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- IHBC’s ‘Special Thanks’ to 2025’s Student Award entrants, as 49 seek prizes (to £500) & places at #IHBCNewcastle2026 17/10/2025
- IHBC welcomes Campaign for National Parks success as ‘plans to weaken protected landscapes duty quietly dropped’ 17/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: Traditional and historic buildings – a new Retrofit British Standard, an update from IHBC’s John Edwards, with joint CPD webinar 14/11 17/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £495K+ of weekly works: Welsh Council seeks team for urban hub, to 31/10 and c.£75K 17/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’ (& ‘Evaluation’ signpost!): ‘History of the Pioneering Stockton and Darlington Railway’ via HE 17/10/2025
- National Audit Office: Weak controls and oversight blamed for faulty home installations under energy efficiency scheme 17/10/2025
- New UK Town of Culture competition to celebrate our national story 17/10/2025
- THA Call for Case Studies for Heritage Debate 2025, to 24/10 17/10/2025
- New Towns Taskforce: Report to government published 17/10/2025
- Communities to ‘seize control over high streets and restore pride’ 17/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Creative Health – UK & Ireland State of the Sector Survey, to 31 October 17/10/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, featuring Past President Mike Brown’s Vox Pop 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s Communications and Outreach Strategy 2025-28 now online 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s Annual School ‘Save the Date’ notice & Home Page launch: IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School, 18-20 June, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ & up to 20 hours CPD – accessible, interdisciplinary, cost-effective 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: GII Coventry Baths demolition approved by Historic England 14/10/2025
- Government responds to Parliamentary Report on Home Retrofitting with £13.2bn programme 14/10/2025
- HH: Lack of support from Scottish Government threatening heritage tourism sector 14/10/2025
- People across the country set to benefit from £4M boost to improve accessibility to arts and culture: Open to 14/11 14/10/2025
- THA’s Heritage and Placemaking Survey and Call for Case Studies – they want to hear from you… by 17 October 14/10/2025
- BSRIA: Wellbeing in Buildings (TG 10/2025) 14/10/2025
- ‘Remaking the relationship between citizens and the built environment’, a blog via Demos 14/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Heritage home in Canada demolished despite Heritage Act 14/10/2025
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ reaches across disciplines, levels & sectors, from charities – led here by Scotland & CEOs – to Officers (LG) Inspectors (HE) & more 10/10/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, offers insights into ‘The world of generative AI’ 10/10/2025
- IHBC welcomes Gardens Trust report into the role of historic parks and gardens in the 21st century 10/10/2025
Tag Archives: environment
Join IHBC’s online Council on 24 March, 1.15pm on, for Welcomes (future President, Rebecca Thompson, VPs etc.); Thanks (President Mike Brown, & volunteers), and practice-led CPD on managing London’s mixed-use historic Charterhouse estate
IHBC’s next free online Council and CPD, exclusive to all IHBC members, opens on 24 March at 1.15pm from London’s Charterhouse, offering: welcomes to our next President Rebecca Thompson; thanks to Mike Brown and others, and Charterhouse case-study insights into … Continue reading
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IHBC issues formal notice for 2025 AGM: 13 May 2025, 5.30pm for 6pm start, online
IHBC Chair David McDonald has written to all members of the IHBC with the date of and guidance on the 2025 AGM, to take place online on Tuesday 13 May 2024 at 6pm, with the full programme starting at 5.30pm’, … Continue reading
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC’s exclusive ‘Members Only’ Council & CPD, online from 1.15pm to c.3.30pm, 24 March
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’s own and exclusive ‘Members Only’ Council & CPD, … Continue reading
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CIC & partners launch Competence Framework for Sustainability in the Built Environment
The Construction Industry Council (CIC) and the Edge have jointly published the ‘Competence Framework for Sustainability in the Built Environment’.
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UCEM and LSA Announce Heads of Terms Agreement for Potential Strategic Merger
The University College of Estate Management (UCEM) and the London School of Architecture (LSA) have announced plans for the LSA to become a key part of UCEM, in support of its vision to become the centre of excellence for built … Continue reading
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Government’s 12-week ‘national conversation’ on land use
image: Open Government Licence v3.0 The Government recently launched a 12-week consultation on a new approach to Land Use, empowering decision makers with the toolkit to protect the most productive agricultural land and boost food security.
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WCL & more: Frontrunner councils show that Biodiversity Net Gain can be ‘more than a glorified offsetting scheme’
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Wildlife and Countryside Link and other nature groups have welcomed the start of mandatory ‘biodiversity net gain’ in new housing developments.
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ICOMOS-UK’s new General Secretary: Dr Alison Hems
Alison Hems has been appointed to the post of General Secretary of ICOMOS-UK, succeeding Susan Denyer, who has stepped down after 20 years in the role.
