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- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 27/01/2026
- IHBC’s Context 185 under the spotlight: Accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, with Alexandra Fairclough’s ‘Law and Policy update’ 27/01/2026
- IHBC urges ‘risk-based approach to retrofit’ with Government’s ‘Warm Homes Plan’ – ‘biggest home upgrade plan in British history’ 27/01/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: FREE CPD at London’s LPOC Listed Property Show, Olympia, 30-31 Jan 27/01/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: COTAC issues Insight 4 – ‘Understanding and Appreciating the Region of East Anglia’ 27/01/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC’s NewsBlog on Marsh Awards – Successful Learning & Community contributions 27/01/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Man ordered to pay £38,000 after stripping out historic listed building 27/01/2026
- RTPI & TCPA: ‘Planning for the Climate Crisis – A guide for local authorities’, 5th Edition 27/01/2026
- ‘Empty Properties in Wales’ handbook issued by Welsh Government 27/01/2026
- Introducing the HEF’s first Newsletter: ‘Resilience Review’ 27/01/2026
- Scotland’s Bar-L’ joins the (Category) A list 27/01/2026
- Regeneration leader appointed to key role at Homes England 27/01/2026
- Swansea University Heritage Project recovers evidence of a major archaeological find 27/01/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Canada’s Charlottetown staff propose 45-day heritage designation for research, but council says ‘no’ 27/01/2026
- IHBC urges ‘risk-based approach to retrofit’ at heart of Government’s Warm Homes Plan… ‘biggest home upgrade… in British history’ 23/01/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: FREE CPD at London’s LPOC Listed Property Show, Olympia, 30-31 Jan 23/01/2026
- Check out IHBC’s new-style ‘CPD Circular’ & feed back: With ‘at-a-glance colour coding’, Director’s CPD Spotlight (ICOMOS-CIF 2026, Granada, 11-13/03), simpler format & more 23/01/2026
- IHBC’s newest ‘Branch Committee Bulletin, from the IHBC’s Director’: National updates for volunteer leads includes notice on ‘Online Branch Connection Event’ which took place on 22 /01 23/01/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: DfT’s new ‘connectivity score’ tool, helps understand ‘how sustainably located a place is, and transport interventions needed…’ 23/01/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £290K+ of weekly works: Welsh Council seeks Regeneration Masterplan to 30/01 and £40K 23/01/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (amenity) doorstep’: Canterbury Society launches campaign to preserve Victorian era Street lamps 23/01/2026
- Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee notes ‘Potential for fraud’ after ‘clear and catastrophic failure’ in government-funded wall insulation works 23/01/2026
- LI Briefing: ‘A landscape-led approach – Maximising value for people, place and nature’ 23/01/2026
- Templar Heritage Trust Bursary Scheme funds up to 50% of fees for training in crafts of historic building restoration or conservation… 23/01/2026
- Government’s New National River Walk announced: the first of nine to be created in manifesto pledge: the ‘Mersey Valley Way’ 23/01/2026
Daily Archives: 27/01/2026
IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03
Know any emerging practitioners who’ve shown accomplishment in learning new conservation trades or skills, AND/OR Retired conservation professionals giving back to their local communities: Nominate them NOW for an IHBC-MARSH Award to celebrate their contributions!
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Tagged #IHBCNewcastle2026, awards, conservation, events, IHBC
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IHBC’s Context 185 under the spotlight: Accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, with Alexandra Fairclough’s ‘Law and Policy update’
IHBC’s members’ journal Context No. 185 is under the spotlight and for this NewsBlog round we feature Alexandra Fairclough’s ‘Law and Policy update’ as she looks across the UK at changes, case law, appeals and call-ins.
IHBC urges ‘risk-based approach to retrofit’ with Government’s ‘Warm Homes Plan’ – ‘biggest home upgrade plan in British history’
image for illustration: IHBC The IHBC has welcomed Government’s £15Bn ’Warm Homes Plan’ – to ’help millions of families benefit from solar panels, batteries, heat pumps and insulation…’ – but says it must ‘ensure that retrofit is done properly’.
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Tagged climate change, government, heritage, planning, policy, retrofit
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IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: FREE CPD at London’s LPOC Listed Property Show, Olympia, 30-31 Jan
The IHBC is delighted to offer free entry for our members to the Listed Property Owners Club’s (LPOC) annual London Listed Property Show, on 30-31 January 2026 in London’s Olympia (pre-booking essential), with stands still available.
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IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: COTAC issues Insight 4 – ‘Understanding and Appreciating the Region of East Anglia’
image for illustration: Flint and brick cottage by Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons The Council on Training in Architectural Conservation (COTAC) has published Insight 4: ‘Understanding and Appreciating the Region of East Anglia’, undertaken by Ingval Maxwell and Barry J … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, COTAC, East Anglia, environment, heritage, planning
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC’s NewsBlog on Marsh Awards – Successful Learning & Community contributions
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 New Civil Engineer (NCE) on ‘The dilemma of industrial heritage’.
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Tagged awards, business, HESPR, industrial heritage
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RTPI & TCPA: ‘Planning for the Climate Crisis – A guide for local authorities’, 5th Edition
The RTPI and The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) have published the fifth edition of their joint guidance on planning for climate change.
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Tagged climate change, government, guidance, local authorities, planning, policy, resources
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‘Empty Properties in Wales’ handbook issued by Welsh Government
The Welsh Government has published guide for finding out how to bring empty properties back into use.
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Introducing the HEF’s first Newsletter: ‘Resilience Review’
Introducing the Resilience Review, a new quarterly newsletter by the Historic Environment Forum (HEF)
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Tagged consultations, environment, expertise, heritage, Historic Environment Forum
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Regeneration leader appointed to key role at Homes England
John Reid will join government’s housing and regeneration agency in March 2026 to lead new national hub, working hand-in-hand with regional teams, as strategic plan comes into action.
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Tagged environment, government, housing, planning
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Swansea University Heritage Project recovers evidence of a major archaeological find
A unique slice of history – a Roman villa – has been found, which ‘will offer unparalleled information about Wales’s national story’.
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Tagged archaeology, heritage, surveys, technology, villa, wales
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Canada’s Charlottetown staff propose 45-day heritage designation for research, but council says ‘no’
Canada’s Charlottetown council recently voted against putting a temporary 45-day heritage designation on the property at 1B West St., going against a heritage department request, reports The Guardian.
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Tagged global, heritage, planning, residential
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