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- IHBC updates on ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’: Check out our web hub, with video & feedback, and help reduce damage to both health and heritage 05/12/2025
- IHBC Supporter Surgery for aspiring Affiliates: Have you registered yet? 11 December, 1pm (IHBC CPD too!) 05/12/2025
- IHBC welcomes new joint CEOs at Historic England to post 05/12/2025
- IHBC’s new Context, No185, ‘lifts the lid on roofing’, from craft to carbon, with essential, accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals & colleagues 05/12/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ signpost: HE’s Technical Advice on ‘Historic and Traditional Buildings at Risk of Flooding’ – mitigation & adaptation for flood types & construction to energy efficiency & more 05/12/2025
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £7M+ of weekly works: Town Council seeks team for urban development enhancement project, to 12/12 & £1M 05/12/2025
- Planning Aid bodies across the UK unite in landmark agreement to share expertise and strengthen public engagement 05/12/2025
- The Heritage Alliance on ‘What the Autumn Budget Means for the Heritage Sector’ 05/12/2025
- Heritage Network: Impact Report 2025 issued 05/12/2025
- CIC Responds to the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget 05/12/2025
- RSPB: New ‘More in Common’ report shows people don’t want new homes to be built at nature’s expense 05/12/2025
- New director of careers and education joins RTPI 05/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: European Heritage Hub’s ‘Call for good practices’ – ‘Cultural heritage as an asset for the green, digital and social transformation’, to 19/12 05/12/2025
- IHBC welcomes Budget’s financial boost for planning, supporting RTPI’s call for long-term investment as ‘the key to building capacity’ 02/12/2025
- IHBC Supporter Surgery for aspiring Affiliates: Have you registered yet? 11 December, 1pm (IHBC CPD too!) 02/12/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: Volcanic rocks could store captured CO2, Edinburgh University study finds 02/12/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: BDP on ‘Redeveloping Plymouth Civic Centre’ 02/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: ‘Failings at every level’ resulted in botched insulation scheme, MPs told 02/12/2025
- Government confirms National Covid Memorial Wall will be preserved 02/12/2025
- ICON: Pilgrim Trust supports ‘Conservation Skills at Risk’ with £45,000 grant 02/12/2025
- Government reappoints 3 Trustees to the National Heritage Memorial Fund 02/12/2025
- Parliamentary Committee: Nature not a ‘blocker’ to housing; needed for ‘resilient towns & neighbourhoods’, and calls for housebuilding target changes and reduced VAT (for retrofitting) 02/12/2025
- £2Mn Funding boost to protect war memorials across the UK 02/12/2025
- England to benefit from two new national forests backed by £1 billion investment in tree planting 02/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: A town wants to give away its 100-year-old convent: is it a housing solution? 02/12/2025
Monthly Archives: October 2024
IHBC Research for Practice Digest No. 5 now out: Connecting conservation research & practice, and featuring Cardiff University’s state-of-the-art PERFFORM
The IHBC’s fifth IHBC Research for Practice Digest has been issued to networks and subscribers – sign up HERE – and features Prof. Oriel Prizeman of the Welsh School of Architecture, who leads a fully recognised IHBC course, and Dr … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes new CIfA CE Nathan Baker as Guest Judge for IHBC Student Award 2024: Selecting the next ‘Gus Astley’ winner, who’ll receive £500 + Shrewsbury School place, 12-14 June 2025
The IHBC is delighted to welcome Nathan Baker, new Chief Executive (CE) at the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA), as our guest judge for IHBC’s 2024 Gus Astley Student Award, while his choice (& others) will receive certificates, cash prizes … Continue reading
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC’s Charles Mynors leads Council’s free CPD, on ‘Better legislation… lessons from Cardiff Bay’
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’, featuring Dr Charles Mynors on ‘Better legislation for the historic environment – lessons from … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Fresh £450K fund for Union Street Aberdeen
image for illustration Aberdeen City Heritage Trust is now accepting applications for grant for Union Street (West of Bridge Street), reports Aberdeen City Heritage Trust.
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HES: Open welcome from new CE, with invite to stakeholder survey
image: HES Katerina Brown, new Chief Executive at Historic Environment Scotland, has introduced herself in the latest issue of house circular Keystone, and invited feedback on its new stakeholder survey.
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New HE Technical Guidance: ‘Installing Heat Pumps in Historic Buildings’
image for illustration Historic England (HE) has issued new Technical Guidance on ‘Installing Heat Pumps in Historic Buildings’, looking at 3 types of heat pumps in historic buildings: air, ground and water source.
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MHCLG Demolition and retrofit survey launched to inform England’s National Planning Policy: Open to 31/10
image for illustration A new survey from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on the future of national planning policy, specifically regarding the demolition, redevelopment, and retrofit of buildings, has been launched.
