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- More details on IHBC’s next Virtual Council… on ‘Conservation Officers & Services’, from COGs and careers to retrofit, resources, recruitment & more, 8 April, 4.30pm 27/03/2026
- #IHBCNewcastle2026 School Bursary Awards close early as cases are ‘persuasively argued and well-structured’, and with hopes for allocation uplift for 2027 27/03/2026
- LAST CHANCE FOR IHBC’s MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 27/03/2026
- Don’t need your paper Context? Do everyone a favour and pass it on, ‘Spreading the Word’ to help the Conservation Professional! 27/03/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard (NZCBS), v.1 & consultation 27/03/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: DB on ‘The New Plan Making System’ 27/03/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £4.2Mn costed works: Historic city seeks plan-maker to 08/05 & £2.2M 27/03/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Lock-side Pill Boxes transformed to create new homes for bats 27/03/2026
- SCT’s Manifesto for Scotland’s Places: ‘Protect What Matters’ 27/03/2026
- CPRE responds to Land Use Framework publication 27/03/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Historic Montreal church destroyed by fire… flames spread… 27/03/2026
- IHBC’s 2025 Gus Astley Student Award winners and prizes announced: Jack Parker (Oxford Brookes) receives top Award with £500, and Booth-Bird award to Andrew Pettifor (Birmingham City University), both winning Newcastle School places 24/03/2026
- UPDATE: IHBC Presidential ‘Member only’ Invitation to ‘Virtual’ Council, 8 April 2026, from 4.30pm – Scoping conservation topics in local government, with COGS, Data, Training, & more 24/03/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 24/03/2026
- IHBC is planning for growth, so grow with us by volunteering, with our Committees, Boards and Branches, or Panels, Groups and more as suits – just let us know! 24/03/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ Signpost: City of London future skyline ‘showcases strong investor confidence and growth momentum’ ahead… 24/03/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Wiltshire homeowners can’t install solar panels on roof of ‘church and high-quality landmark, even on appeal 24/03/2026
- Government’s ‘Roadmap of resources and support’ for a new local plan-making system 24/03/2026
- HE launches guide to ‘Developing Creative Industry Hubs’ 24/03/2026
- From Local to Global: The Power of Heritage in a Changing World – Heritage Alliance Insight Report 24/03/2026
- Heritage Sector Resilience Plan 2025-35 (HSRP2) 24/03/2026
- Pilgrim Trust & partners: Collaborative funding programme tackles conservation skills shortages 24/03/2026
- RTPI Scotland’s ‘Planifesto’ 24/03/2026
- SHBT unveils new 3-year strategy 24/03/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Reuters on halting of demolition of parts of Grenfell Tower after handprints found on walls 24/03/2026
Monthly Archives: February 2026
IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: DB on COTAC’s Insight 4 – ‘Understanding and Appreciating the Region of East Anglia’
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 Designing Buildings (BB) on` COTAC’s Insight 4 – ‘Understanding and … Continue reading
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Tagged East Anglia, expertise, heritage, HESPR
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Inclusive Farm Scotland welcomes first students to 22-acre working farm on Royal Deeside
Inclusive Farm Scotland has welcomed the first students to its 22-acre working farm at Tarland on Royal Deeside as the charity’s purpose-built facilities near completion.
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Tagged agriculture, Scotland, skills, technology
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First ever UK Town of Culture competition to restore pride in communities – to 31/03
Towns across the country can now apply to become the first UK Town of Culture, to 31 March 2026.
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Tagged culture, government, towns
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RICS Scotland Manifesto 2026 – Surveying Scotland: ‘ambitions… not be achievable without urgent action on skills & workforce’
RICS has published its ‘Scotland Manifesto – Surveying Scotland’, setting out clear priorities for the next Scottish Government and warning that ambitions on housing delivery, infrastructure investment, protecting our existing assets and climate action will not be achievable without urgent … Continue reading
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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…
The IHBC is delighted to announce that booking of Full School places is now open for the IHBC Annual School 2026, in Newcastle, from 18–20 June, exploring ‘Adaptive Reuse’ with conservation professionals from across the UK and beyond over three … Continue reading
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Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ spans disciplines, levels & sectors as interdisciplinary Conservation Professionals & employers see public & personal benefits
To connect employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, the IHBC regularly updates our NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so sign up for free alerts and tell your boss or team how our low-cost service … Continue reading
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Tagged careers, conservation, heritage, jobs
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IHBC is planning for growth, so grow with us by volunteering, with our Committees, Boards and Branches, or Panels, Groups and more as suits – just let us know!
