractions suffer rise in graffiti, anti-social behaviour and verbal abuse
Research carried out by Ecclesiastical has highlighted anti-social pressures for heritage as ‘Nine in 10 report experiencing crime during the past 12 months’.
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Scottish construction apprentice support scheme ends after 90 years
The removal of requirements for mandatory registration of traditional craft apprentices with the Scottish Building Apprenticeship and Training Council (SBATC) has led to its demise. image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: New President of European Strawbuilding Association: Cypren Edmunds
Cypren Edmunds has been announced as the new President of the European Strawbuilding Association (ESBA). image Linkedin Profile
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