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London Historic Building Trust appoints five new Trustees
The London Historic Buildings Trust (LHBT) has appointed five new Trustees.
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Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ service helps all disciplines, levels and sectors, and with a charity focus this round, remember the IHBC subsidises charity posts by c.25%
To connect employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, the IHBC updates NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so sign up for free alerts, and telling your boss about our targeted subsidies for adverts, outlined below, … Continue reading
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Join IHBC’s online Council on 24 March, 1.15pm on, for Welcomes (future President, Rebecca Thompson, VPs etc.); Thanks (President Mike Brown, & volunteers), and practice-led CPD on managing London’s mixed-use historic Charterhouse estate
IHBC’s next free online Council and CPD, exclusive to all IHBC members, opens on 24 March at 1.15pm from London’s Charterhouse, offering: welcomes to our next President Rebecca Thompson; thanks to Mike Brown and others, and Charterhouse case-study insights into … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Director’s listing spotlight’ from HESPR’s £46+M of weekly works: Council seeks Landscape design etc. services linked to Lottery Bid, to 21/03
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick this week is a call from a Borough Council for Landscape … Continue reading
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HE publishes ‘Heritage Led Regeneration Toolkit’
image for illustration: Angharad Hart Historic England (HE) has published its Heritage Led Regeneration Toolkit on how to ‘use the unique and distinctive history and character of local places as a catalyst to revitalise communities and the local economy’.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Canada on ‘It’s Time to Abolish the Right to Demolish’
image for illustration Heritage advocate Catherine Nasmith on how it’s time to make building demolition the exception, not the rule, reports Canadian Architect.
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IHBC’s ‘Professional’ H&S Signpost: Building Safety Wiki – ‘Why the UK construction industry must unite for Building Safety’
As regards Health and Safety, 2025 represents a pivotal year for the building design and construction industry, writes Designing Buildings’ ‘Building Safety Wiki’, and as a dynamic, user-generated platform that fosters collaboration, your contributions can help shape the future of … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost, from DCMS: Embedding a Culture and Heritage Capital Approach
A new departmental report sets out the approach to embedding best practice for valuing cultural and heritage assets.
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IHBC’s HESPR members’ ‘News and Tender Alert’ News Spotlight: Director’s pick from February, with reminder on benefits including free annual Jobs etc. post (transferable, for goodwill!)
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members ‘News and TenderAlerts’, while after a quiet periods, as now, the IHBC’s Director selects a sample news listing from a recent … Continue reading
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HE Launches Wellbeing Strategy for Heritage
image for illustration: Joanna Theobald Historic England (HE) has launched a new ‘Wellbeing and Heritage Strategy’.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Beavers build planned dams in protected landscape area while officials still seek permits
image for illustration: A Beaver eating dinner By NPS Photo / Emily Mesner – NPGallery, Public Domain, Commons Wikimedia A beaver colony in the Brdy region has gained overnight fame by building several dams in the protected landscape area, as … Continue reading
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IHBC’s Context 182 now out (Part 1): ‘Heating and ventilation’ from Sustainable heating for listed buildings to people-first retrofit, hothouses and more (& even Alec & Gus!)
The new issue of IHBC’s members’ journal, Context – No. 182 – examines ‘heating and ventilation’ because ‘Is anything more important to historic building conservation…’, and that’s just the start of our CPD journey that includes Alec Clifton-Taylor, Gus Astley … Continue reading
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IHBC’s IHBC’s ‘Professional’ capacity-building Signpost: England’s Pathways to Planning – Information for councils
image for illustration: Open government Licence v3.0 Pathways to Planning provides local planning authorities with a pipeline of talented, supported new planners , and the LGA is now able to offer councils salary bursaries to cover part or all of … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: New research at Bennett Institute defines and measures social and cultural infrastructure
New research at the Bennett Institute aims to define and measure the role and value of ‘social and cultural Infrastructure’ and develop a framework that helps understand their value and role in public life.
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IHBC’s occasional ‘HESPR opportunities’ signpost: Our £8.2+M sampler ‘Director’s choice’ January issue, & benefits including free annual IHBC Jobs etc. post (transferable for goodwill too!)
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members our ‘News and Tender Alerts’ and, for our NewsBlogs feature this week, we’re offering our occasion sample listing from January.
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ICOMOS-UK Heritage Photo Competition: Celebrating 60 Years Of ICOMOS, on Heritage at Risk: A Global Perspective’, to 28/02
The 2025 ICOMOS-UK photography competition celebrates built heritage and living heritage traditions around the world, as seen by you through the lens, as well as 60 years of ICOMOS, closing 28 February!
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Government Planning Reform Working Paper seeks input on ‘Streamlining Infrastructure Planning’ & NSIPs
A new Government paper invites views on how the government could reform the process for consenting Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP).
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