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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
Monthly Archives: February 2025
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Beavers build planned dams in protected landscape area while officials still seek permits
image for illustration: A Beaver eating dinner By NPS Photo / Emily Mesner – NPGallery, Public Domain, Commons Wikimedia A beaver colony in the Brdy region has gained overnight fame by building several dams in the protected landscape area, as … Continue reading
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IHBC’s Context 182 now out (Part 1): ‘Heating and ventilation’ from Sustainable heating for listed buildings to people-first retrofit, hothouses and more (& even Alec & Gus!)
The new issue of IHBC’s members’ journal, Context – No. 182 – examines ‘heating and ventilation’ because ‘Is anything more important to historic building conservation…’, and that’s just the start of our CPD journey that includes Alec Clifton-Taylor, Gus Astley … Continue reading
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Join IHBC’s online Council on 24 March, 1.15pm on, for Welcomes (future President, Rebecca Thompson, VPs etc.); Thanks (President Mike Brown, & volunteers), and practice-led CPD on managing London’s mixed-use historic Charterhouse estate
IHBC’s next free online Council and CPD, exclusive to all IHBC members, opens on 24 March at 1.15pm from London’s Charterhouse, offering: welcomes to our next President Rebecca Thompson; thanks to Mike Brown and others, and Charterhouse case-study insights into … Continue reading
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Nominations sought for IHBC’s TWO Marsh Awards: ‘Successful Learning’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution (Retired Members) – to 31 March 2025
The two IHBC Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Charitable Trust, celebrate ‘Community Contributions’ by retired IHBC members, as well as ‘Successful Learning’ in heritage-related skills, with £500 and free places at IHBC’s 2025 Annual School in Shrewsbury … Continue reading
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IHBC’s IHBC’s ‘Professional’ capacity-building Signpost: England’s Pathways to Planning – Information for councils
image for illustration: Open government Licence v3.0 Pathways to Planning provides local planning authorities with a pipeline of talented, supported new planners , and the LGA is now able to offer councils salary bursaries to cover part or all of … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: New research at Bennett Institute defines and measures social and cultural infrastructure
New research at the Bennett Institute aims to define and measure the role and value of ‘social and cultural Infrastructure’ and develop a framework that helps understand their value and role in public life.
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IHBC’s occasional ‘HESPR opportunities’ signpost: Our £8.2+M sampler ‘Director’s choice’ January issue, & benefits including free annual IHBC Jobs etc. post (transferable for goodwill too!)
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members our ‘News and Tender Alerts’ and, for our NewsBlogs feature this week, we’re offering our occasion sample listing from January.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Scottish) doorstep’: On ‘Heat in Buildings’, Government update from Climate Action Minister
image for illustration Scotland’s Minister for Climate Action, Alasdair Allan has sent a progress update on ‘Heat in Buildings’ to Ariane Burgess MSP, Convener of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee.
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A decade of cuts: Wales risks being left behind in cultural and sporting achievement
Wales spends less on culture than almost all European nations, a Senedd Committee report has founds.
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Nathan Baker steps down as CIfA CEO
A Statement from the Honorary Chair of CIfA has announced that Nathan Baker has stepped down from his role as Chief Executive Officer.
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ICOMOS-UK Heritage Photo Competition: Celebrating 60 Years Of ICOMOS, on Heritage at Risk: A Global Perspective’, to 28/02
The 2025 ICOMOS-UK photography competition celebrates built heritage and living heritage traditions around the world, as seen by you through the lens, as well as 60 years of ICOMOS, closing 28 February!
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Government Planning Reform Working Paper seeks input on ‘Streamlining Infrastructure Planning’ & NSIPs
A new Government paper invites views on how the government could reform the process for consenting Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP).
