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Thoughts on IHBC’s future still sought: #IHBCPetitionforCharter survey to guide future planning – with taster responses listed – so send your thoughts in ASAP

Posted on 10/10/2023 by IHBC

While the detailed interrogation of the first ‘scoping’ survey on the IHBC’s Petition for Charter awaits our consultant’s review, the exercise is already helping shape our corporate planning priorities, as members’ thoughts on our future are still eagerly sought HERE, regardless of charter sentiments.

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: IHBC on ‘2023… the 10 year anniversary of the HESPR Tender Alert!’

Posted on 10/10/2023 by IHBC

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 the IHBC on 2023 as the 10th anniversary of the HESPR Tender Alert!’ Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Planning enforcement notice issued for substantial variations from permissions

Posted on 10/10/2023 by IHBC

The Royal Borough of Greenwich has announced its decision, as the local planning authority, to progress with enforcement action against the Comer Homes Group’s Mast Quay Phase II development.

image: Royal Borough of Greenwich website

The Dewsbury Reporter celebrates as twelve historic Dewsbury buildings have been listed and one upgraded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the advice of Historic England, giving them greater protection and recognition.

image for illustration: Dewsbury Town Hall by David Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0

Members of the House of Lords voted against a government amendment to scrap nutrient neutrality rules…

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Historic England’s Sector Resilience & Skills Team has issue its Training Newsletter, providing updates on training and learning opportunities for the heritage sector.

Crumbling concrete that led to the closure of buildings at more than 100 schools has been found in Parliament, as Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) was found in one part of the Palace of Westminster.

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International National Trusts Organisation (INTO) has shared its ‘Broadening access’ toolkit, along with partners, the Czech National Trust.

Six heritage charities are celebrating today after receiving donations of £1,000 each as part of Benefact Group’s Movement for Good Awards.

His Majesty the King has appointed Sir Nicholas Coleridge as the new Chair of Historic Royal Palaces from 1 November 2023 to 31 October 2026.

The IHBC, a member of the Climate Heritage Network (CHN), has welcomed the CHN update on the 2023 UN Climate Change conference (COP28) in Dubai, hosted by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and running from 30/11 to 12/12.

Six projects underpinned by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will develop a formal and multidisciplinary approach to valuing the benefits of culture and heritage assets to society.

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Scaffolding is due to be removed from Salisbury Cathedral after a ‘marathon’ 37-year circuit of restoration and repair, reports The Salisbury Journal.

image for illustration: Artist – Constable’s Salisbury Cathedral – Public Domain Commons Wikimedia

Fifty five towns have been given £20 million endowment-style funds each over 10 years to invest in local people’s priorities. Continue reading →

Building’s Building the Future Commission has issued its review of the English planning system, to form ‘recommendations to make it fit for purpose to deliver the homes the country needs’.

Historic England, Arts Council and National Lottery regions have issued a joint call to Birmingham’s executive and commissioners for the protection of its heritage following the recent issuing of a section 114 notice.

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Proposed changes to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill, with regards to developments, water quality and protected wildlife sites, will reduce the level of environmental protection provided for in law and amount to a regression, the OEP is warning.

MPs on the Parliamentary Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee have launched a new inquiry into ‘urban green spaces’, closing 20 October.

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In advance of a House of Lords debate on a shortlist of delivery options under the Palace of Westminster’s ‘Restoration and Renewal’ programme, scheduled for 18 October 2023, Parliament has issued a discussion and guidance article.

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Hundreds of events are lined up for October, with a focus on the role black women have played in shaping British history, reports The Guardian.

The IHBC thanked all who joined the institute’s pilot online ‘Welcome’ event for newer members from across the UK and beyond, with early compliments including that it was ‘…such a welcoming event’ and ‘… a useful introduction’, our two lead ambitions for the hour of fee-free CPD!

[Slideshow HESPR News Alert – Special Feature Marcel Breuer by unknown – immediate source Robert F Gatje and the Bauhaus Archive]

Croydon Council has announced the appointment of 31 members and four chairs of its newly launched Design Review Panel, ‘to advise the council’.

image: Croydon Council

Scottish Construction Now (SCN) has headlined ‘devastating’ sentiments on the state of Scotland’s planning system as highlighted in their readers’ survey.

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