The IHBC has recently secured permission to seek a Charter while delivery of our 5 Parliamentary Commitments is under way and Branch Consultants are in place, and much more too, so we’re now calling for volunteers to help, and grow … Continue reading
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IHBC opens Corporate Plan 2026-30 (‘CP30’) development with CP25 consultation, noting Charter, Parliamentary 5 Commitments, volunteer investment & more – to 28/02 & after
IHBC’s members and prospective members are asked to feed back on the summary review of our Corporate Plan for 2020-25 – ‘CP25’ – presented at our September Council, to help inform plans for our Corporate Plan for 2026-30 (CP30), with … Continue reading
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Tagged expertise, feedback, heritage, IHBC, membership
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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, expertise, government, heritage, housing, planning, retrofit
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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
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 awards, communities, conservation, crafts, heritage, skills
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IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £1.3Mn of weekly works: UK cultural body seeks Landscape Architect for works in urban setting, to 17/02/2026, from £750K
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members our exclusive ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with the Director’s tender taster for NewsBlog readers this week from a global UK heritage … Continue reading
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Tagged business, heritage, HESPR, news, professional
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Westminster Council launches ‘Retrofit First’ policy & more in City Plan Partial Review
Westminster City Council has published its ‘City Plan Partial Review’, setting out strengthened planning policies on retrofitting, affordable housing, with a new Retrofit First policy, requiring developers to explore options for retrofitting etc. before seeking permission for demolition etc.’
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AHF announces £46m expansion of the heritage revival fund
Major new funding boost will support communities to protect, reuse and revive their local heritage
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Tagged communities, conservation, funding, heritage, local
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ARB launches consultation on proposed changes to professional practical experience (PPE)
The Architects Registration Board (ARB) has launched a consultation on proposed changes to professional practical experience (PPE), aimed at improving fair and consistent access to high-quality experience for future architects.
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Government calls for submissions to UK’s first national inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) – ‘living Heritage – open to 27/03
The Government has launched a call for submissions to the UK’s first-ever national inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) – living heritage – on foot of the UK’s ratification of the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, cultural heritage, government, intangible, inventory, tradition
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Durham joins UNESCO’s Global Network of Learning Cities – ‘a significant site of scholarship and learning for over a thousand years’
image for illustration: Durham Castle and Cathedral by Ian Grieg, CC-BY-SA-2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Durham has joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities, continuing its long history as a significant site of scholarship and learning for over a thousand … Continue reading
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IHBC on LA conservation jobs in England: ‘Market Intelligence’ Research Note from IHBC’s 2025 ‘Jobs etc.’ posts, via our ToolBox
The IHBC’s first Research Note (RN) for 2026 (RN2026/1) has been posted on the IHBC’s ToolBox, offering our annual update on ‘Market Intelligence’ on England’s local authority (LA) conservation-related posts based on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service.
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Tagged careers, conservation, government, heritage, jobs, local authority, planning
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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
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, heritage, skills
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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 government, planning, residential, retrofit
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IHBC’s newest ‘Branch Committee Bulletin, from the IHBC’s Director’: National updates for volunteer leads
The IHBC’s new Branch Committee Bulletin has been issued, updating our Branch committees on strategic developments and current priorities, while if you want to find out more just check the NewsBlogs or contact your Branch Officers or the IHBC’s National … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Management’ Signpost: Planning Appeal fails for Cornhill Walk Shopping Centre, Bury St Edmunds
A Planning Appeal Decision has been made concerning the effect of the proposed development on the significance of the Bury St Edmunds Town Centre Conservation Area.
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Tagged appeal, Conservation Areas, heritage, planning
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: AJ reports as ‘Architects clash over Liverpool Street station plans’
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 Architects’ Journal (AJ) and ‘Architects clash over Liverpool Street station … Continue reading
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