Daily Archives: 23/07/2024

Wales Branch Conference: In-person update from heritage at risk projects & the Historic Environment Wales Act, tour and branch AGM, on 20/09

Posted on 23/07/2024 by IHBC

The conference, at Gregynog Hall, Newtown, includes as well as a site visit, updates on Heritage at Risk (HAR) in Wales and what the new Historic Environment Act will mean for conservation in Wales, from Charles Mynors, from £40 (limited … Continue reading →

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IHBC launches Affiliate Fast-Track Pilot for Local Authority conservation staff (with personal guidance too): Open to applicants from 15/07 to 30/08/2024, so pass the word!

Posted on 23/07/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC will soon launch a new Affiliate Fast-Track Pilot – developed from recent pilots – specifically aimed at helping existing Local Authority heritage, planning and conservation staff progress from Supporter to Affiliate membership, and maybe beyond, with applications closing … Continue reading →

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IHBC celebrates learning, insights, networking & more at 2024’s ‘addictive’ Reading School on ‘Place & Building Care…’: Interim update, thanks & signposts to ‘IHBC CPD, despite purdah’

Posted on 23/07/2024 by IHBC

As IHBC’s 2024 Reading School has (mostly) ended, the IHBC offers more thanks to speakers, volunteers, supporters, participants and Sponsors –Principal Sponsor MFL Insurance Group and Reception Sponsor Velux – with an interim update on #IHBCReading2024 past and future.

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: MHCLG on the Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission

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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’s special news features The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (City) doorstep’ 2: City approves change of wartime Kingsway Tunnels to cultural attraction

Posted on 23/07/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration: Basher Eyre / Furnival Street, Commons Wikimedia The City of London Corporation (CLoC) has reported that its Planning and Transportation Committee has approved proposals to change the use of the deep-level subterranean wartime shelter tunnels under High Holborn, … Continue reading →

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Water companies could face raft of legal challenges after landmark sewage ruling

Posted on 23/07/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Water companies could face a tide of legal challenges, after a landmark judgment in the Supreme Court removes a block on lawsuits over pollution.

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‘Out with the old, in with the new’, Lichfields report on repurposing town centre buildings published

Posted on 23/07/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration: Joanna Theobald Guiding principles for successfully repurposing town centre buildings published by Lichfields.

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Appointment of Sara Robertson as new chair of trustees for Historic Buildings and Places

Posted on 23/07/2024 by IHBC

Historic Buildings & Places is delighted to announce the appointment of Sara Robertson as our new Chair of Trustees.

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Scotland’s Landscape Charter Review: workshop summary April 2024

Posted on 23/07/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration: Fiona Newton A Scotland’s Landscape Alliance (SLA) workshop-led event kicked off the second phase of the review of Scotland’s Landscape Charter which has been welcomed by the Scottish government.

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