Daily Archives: 24/04/2026

IHBC & RTPI are 2026 Newcastle School ‘Friends’, sharing learning, CPD, support & more on ‘Adaptive Reuse’, as IHBC offers RTPI members IHBC-rates to our Virtual Day School on 19/06

IHBC’s 2026 Day School, broadcasting from Newcastle on 19 June, boasts The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) as our School ‘Friend’, offering reduced Virtual School rates to RTPI members as delegates while delegates will hear from former RTPI President Timothy … Continue reading

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IHBC welcomes awards and applause for Dover’s Maison Dieu (Town Hall) conservation – Civic Trust Award & CTA’s AABC award for ‘conservation excellence’

The Maison Dieu (Dover Town Hall) has been awarded both a 2026 Civic Trust Award (CTA) – ‘… At every level, this is a hugely successful project…’ – and the CTA’s Architects Accredited in Building Conservation (AABC) Conservation Award for … Continue reading

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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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IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost, ‘From Sandbags to Datasets’: New AI-powered flood-readiness model helps identify 1.2m undefended buildings at risk of flooding in England

Snowflake – described by Gemini as ‘a cloud-native, fully managed data platform (often called an AI Data Cloud) that enables organizations to store, process, and analyse vast amounts of data’ – with the Ordnance Survey have collaborated on landmark AI-powered … Continue reading

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IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £323K costed works this week: Trust seeks community consultation on heritage project, to 06/05 and £15K

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – sends members exclusive ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with the Director’s tender taster for NewsBlog readers this week a call by a major Trust … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Council) doorstep’: New leaseholder secured for the Kursaal, paving the way for reopening

image for illustration: oxyman, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Southend on Sea City Council has confirmed that consent has been granted for the assignment of the lease for the historic Kursaal building to Remblance Leisure Limited.

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SFO launches public appeal as it investigates three companies delivering ECO4 contracts over suspected home heating & insulation fraud

The SFO launches public appeal and searches six sites across the UK as it announces new investigation into three companies delivering ECO4 contracts

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Tourism: MPs launch inquiry into the future of UK’s tourism industry, open to 18 May

A new inquiry from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee will examine the future of the UK’s tourism industry, open to 18 May.

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HB&P invites submissions for 2026 Stephen Croad Prize, till 31 May

Historic Buildings & Places (HB&P) is inviting submissions for the 2026 Stephen Croad Prize, open to 31 May.

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RICS and global partners launch CLEAR to align whole-life carbon reporting across built environment

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has launched the Coalition for Life Cycle Emissions Alignment and Reporting (CLEAR), a global initiative to harmonise the measurement and reporting of whole-life carbon emissions.

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130 cultural venues, museums, and libraries to receive funding boost that will improve access to arts and culture across the country

image for illustration; Black Country Museum, by Gordon Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 130 cultural venues, museums and libraries are set to receive a share of almost £130 million to protect them for present and future generations

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Eiffel Tower staircase up for auction

image for illustration: Arnaud Ligny – Tour Eiffel, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons A staircase that once connected the tower’s second and third floors of the Eiffel Tower, is estimated to fetch between €120,000 and €150,000 at a coming … Continue reading

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