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Theatres Trust announces Theatres at Risk Register 2025
image for illustration – Theatres Trust Theatres Trust has published its annual register of theatres under threat of permanent closure, redevelopment, or demolition across the UK, including five council-owned theatres added to the list as pressures on local authority budgets … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’ – UNESCO supports reconstruction of Mosul treasures
image for illustration: By Levi Clancy – Own work, CC0, Views around the old city of Mosul (2019) In 2014, the IS terrorist group took control of the Iraqi city of Mosul, systematically destroying its many cultural monuments but, with … Continue reading
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Join IHBC’s online Council on 24 March, 1.15pm on, for Welcomes (future President, Rebecca Thompson, VPs etc.); Thanks (President Mike Brown, & volunteers), and practice-led CPD on managing London’s mixed-use historic Charterhouse estate
IHBC’s next free online Council and CPD, exclusive to all IHBC members, opens on 24 March at 1.15pm from London’s Charterhouse, offering: welcomes to our next President Rebecca Thompson; thanks to Mike Brown and others, and Charterhouse case-study insights into … Continue reading
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IHBC issues formal notice for 2025 AGM: 13 May 2025, 5.30pm for 6pm start, online
IHBC Chair David McDonald has written to all members of the IHBC with the date of and guidance on the 2025 AGM, to take place online on Tuesday 13 May 2024 at 6pm, with the full programme starting at 5.30pm’, … Continue reading
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Nominations sought for IHBC’s TWO Marsh Awards: ‘Successful Learning’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution (Retired Members) – to 31 March 2025
The two IHBC Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Charitable Trust, celebrate ‘Community Contributions’ by retired IHBC members, as well as ‘Successful Learning’ in heritage-related skills, with £500 and free places at IHBC’s 2025 Annual School in Shrewsbury … Continue reading
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IHBC’s 2025 AGM is coming 13 May: To take your membership to a new level, as Trustee, be sure to · Check our guidance · Explore options with us · Sort your CPD · Submit your case.
If you are interested in a voluntary role as an Trustee you can explore duties and obligations not only through our extensive online guidance, but also ‘in real life’ by contacting a trustee post-holder – direct or through your Branch … Continue reading
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IHBC Research Signpost: Centre for Cultural Value on ‘Research Digest Environmental Heritage and Place’ and more
image by Centre for Cultural Value The Centre for Cultural Value is building a shared understanding of the differences that arts, culture, heritage and screen make to people’s lives and to society, including with its Research Digests, ‘based on a … Continue reading
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Barbican Renewal programme seeks feedback
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’, and this week features the Barbican Renewal programme calling for feedback.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Govt opts not to list Manchester’s Hotspur Press
image for illustration: Percy Brothers Ltd – the Hotspur Press by Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons It has been decided that the former mill and printing press on Manchester’s Gloucester Street is not worthy of protected status, paving … Continue reading
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Heritage Treasures Day: Funding brings new hope for the future of 3 AHF-supported historic gems, from Cranleigh to S. Yorkshire
image for illustration from AHF newsletter : The exterior of Cranleigh Cottage Hospital. Photo courtesy of Cranleigh Heritage Trust CIO. Heritage Treasures Day, reports the Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF), spotlights three AHF-supported projects in England that have also just been … Continue reading
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Consultation on ‘Reforms to the Energy Performance of Buildings’ regime, to 26/02
image for illustration The Government has issued a consultation on changes to Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), Display Energy Certificates (DECs), and air conditioning inspection reports (ACIRs), closing 26 February 2025. [applies to England & Wales]
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Marina Tabassum & firm selected for Serpentine Pavilion 2025
Serpentine is delighted to announce that Bangladeshi architect and educator Marina Tabassum and her firm, Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA), have been selected to design the 2025 Pavilion, titled A Capsule in Time.
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Megan Veronesi appointed Interim Director of EWH
image for illustration: Fiona Newton Edinburgh World Heritage (EWH) has announced Megan Veronesi’s appointment as Interim Director, stepping into the role previously held by Christina Sinclair.
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