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- IHBC is planning for growth, so grow with us by volunteering, with our Committees, Boards and Branches, or Panels, Groups and more as suits – just let us know! 03/03/2026
- IHBC SE Branch Day School + AGM – ‘Concrete and candyfloss: Seaside structures of the 20th century’, De La Warr Pavilion, 13/03 03/03/2026
- IHBC President’s ‘Members only’ Invitation to next Virtual Council: Online, 8 April 2026, from 4.30pm – Scoping ‘Investigation’ of conservation in local government, with a call for suggestions etc. 03/03/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 03/03/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ Signpost: Poetry from concrete – Scotland’s fascinating historic concrete and brutalist architecture 03/03/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: HESPR Alert on early booking & special offer for ALL staff on Virtual #IHBCNewcastle2026’! 03/03/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Call to Tyneside authorities to restore historic swing bridge (closed since 2019!) 03/03/2026
- Ministerial Update: on ‘Relationship between Cadw and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales’ 03/03/2026
- Tell The Heritage Fund: Is your historic park or garden prepared for the climate crisis? TO 16/03 03/03/2026
- Georgian Group objects to visitor pavilions in British Museum forecourts 03/03/2026
- Consultation on new regeneration body for Greater Cambridge 03/03/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: HE on ‘Stanley Kubrick – A Heritage Odyssey’ 03/03/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 Annual Day School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, in person & online, June 19: Accessible & Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT 27/02/2026
- IHBC SE Branch Day School + AGM – ‘Concrete and candyfloss: Seaside structures of the 20th century’, De La Warr Pavilion, 13/03 27/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: Unlock Access to RICHeS Research Infrastructure with Full Access Fund Call now Open with ‘Help’ webinar on 11/03 27/02/2026
- Looking back to IHBC’s Council on ‘Heritage Skills in Conservation’, and ahead to our new ‘response-led’ DRAFT Minutes, for review and feedback 27/02/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £77K of weekly works: Authority seeks design team for a new development, to 22/03 27/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ Signpost: HE introduces the Monumental Works of Giles Gilbert Scott 27/02/2026
- DCMS Honours Team on New Year 2027 (NY27) ‘Invitation to nominate’, information sessions and nomination form (to 31/03) 27/02/2026
- RTPI asks: Can England still build its utopian vision of a ‘new town’? 27/02/2026
- New design guidance to raise the bar for new build developments 27/02/2026
- RICS modernises CPD framework and launches new member app 27/02/2026
- UK Research and Innovation launches creative industries strategy 27/02/2026
- ARB’s five-year strategy to strengthen safety, competence and culture in architecture 27/02/2026
- Pride in Place: 40 neighbourhoods join transformational programme 27/02/2026
Daily Archives: 13/02/2024
IHBC’s free webinar, co-hosted by Fit for the Future, for #IHBCReading2024 School: IHBC’s Technical Panel lead John Edwards on ‘Applying BSI’s PAS 2038…’, 15/03, 10am
IHBC’s Technical Panel lead John Edwards explores ‘Applying BSI’s PAS 2038 in Retrofitting non-domestic Heritage and Traditional Buildings’ in a free & open webinar on 15 March, co-hosted by Fit for the Future, another free CPD ‘pre-school’ event for IHBC’s … Continue reading
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IHBC’s special invitation to all members: Join our virtual Council for unique CPD on heritage political engagement, PLUS updates on our AGM & Charter
All categories of IHBC members – Supporters, Affiliates, Associates and Full Members – are invited to join the IHBC’s next free online Council for topical high-level CPD on political engagement alongside the IHBC’s planned AGM discussions on a Charter.
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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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Join IHBC’s Consultations Panel: Your chance to keep up on conservation policy, legislation, guidance and much more, while building skills and CPD
IHBC members are invited to join the IHBC’s longstanding Consultations Panel, which offers the chance to offer your take on conservation practice, principles and standards into the IHBC’s conclusions on emerging policy, legislation and guidance, shaping the conservation outcomes of … Continue reading
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IHBC ‘Practice’ Signpost for England: HE Update on the NPPF published
Historic England (HE) has included an update on the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) in its latest Bulletin.
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IHBC’s HESPR News listing feature: Director’s sample selection from November 2023
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members ‘News and Tender Alerts’, but after a quiet week, the IHBC Director offers an occasional sample news listing to looks back … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Claims that Sheffield Council did not tell the truth about the ‘collapse’ of historic pub
NowThen Magazine reports that claims made by Sheffield City Council (SCC) about the ‘collapse’ of a historic pub in the Castlegate area of the city centre were untrue.
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A Culture Strategy for Scotland: Action Plan published
A Culture Strategy for Scotland was published in 2020 and its vision and values remain important, and now a new action plan, published in December 2023, provides detail on how it will deliver the ambitions of the Culture Strategy. image … Continue reading
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THA publishes report on Travel Grants Scheme 2019
The Heritage Alliance (THA) publishes an evaluation report on the travel Grants Scheme 2019.
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RTPI opens Awards for Planning Excellence 2024, closing 15 March
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Awards for Planning Excellence 2024 are now open and close 15 March.
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City of London Corporation approves new sustainability guidance for developers in ‘huge step’ to net zero for 2040
The City of London Corporation’s Planning and Transport Committee has approved a new Sustainability Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) which supports the achievement of net zero for the whole Square Mile by 2040. image for illustration: St Paul’s Cupola by © … Continue reading
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RTPI inaugurates new president for 2024: Lindsay Richards
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has inaugurated Lindsey Richards as RTPI President 2024, as she unveils her vision for ‘Planning Our Future’. image: RTPI website
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Heritage Counts on ‘Retrofit Decisions: Views from Local Authority Staff’
Historic England’s Local Authority Staffing Survey has issued results of a survey on ‘Retrofit Decisions: Views from Local Authority Staff’, a part of the Heritage Counts series’.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Connecticut community mourns loss of historic church after roof collapses
Connecticut’s New London community is reeling after a roof collapsed at the First Congregational Church reports CT Insider. image for illustration
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