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Four devolution agreements signed off and others progressing
image: Open Government Licence v3.0 The government’s drive to hand more power from Westminster to local people has moved forward.
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Heritage talent recognised by HES at Stirling ceremony
image: HES Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has celebrated apprentices, trainees and craft fellows at its annual awards.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (global) doorstep’: Fire hits historic church on Northern Chile coast
image for illustration Fire tears through historic church of San Francisco in Iquique on Northern Chile coast, reports Yahoo News.
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IHBC’s Council Update: On planning law reform in Wales, extends President’s term to March, & explores current priorities and more
The IHBC’s Council, the Institute’s inclusive advisory and training body open to all members, held its eighth online meeting on 16 October, with 160 IHBC members attending.
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IHBC@ICOMOS-CIF’s anniversary Symposium with RIBA, ‘Peace and War: Educating for Conservation or for Reconstruction?, blended from Venice, 4-6/11
image for illustration: Fiona Newton Among those exploring the ICOMOS-CIF 2024 Symposium on 4-6 November, on ‘… Educating for Conservation…’, led by Cristina González-Longo, ICOMOS CIF President, and celebrating its 40th anniversary with the RIBA, will be IHBC Director Séan … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £1M+ of weekly works: Trust seeks design & build heritage-linked services, to 11/11, and £39K+
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 Welsh Trust for design … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Portsmouth) doorstep’ 1: Bid to list Portsmouth’s Civic Offices fails as campaigners fear demolition
image for illustration: Portsmouth, Civic Offices by Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Disappointment has been expressed after a bid to have Portsmouth’s civic offices listed failed – which it is feared will pave the way for its … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Portsmouth) doorstep’ 2: Cathedral wins £118K Lottery funds for Visitor Experience space
Portsmouth Cathedral has announced it has been awarded nearly £118,000 by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to transform the visitor experience within the Cathedral.
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ARB consultation on new Code of Conduct & Practice for Architects, to 12/12
The Architects Registration Board (ARB) has launched a consultation on a new Code of Conduct and Practice for Architects, to close 12 December.
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England’s Planning Reform Working Paper on ‘Brownfield Passports’ seeks public input to ‘inform discussions with the sector’
A Government paper is inviting views on further action the government could take through the planning system to support the development of brownfield land in urban areas and its ‘Brownfield Passports’ initiative.
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MHCLG Demolition and retrofit survey launched to inform England’s National Planning Policy: Open to 31/10
image for illustration A new survey from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on the future of national planning policy, specifically regarding the demolition, redevelopment, and retrofit of buildings, has been launched.
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Launch of the Scottish Building Standards Hub
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 September saw the official launch of the Scottish Building Standards Hub (SBSH) at Carnegie Conference Centre in Dunfermline.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (global) doorstep’: Implosion brings down Tropicana casino in Vegas to make way for baseball stadium
image for illustration: The Tropicana, Las Vegas by Matthäus Wander, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Las Vegas — Sin City – said goodbye to the Tropicana in an elaborate implosion that demolished ‘the last true mob building on the … Continue reading
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IHBC responds to consultation on changes to England’s NPPF
The IHBC has submitted its response to the consultation on government reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
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IHBC@ICOMOS-CIF’s anniversary Symposium with RIBA, ‘Peace and War: Educating for Conservation or for Reconstruction?, blended from Venice, 4-6/11
image for illustration: Fiona Newton Among those exploring the ICOMOS-CIF 2024 Symposium on 4-6 November, on ‘… Educating for Conservation…’, led by Cristina González-Longo, ICOMOS CIF President, and celebrating its 40th anniversary with the RIBA, will be IHBC Director Séan … Continue reading
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IHBC ‘Finance & Economics’ Signpost: Steel and Concrete market ‘ready to pay a premium for lower emission steel and concrete’
‘The 2024 Steel and Concrete Transformation Report’ from the international nonprofit ‘The Climate Group’, with Ramboll, has found that half of global companies are ready to pay a premium for lower emission steel and concrete.
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: AJ FOI reveals ‘Hundreds of damaging changes… to heritage buildings’
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’, featuring an Architects’ Journal (AJ) report investigation revealing ‘Hundreds of damaging changes… to heritage … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Council) doorstep’: ‘Liverpool Council greenlights ‘iconic’ Littlewoods Studios plans
image for illustration: Littlewoods Building by Peter Hodge / View from the top of the Anglican Cathedral Tower, Liverpool – Wikimedia Commons Liverpool City Council’s planning committee has approved plans to transform the iconic former Littlewoods building in Liverpool into a … Continue reading
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