-
Search the archive
-
IHBC’S NewsBlogs usually only summarise third party reports. Links to other sites may not be active so you may need to contact the host site for the original text.
Unless made explicit, IHBC NewsBlogs are not IHBC endorsements.
Categories
Monthly archive
Links
-
Recent posts
- IHBC’s Director joins RICHeS Programme Board: ‘Honoured, of course, but mostly I’m impressed by the £80M of research opportunities for historic and built environment conservation’ 20/02/2026
- Don’t need your paper Context? Do everyone a favour and pass it on, ‘Spreading the Word’ to help the Conservation Professional! 20/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 20/02/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, June 18-20 (Full School only): Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT (Online Day School), free pre-conference webinars and more… 20/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: Unlock Access to RICHeS Research Infrastructure with Full Access Fund Call now Open with ‘Help’ webinar on 11/03 20/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: Designing Buildings & more on Restoration and Renewal at Westminster 20/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: LPA Planning Capacity and Capability Survey 2025 20/02/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s weekly works: Charity seeks PM for heritage regeneration project, to 02/03 20/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Legal bid to protect Scots brutalist landmark from bulldozer 20/02/2026
- Delivering restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster: the costed proposals published 20/02/2026
- Government plans to train next generation of construction workers 20/02/2026
- SAVE’s Buildings at Risk register (BaR) – Call for Entries 2026 20/02/2026
- York Consortium for Craft and Conservation opens applications for Bursaries for 2026, to 16/03 20/02/2026
- Government Consultation on Design and Placemaking Planning Practice Guidance, to 10/03 20/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: National Residential Retrofit Plan 2026 for Ireland’ makes upgrades more affordable and accessible 20/02/2026
- Bursaries for #IHBCNewcastle2026 open to 13/04, 18-20 June: ‘Submit now to be next on the list!’ 17/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 17/02/2026
- 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. 17/02/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, June 18-20 (Full School only): Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT (Online Day School), free pre-conference webinars and more… 17/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ Signpost: Great Expectations Conference update by the National Churches Trust – Recordings now available 17/02/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC’s NewsBlog on ‘BOOKING OPEN for IHBC’s Full School (June 18-20): #IHBCNewcastle2026’ 17/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Heritage charity to change name after sale of 20,000-acre estate 17/02/2026
- National Heritage Emergency declared by Stoke-on-Trent – ‘first for a UK City’ – as Potteries needs £325Mn investment over the next decade 17/02/2026
- Nominations open for the Plowden Medal Conservation Award 2026, to 15/05 17/02/2026
- LPOC announces Listed & Modern Architectural Awards 2026 17/02/2026
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
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
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Comments Off on 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
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!
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
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Comments Off on 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!
IHBC’s occasional ‘Student Research’ spotlight: UWE student research seeks input to survey on ‘cultural heritage and building conservation’
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.
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Comments Off on IHBC’s occasional ‘Student Research’ spotlight: UWE student research seeks input to survey on ‘cultural heritage and building conservation’
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
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
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Comments Off on 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
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Council) doorstep’: Falkirk Council declares Slamannan ‘eyesore’ demolished
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.
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Comments Off on IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Council) doorstep’: Falkirk Council declares Slamannan ‘eyesore’ demolished
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: PI decision on removing Congham Bridge infill favours National Highways
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
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Comments Off on IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: PI decision on removing Congham Bridge infill favours National Highways
King’s Speech: … to unlock growth and ‘take the brakes off Britain’
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.
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Comments Off on King’s Speech: … to unlock growth and ‘take the brakes off Britain’
New National Planning Policy Framework consultation now open to public, till 24/09
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
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Comments Off on New National Planning Policy Framework consultation now open to public, till 24/09
Two new sites in the UK inscribed onto the UNESCO World Heritage List: Scotland’s Flow Country & NI’s Moravian Church Settlements
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.
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Comments Off on Two new sites in the UK inscribed onto the UNESCO World Heritage List: Scotland’s Flow Country & NI’s Moravian Church Settlements
Heritage Fund: Partnership unlocking the UK’s archives awarded £5Mn
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.
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Comments Off on Heritage Fund: Partnership unlocking the UK’s archives awarded £5Mn
HE says: ‘Heritage Works for Housing’ as it aims to support developers in their journey to reusing historic buildings
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.
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Comments Off on HE says: ‘Heritage Works for Housing’ as it aims to support developers in their journey to reusing historic buildings
Civic Voice Responds to the King’s Speech Announcements
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.
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Comments Off on Civic Voice Responds to the King’s Speech Announcements
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Rouen cathedral evacuated after spire blaze
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
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Comments Off on IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Rouen cathedral evacuated after spire blaze