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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: 26/01/2024
Interested in serving as an IHBC trustee? As IHBC’s 2024 AGM approaches, check our guidance and see if you want to take your IHBC membership to a new level
As a date for the IHBC’s 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) is being finalised, this is a good time for members of all categories to review our guidance, support and advice encouraging prospective trustees to join our board.
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IHBC Council ‘Save the Date’: Tuesday 27 February, 4.00pm – All categories of IHBC members encouraged to join online in free CPD, updates, discussion and more
The IHBC’s next Council will take place on 27 February, online and on Zoom, offering free high-quality CPD followed by question and discussion on the next steps in the IHBC developing a petition for charter, so save the date today … 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 2023
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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IHBC’s ‘Management’ Signpost: UK heritage planning law review – matters of judgment, looking back and ahead
Robert Gowing of Hogan Lovells LLP has offered some planning thoughts and takes from 2023 to inform 2024. image for illustration
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £1.6M+ works this week: Dual call by Wales charity for Design Team, PM & QS, for funding project, £100K, closing 19/02
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 dual call from charity in Wales for … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Green light for residential scheme in Derwent Valley Mills UNESCO World Heritage Site
Amber Valley Borough Council has agreed revised plans for a site overlooking the River Derwent and within the Derwent Valley Mills UNESCO World Heritage Site reports Business Link East Midlands. image for illustration: Milford Mill Weir / Alan Murray-Rust, Wikimedia … Continue reading
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Government consults on ratifying 2003 UNESCO Convention for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage: closing 29/02
A Government consultation on the initial implementation stage of the Convention on the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will close on 29 February 2024.
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THA’s ‘Heritage Day 2024’, hybrid on 7/03 from 9am: Last Chance to Get ‘Early Bird’ (10%off) tickets (to 28/01)
‘Early bird’ tickets – with a 10% discount – are still available for Heritage Day 2024, but will close at noon on Sunday 28 January. Make sure to take advantage of this great deal before it’s gone!
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National Retrofit Hub establishes six thematic working groups
The National Retrofit Hub have established six thematic working groups, made up of a wide range of industry experts, with outputs to help enable faster delivery of retrofit across the UK. image for illustration
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National Churches Trust launches blueprint to save churches from closure: Every Church Counts
The National Churches Trust (NCT) has launched its latest campaign, Every Church Counts. image: NCT
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Consultation on England’s operation of street vote development orders, ‘a new route to planning permission’, closes 2/02
The Government has issued a consultation that seeks views on the detailed operation of street vote development orders, which will inform the content of regulations using new powers in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023. image for illustration: Open … Continue reading
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£64 billion funding package for councils proposed by Government
Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove sets out £64 billion funding package for councils to deliver vital services. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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Thousands of green jobs created thanks to government nature fund, new report finds
The £80m Green Recovery Challenge Fund supported 150 projects, created more than 2,600 jobs and connected more than 400,000 people with nature. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Horizon Europe funding agreement for UK
Funding for research or innovation that’s ground breaking, improves European research standards or responds to challenges like climate change or food security has been secured as UK researchers can now bid into Europe’s Horizon funding programme.
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