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- IHBC’s update on our ‘LB Prosecutions Database’ – from Fenland DC, a GII in Wisbech – with new cases always sought 21/04/2026
- Spotlighting IHBC’s latest Council: A paper you might have missed… Adam Dyer on ‘Green upgrades for London’s heritage homes’ 21/04/2026
- Don’t need your paper Context? Do everyone a favour and pass it on, ‘Spreading the Word’ to help the Conservation Professional! 21/04/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: HE on ‘Delivering Heritage Construction Skills and Training in Projects’ 21/04/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: DB on ‘…. carbon and indigenous slate’, and IHBC’s special offer to HESPR Staff for 2026 Virtual School, 19 June 21/04/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (listed) doorstep’: HES designates Glasgow’s Ubiquitous Chip following consultation 21/04/2026
- Government UK consultation on ‘Fees for planning applications’, to 18/05 21/04/2026
- CIC on CIOB: National construction careers campaign needed to meet development demand 21/04/2026
- HES: More heritage funding to tackle rising cost and climate challenge 21/04/2026
- High streets revived and children given safe places to play 21/04/2026
- St James’s Piccadilly secures £4.75m National Lottery Heritage Fund grant for landmark Wren Project 21/04/2026
- The Palm House at Kew Garden’s journey to a greener future 21/04/2026
- Competition to launch national forest in Ox-Cam Growth Corridor 21/04/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Decision on proposed apartments at Bessborough site due in July 21/04/2026
- Spotlighting IHBC’s latest Council: A paper you might have missed… Adam Dyer on ‘Green upgrades for London’s heritage homes’ 17/04/2026
- 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! 17/04/2026
- IHBC ‘Intervention’ Signpost: SAVE Britain’s Heritage Buildings at Risk Register 17/04/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £2.4M costed works: Public body seeks Heritage etc. consultant for iconic project, to 16/04 & £1.3+Mn 17/04/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (valued?) doorstep’: Edinburgh’s Argyle House qualifies for listed status – but won’t get it 17/04/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (under-valued?) doorstep’: Developer fights to keep new features on church 17/04/2026
- Launch of new fund with ‘more flexible terms’ in AHF’s 50th year of lending: inaugurated by Cadw with £500K 17/04/2026
- HSE: ‘Consultation on the Control of Lead at Work Regulations’ to 24 May 17/04/2026
- Icon launches Conservation Skills at Risk project 17/04/2026
- AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) opportunity on ‘Spaces of Health: Connecting Past and Present Experiences of Health and Wellbeing in Heritage’, open to 1 May 17/04/2026
- Local people take the lead in ‘Pride in Place’ across 40 more communities 17/04/2026
Daily Archives: 21/04/2026
Spotlighting IHBC’s latest Council: A paper you might have missed… Adam Dyer on ‘Green upgrades for London’s heritage homes’
image for illustration: No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons IHBC’s latest Council received impressively positive feedback, but was very busy, so this NewsBlog post spotlights a paper easily missed in this part of our exploration of … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, council, green, local authority, planning
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Don’t need your paper Context? Do everyone a favour and pass it on, ‘Spreading the Word’ to help the Conservation Professional!
If you are no longer interested in holding on to your hardcopy Context don’t let it go to waste: ‘Help The Conservation Professional’ and pass it on to a friend or colleague, and help us all spread the word about … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, journal, professional
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IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: HE on ‘Delivering Heritage Construction Skills and Training in Projects’
Conservation and heritage capital projects offer great opportunities to build in skills and training, and Historic England (HE) has a resource hub that brings together information on different stages of the planning process.
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Tagged conservation, expertise, heritage, planning, skills, training
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: DB on ‘…. carbon and indigenous slate’, and IHBC’s special offer to HESPR Staff for 2026 Virtual School, 19 June
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 on winners in IHBC’s 2025 Gus Astley Student … Continue reading
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Tagged heritage, HESPR, news
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Government UK consultation on ‘Fees for planning applications’, to 18/05
This consultation seeks views on proposals to establish a new national default fee schedule for planning applications and on the principles of local fee setting, closing on 18 May.
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Tagged consultation, government, planning, UK
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CIC on CIOB: National construction careers campaign needed to meet development demand
A nation-wide campaign to promote the varied and rewarding careers on offer across the UK construction sector is needed to cut unemployment, reduce the skills gap and deliver on Government housing and infrastructure ambitions, says the Chartered Institute of Building … Continue reading
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Tagged building, careers, construction, recruitment
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HES: More heritage funding to tackle rising cost and climate challenge
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has raised the maximum grant available per project by a quarter of a million pounds
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Tagged climate change, funding, grants, heritage, HES, Scotland
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High streets revived and children given safe places to play
Government UK has announced a new initiative to support local areas to reimagine and revive their struggling high streets.
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Tagged children, communities, government, high streets, investment, local
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The Palm House at Kew Garden’s journey to a greener future
image for illustration: Kew Gardens Palm House, London by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Heritage Fund has reported on a project to sustainably renovate the home of globally important tropical plants and help audiences learn about the … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, grants, heritage, UNESCO
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Competition to launch national forest in Ox-Cam Growth Corridor
The government has launched a competition to help deliver a second new national forest, as search begins for a location for a third.
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Tagged environment, government, natural, trees
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Decision on proposed apartments at Bessborough site due in July
Cork City Council granted permission to demolish almost a dozen buildings at Bessborough in Blackrock, to make way for the apartments, reports The Irish Examiner.
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Tagged 18th century, demolition, Ireland, landscape
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