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- IHBC’s ‘Special Thanks’ to 2025’s Student Award entrants, as 49 seek prizes (to £500) & places at #IHBCNewcastle2026 17/10/2025
- IHBC welcomes Campaign for National Parks success as ‘plans to weaken protected landscapes duty quietly dropped’ 17/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: Traditional and historic buildings – a new Retrofit British Standard, an update from IHBC’s John Edwards, with joint CPD webinar 14/11 17/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £495K+ of weekly works: Welsh Council seeks team for urban hub, to 31/10 and c.£75K 17/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’ (& ‘Evaluation’ signpost!): ‘History of the Pioneering Stockton and Darlington Railway’ via HE 17/10/2025
- National Audit Office: Weak controls and oversight blamed for faulty home installations under energy efficiency scheme 17/10/2025
- New UK Town of Culture competition to celebrate our national story 17/10/2025
- THA Call for Case Studies for Heritage Debate 2025, to 24/10 17/10/2025
- New Towns Taskforce: Report to government published 17/10/2025
- Communities to ‘seize control over high streets and restore pride’ 17/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Creative Health – UK & Ireland State of the Sector Survey, to 31 October 17/10/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, featuring Past President Mike Brown’s Vox Pop 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s Communications and Outreach Strategy 2025-28 now online 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s Annual School ‘Save the Date’ notice & Home Page launch: IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School, 18-20 June, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ & up to 20 hours CPD – accessible, interdisciplinary, cost-effective 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: GII Coventry Baths demolition approved by Historic England 14/10/2025
- Government responds to Parliamentary Report on Home Retrofitting with £13.2bn programme 14/10/2025
- HH: Lack of support from Scottish Government threatening heritage tourism sector 14/10/2025
- People across the country set to benefit from £4M boost to improve accessibility to arts and culture: Open to 14/11 14/10/2025
- THA’s Heritage and Placemaking Survey and Call for Case Studies – they want to hear from you… by 17 October 14/10/2025
- BSRIA: Wellbeing in Buildings (TG 10/2025) 14/10/2025
- ‘Remaking the relationship between citizens and the built environment’, a blog via Demos 14/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Heritage home in Canada demolished despite Heritage Act 14/10/2025
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ reaches across disciplines, levels & sectors, from charities – led here by Scotland & CEOs – to Officers (LG) Inspectors (HE) & more 10/10/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, offers insights into ‘The world of generative AI’ 10/10/2025
- IHBC welcomes Gardens Trust report into the role of historic parks and gardens in the 21st century 10/10/2025
Monthly Archives: October 2024
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (architect’s) doorstep’: … ‘grotesque’ Cotswolds house for Soho House boss defended
Architect Francis Terry has defended his firm’s heavily criticised proposal for a mansion house in a Cotswolds village, the AJ reports.
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British Chambers of Commerce: Planning reform must ‘move ahead at pace’
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is calling for swift action by the Government to reform planning in England, to help stimulate business investment and unlock growth.
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Buildings to prove they are net zero carbon: UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard pilot methodology launches – feedback sought
image for illustration The pilot version of the UK’s first cross-industry Standard to robustly prove a building is ‘net zero carbon’ aligned has launched, as architects and the real estate sector are encouraged to start using the pilot version, while … Continue reading
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The National Lottery Heritage Fund awards nearly £5M for conservation ‘expansion’ in Church of England parishes
image for illustration: Peter Badcock The Church of England has been awarded nearly £5 million to fund a ‘much needed’ expansion in work to conserve cultural and historical heritage in parish churches in a grant from The National Lottery Heritage … Continue reading
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AHF reports on Scotland Programmes: ‘Small amounts of money… carefully targeted… grows all this really big scale impact’
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is delighted to share an evaluation report summarising the research findings of RF Associates, that demonstrate the impact of AHF grant and loan programmes in Scotland during the five-year period from April 2019 to March … Continue reading
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Projects to boost UK heritage science and conservation capability
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 On 1 October, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) unveiled 31 projects to grow the UK heritage economy and protect cultural heritage for future generations
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IHBC features ‘History’ signpost ‘… from the (global) doorstep’: World Architecture Festival on the history of the Warburg Institute
image for illustration: Aby Warburg by the Aby Warburg Institut, London, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The World Architecture Festival (6-8 November) has published ‘The history of the Warburg Institute’ as a narrative for our times, by Jeremy Melvin.
