The Historic Environment Forum’s (HEF) ‘Historic Environment Overview’, part of Historic England’s (HE) Heritage Counts is now out, including also a feature notice on the IHBC’s Conservation Professional Practice Principles.
… [The principles] puts practice standards at the heart of how to deliver successful conservation outcomes…
HE writes:
Despite ongoing global and domestic difficulties, creative and promising strides have been made towards ensuring that heritage is resilient and relevant for the future. This report highlights some of the achievements within the heritage sector for 2023-24.
The Historic Environment Overview is part of Heritage Counts, the annual audit of England’s heritage first published in 2002….
IHBC’s Conservation Professional Practice Principles
The Conservation Professional Practice Principles was first published in 2017 by the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), Civic Voice, and the Historic Towns and Villages Forum. It is an overview of built and historic environment practice for conservation professionals and describes the skills and specialisms necessary to properly manage, conserve and develop historic places and buildings. It is a cross-sector statement on practice principles for specialists working in built and historic environment conservation roles. Working with historic places and buildings involves a diverse and complex range of specialist skills across different professional disciplines. It is essential to employ professional teams from the necessary disciplines, with historic and built environment expertise.
The Principles define the typical scope of activities and diverse disciplines of conservation professionals. Identifying and understanding the values of heritage forms the basis for offering conservation advice and making judgements. They help with understanding and reconciling these values to promote sound advice and solid judgement. As the Principles recognise international, national and devolved UK legislation, policy and statements, and how they operate in the real world, it puts practice standards at the heart of how to deliver successful conservation outcomes. Printed copies have been extensively distributed amongst partner organisations and wider, and are available freely online. They are currently being updated and enhanced.
See the Historic Environment Overview 2023-24
Download the IHBC’s Conservation Professional Practice Principles here
