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- IHBC’s December ‘CPD Circular’ now out: Accessible, cost-conscious learning, events & resources, with Branch & National AGMs, Surgeries, CPD Partnerships & more 28/11/2025
- IHBC Supporter Surgery for aspiring Affiliates: Have you registered yet? 11 December, 1pm (IHBC CPD too!) 28/11/2025
- IHBC’s 2025 Parliamentary Briefing launches research-led ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’… From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit 28/11/2025
- IHBC welcomes new joint CEOs at Historic England to post 28/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ & ‘Management ‘ Signpost: DB’s ‘brief outline of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill’, with terms, and amendments 28/11/2025
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £2.4M+ of weekly works: BC seeks review of Conservation Areas, to £50K 28/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Two companies fined total of £190k for unauthorised Grade I listed building works following BNES council prosecution 28/11/2025
- Government consultation: ‘Reforms to the statutory consultee system’, to 13/01/2026 28/11/2025
- Gardens Trust on ‘Government Consultation on Removal of the Gardens Trust as a Statutory Consultee’ 28/11/2025
- NLHF launches Future Heritage Leadership Programme, open to 10/12, starting March 2026 28/11/2025
- As UK City of Culture 2029 opens, new ‘UK Town of Culture’ competition – to shine a spotlight on towns – opens soon too 28/11/2025
- UK Parliamentary Cttee. launches International Climate Policy Inquiry, ‘on UK climate policy and finance’, seeking evidence, to 7/01/2026 28/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: European Heritage Excellence Day 2025 spotlights innovation, creativity and community engagement 28/11/2025
- PAS 28/11/2025
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ services spans disciplines, levels & sectors, linked by interdisciplinary conservation practice standards delivering public benefit 25/11/2025
- IHBC’s 2025 Parliamentary Briefing launches research-led ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’… From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit 25/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ Signpost from Sheehan Quirke via Open Culture: ‘How did the world get so ugly?’ 25/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (duplicate) doorstep’: Plans for first Iron Age broch ‘in 2000 years’ approved for Highlands 25/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Lottery) doorstep’: Historic Birnbeck pier saved as surprise funding announced from NLHF 25/11/2025
- ‘Natural England’s Strategy: Recovering Nature for Growth, Health and Security’ – with ‘nature as essential to sustaining growth and a healthy society’ 25/11/2025
- HE & ACE issue first parts of suite of guidance, templates and factsheets etc. 25/11/2025
- Government’s Pride in Place: Strategy update 25/11/2025
- Winners of the Georgian Group Architectural Awards announced! 25/11/2025
- Joining the dots: A single EDI portal for the sector 25/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Worker dies after partial collapse of medieval tower in Rome 25/11/2025
Tag Archives: planning
Leeds Beckett University sets new global standards to reduce heat loss in housing
image for illustration Leeds Beckett University’s ‘real-world’ research reports it has defined new standards to measure the aggregate heat loss from housing – a crucial lever to meet the challenge of Net Zero.
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MHCLG Demolition and retrofit survey launched to inform England’s National Planning Policy: Open to 31/10
image for illustration A new survey from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on the future of national planning policy, specifically regarding the demolition, redevelopment, and retrofit of buildings, has been launched.
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Parliament on AI terminology
IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – offers members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with ‘News from the sector’, a dedicated news service with a commercial focus complementing … Continue reading
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British Chambers of Commerce: Planning reform must ‘move ahead at pace’
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is calling for swift action by the Government to reform planning in England, to help stimulate business investment and unlock growth.
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Buildings to prove they are net zero carbon: UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard pilot methodology launches – feedback sought
image for illustration The pilot version of the UK’s first cross-industry Standard to robustly prove a building is ‘net zero carbon’ aligned has launched, as architects and the real estate sector are encouraged to start using the pilot version, while … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes HES establishing new national centre for retrofit of traditional buildings with £1m of from UKRI AHRC
The IHBC has welcomed the announcement by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) of its plans for a new dedicated national centre to champion the retrofit of traditional buildings to improve energy following £1m of funding from UKRI Arts and Humanities Research … Continue reading
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IHBC ‘Intervention’ Signpost: ‘Retrofit Revisit’ (2024) building performance evaluation project from CIBSE
image for illustration The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) document ‘Retrofit Revisit’ is a building performance evaluation project to inform the UK’s approach to improving our housing stock and contribute to our net zero objectives.