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IHBC Council: Charles Mynors, online and on ‘Better legislation for the historic environment…’ – A Presidential invite exclusive to ALL member categories, Wednesday, 16 October, 4.00pm
IHBC’s President Mike Brown has opened an exclusive invitation to ALL members categories for a free CPD programme headlined by Dr Charles Mynors exploring ‘Better legislation for the historic environment – lessons from Cardiff Bay’, online from 4.00pm on Wednesday … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes HES establishing new national centre for retrofit of traditional buildings with £1m of from UKRI AHRC
The IHBC has welcomed the announcement by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) of its plans for a new dedicated national centre to champion the retrofit of traditional buildings to improve energy following £1m of funding from UKRI Arts and Humanities Research … Continue reading
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IHBC ‘Intervention’ Signpost: ‘Retrofit Revisit’ (2024) building performance evaluation project from CIBSE
image for illustration The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) document ‘Retrofit Revisit’ is a building performance evaluation project to inform the UK’s approach to improving our housing stock and contribute to our net zero objectives.
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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £500K of weekly works: Council seeks study linked to historic area, to 15/10, to £20K
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 by an English Council for a … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (resident’s) doorstep’: ‘Botched insulation means mushrooms grow on my walls’
A house in Luton is being consumed by black mould, mushrooms and dry rot after the botched installation of external wall insulation, reports the BBC.
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HTN: Grant from National Lottery Heritage Fund to transform support for community heritage
image for illustration Heritage Trust Network (HTN) has been awarded a £1,364,588 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for a major development and resilience project to transform the Network’s ability to empower people to rescue and reuse historic buildings … Continue reading
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Business told to pay £76k after breach of rules for redevelopment of Grade II listed Ironbridge pub
Millenium Enterprises Ltd and its director must pay fines and costs of £76,120 after the company failed to comply with the planning conditions intended to protect the architectural and historical significance of the grade II listed Crown Inn at Hodge … Continue reading
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Landscape Institute calls for landscape-led development in response to government consultation on planning reform
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 The Landscape Institute is calling for a landscape-led approach to development in response to the government’s open consultation on ‘Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning … Continue reading
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MHCLG: England’s new ‘brownfield passports’ to seize the growth opportunities of urban areas
image for illustration As part of its brownfield first approach to development, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has announced plans for England, to support and expedite approval of urban sites, such as car parks.
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CIC etc. consultation: Competence framework for sustainability in the built environment , to 16/11
The Climate Change Committee of the Construction Industry Council (CIC) with partners has issues its ‘Consultation Draft Of ‘Competence Frameworks For The Built Environment – Core Criteria for Sustainability Competence – Code Of Practice’, open to consultation to 16 November.
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Improvement Service to host National Planning Improvement Hub for Scotland
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 It has been confirmed that the National Planning Improvement Champion in the Improvement Service (IS) is to host the new National Planning Improvement Hub for Scotland.
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Jack Sargeant MS new Welsh Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
The Welsh Government has outlined the responsibilities of Jack Sargeant MS, the new Welsh Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership .
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (global) doorstep’: Annual Review 2024 – Preparing for Ireland’s Changing Climate
image for illustration The Climate Change Advisory Council’s Annual Review of adaptation and resilience, highlights how climate change is no longer solely a future problem, it is already adversely impacting society.
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IHBC celebrates HE’s ‘The Economic Value of the Heritage Sector’, estimated at £44.9Bn in gross value added for 2022
Historic England (HE) has published the conclusions of a major research project examining ‘The Economic Value of the Heritage Sector’, which demonstrates how the heritage sector is an integral part of England’s national economy.
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IHBC welcomes Cardiff University’s ‘RICHeS’ funding award: ‘Protecting our built heritage and collections’
image for illustration Buildings and collections of historical significance will be safeguarded for future generations, thanks to a new project from Cardiff University.
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Charles Mynors considers the lessons recent changes in Wales might have for other UK historic environment legislation: REGISTER NOW for IHBC’s next Council online, Wednesday 16 October, 4pm
Join the IHBC’s Council online on Wednesday 16 October at 4pm for Barrister Dr Charles Mynors on ‘Better legislation for the historic environment – lessons from Cardiff Bay’, open to IHBC members of all categories and free to attend.
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IHBC adds new ‘Climate Change and Adaptation’ category to HESPR practice areas: ‘… responding to climate change issues…’
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for commercial heritage services – now has the new practice area of ‘Climate Change Adaptation’, helping promote accredited members’ specialist skills and roles linked … Continue reading
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IHBC ‘History’ Signpost: HE’s brief introduction to the ‘Life and Works of Visionary Engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel’
image for illustration: Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern by Robert Howlett (British, 1831–1858)Restored by Bammesk – Metropolitan Museum of Art, Public Domain Discover the extraordinary inventions and structures of the pioneer of the … Continue reading
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