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- 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: 14/12/2024
IHBC is ‘looking back’ at Context 181 (Part 1): Explore Urban housing… council housing revied, DH Lawrence’s birthplace, prefabs, gentrification and more
With the new issue of IHBC’s members’ journal, Context now out, did you work all the way through our last one – Issue No. 181 – and the many facets of urban housing, design, conservation and use, with lessons on … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £1.2M+ of weekly works: Council seeks evaluation in theatre project, to 15/01 & £240k
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 Council for a multi-disciplinary … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Happy residents (inc. Tracy Emin) as replacement windows refused by Thanet DC
image for illustration: image for illustration: Arlington House Margate by Spudgun67, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Flat owners – including artist Tracey Emin – are rejoicing after a controversial plan to replace the windows of an ‘iconic’ tower block at Arlington House … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (railway) doorstep’: Network Rail starts £3.4m iconic Glenfinnan Viaduct repair
image for illustration: Glenfinnan Viaduct by By Matthieu Riegler, CC BY 3.0 Network Rail has started a £3.4m project this month to repair the iconic Glenfinnan Viaduct in the Scottish Highlands, to ‘future-proof’ the category A-listed bridge for generations.
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New NPPF out for England
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 The revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), which sets out government’s planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied, has been issued.
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Parliament procurement processes launched: ‘… easier for small businesses, sole traders and micro-companies to bid’; initial applications to 10/01, live from February
image for illustration: Parliamentary copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament The Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal has introduced a Collections Conservation Dynamic Purchasing System to help the conservation sector’s role in preserving its heritage, open to … Continue reading
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The Burrell Collection: Doolan Award – ‘Scotland’s building of the year’
image for illustration: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Glasgow’s Burrell Collection has been named today as the winner of the Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award following a major refurbishment by John McAslan … Continue reading
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HE seeks 3 Commissioners – Conservation Architect Finance / Risk, Property Development, to £4133 p.a. @ 12 days p.a., closing 10/01/25
Historic England (HE) seeks 3 new Commissioners – Conservation Architect; Finance/Risk & Property Development, to £4133 p.a @ 12 days p.a., closing 10/01/25.
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Govt: Planning overhaul to reach 1.5 million new homes
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 An overhaul of the planning system to accelerate housebuilding and deliver 1.5 million homes over this Parliament, Government reports.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Explore the World’s First 3D Replica of St. Peter’s Basilica… made with AI
image for illustration: St Peter’s Basilica by Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons In the trailer below for the world’s first 3D replica of St. Peter’s Basilica, Yves Ubelmann speaks of using ‘AI for Good,’ which isn’t just an … Continue reading
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