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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £500K of weekly works: Council seeks study linked to historic area, to 15/10, to £20K
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 by an English Council for a … Continue reading
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Business told to pay £76k after breach of rules for redevelopment of Grade II listed Ironbridge pub
Millenium Enterprises Ltd and its director must pay fines and costs of £76,120 after the company failed to comply with the planning conditions intended to protect the architectural and historical significance of the grade II listed Crown Inn at Hodge … Continue reading
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Landscape Institute calls for landscape-led development in response to government consultation on planning reform
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 The Landscape Institute is calling for a landscape-led approach to development in response to the government’s open consultation on ‘Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning … Continue reading
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MHCLG: England’s new ‘brownfield passports’ to seize the growth opportunities of urban areas
image for illustration As part of its brownfield first approach to development, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has announced plans for England, to support and expedite approval of urban sites, such as car parks.
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Improvement Service to host National Planning Improvement Hub for Scotland
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 It has been confirmed that the National Planning Improvement Champion in the Improvement Service (IS) is to host the new National Planning Improvement Hub for Scotland.
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Jack Sargeant MS new Welsh Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
The Welsh Government has outlined the responsibilities of Jack Sargeant MS, the new Welsh Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership .
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IHBC celebrates HE’s ‘The Economic Value of the Heritage Sector’, estimated at £44.9Bn in gross value added for 2022
Historic England (HE) has published the conclusions of a major research project examining ‘The Economic Value of the Heritage Sector’, which demonstrates how the heritage sector is an integral part of England’s national economy.
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IHBC welcomes Cardiff University’s ‘RICHeS’ funding award: ‘Protecting our built heritage and collections’
image for illustration Buildings and collections of historical significance will be safeguarded for future generations, thanks to a new project from Cardiff University.
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Charles Mynors considers the lessons recent changes in Wales might have for other UK historic environment legislation: REGISTER NOW for IHBC’s next Council online, Wednesday 16 October, 4pm
Join the IHBC’s Council online on Wednesday 16 October at 4pm for Barrister Dr Charles Mynors on ‘Better legislation for the historic environment – lessons from Cardiff Bay’, open to IHBC members of all categories and free to attend.
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IHBC adds new ‘Climate Change and Adaptation’ category to HESPR practice areas: ‘… responding to climate change issues…’
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for commercial heritage services – now has the new practice area of ‘Climate Change Adaptation’, helping promote accredited members’ specialist skills and roles linked … Continue reading
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IHBC ‘History’ Signpost: HE’s brief introduction to the ‘Life and Works of Visionary Engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel’
image for illustration: Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern by Robert Howlett (British, 1831–1858)Restored by Bammesk – Metropolitan Museum of Art, Public Domain Discover the extraordinary inventions and structures of the pioneer of the … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Underground bin system deployed at St Andrews development
image for illustration The residents of the new homes at St Andrews West are the first in Scotland to have an underground bin system, reports Scottish Housing News.
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PAS Guide to better Sustainability Appraisal promoted by the LGA
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 The Local Government Association is promoting the ‘Sustainability Appraisal’ (SA) process from PAS – England’s Planning Advisory Service – as ‘more than just a tick-box exercise – it should be an integral part … Continue reading
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Civic Voice Responds to England’s National Planning Policy Framework Consultation
Civic Voice has responded to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) consultation, highlighting the need for stronger community involvement and housing affordability measures.
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AHF Publishes ‘2023/24 Impact Report’
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) has published its fourth annual Impact Report.
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Charles Mynors considers the lessons recent changes in Wales might have for other UK historic environment legislation: REGISTER NOW for IHBC’s next Council online, Wednesday 16 October, 4pm
Join the IHBC’s Council online on Wednesday 16 October at 4pm for Barrister Dr Charles Mynors on ‘Better legislation for the historic environment – lessons from Cardiff Bay’, open to IHBC members of all categories and free to attend.
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Serious about your career? Sign up to IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ service to stay ahead with opportunities from across disciplines, specialisms & levels: facilities, churches, councils & much more
To help connect employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, the IHBC regularly updates NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so be sure to sign up for free alerts and ‘stay ahead’ with the our unique … Continue reading
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IHBC North Branch on ‘Darlington – