Daily Archives: 02/08/2024

IHBC’s Context 180’s BUMPER issue, Part 3: Regular updates from IHBC officers and networks, with Chair’s take ‘in the spotlight’, on an unfamiliar side to White’s ‘history’ of Selborne

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The new issue of the IHBC’s members’ journal, Context, No. 180, alongside themed features on heritage and nature includes a wide range of regular articles, with the spotlight in this NewsBlog on ‘Notes ‘from our Chair, on White’s … History … 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!

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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’s occasional ‘Student Research’ spotlight: UWE student research seeks input to survey on ‘cultural heritage and building conservation’

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image for illustration A Masters student at the University of the West of England (UWE), Hana Mahmood,  has opened a questionnaire on cultural heritage and conservation while also seeking volunteers for interview.

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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £693K works this week: National charity seeks PM-led team for NI heritage village initiative, valued £643K, to 28/08

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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 is a call from a national charity for a … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Council) doorstep’: Falkirk Council declares Slamannan ‘eyesore’ demolished

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image for illustration The derelict and abandoned former Royal Hotel in Slamannan has been torn down, clearing the way for the community to decide what the future holds for the land.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: PI decision on removing Congham Bridge infill favours National Highways

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image for illustration: Congham Bridge – ‘ Overgrown railway bridge north of Roydon’ by Richard Humphrey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons   National Highways has won its appeal against removing thousands of tonnes of concrete it poured under an historic … Continue reading →

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King’s Speech: … to unlock growth and ‘take the brakes off Britain’

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image: Open Government Licence v3.0 New laws unveiled by His Majesty The King on Wednesday 17 July focussed on ‘improving living standards for working people through economic growth’, reports the government.

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New National Planning Policy Framework consultation now open to public, till 24/09

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image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 The Government has unveiled plans for a major overhaul of the planning system in England, aimed at tackling the nation’s acute housing crisis and stimulating economic growth, to include new mandatory housing targets … Continue reading →

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Two new sites in the UK inscribed onto the UNESCO World Heritage List: Scotland’s Flow Country & NI’s Moravian Church Settlements

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Two new sites in the UK have been inscribed onto the UNESCO World Heritage List: Scotland’s Flow Country and Northern Ireland’s (NI) Moravian Church Settlements.

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Heritage Fund: Partnership unlocking the UK’s archives awarded £5Mn

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image for illustration The Heritage Fund has announced one of its biggest investments into archives this century, awarding £5m to Archives Revealed, a long-running partnership between The National Archives, the Pilgrim Trust and the Wolfson Foundation.

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HE says: ‘Heritage Works for Housing’ as it aims to support developers in their journey to reusing historic buildings

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image for illustration: Liverpool – Dave Chetwyn Historic England’s new ‘Heritage Works for Housing’ sets out how heritage can work for housing, to enable and facilitate the reuse of historic buildings to deliver more homes and better outcomes for all.

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Civic Voice Responds to the King’s Speech Announcements

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Civic Voice, the national charity for the civic movement in England, has welcomed the announcements made in the King’s Speech, particularly those that directly align with our mission to promote and support civic pride and community-led planning.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Rouen cathedral evacuated after spire blaze

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image for illustration: Rouen and the Cathedral in 1525, from the ‘Livre des Fontaines’ by Jacques Le Lieur – Public Domain, Commons Wikimedia The spire of a famous Gothic cathedral in the French city of Rouen caught fire, prompting an evacuation, … Continue reading →

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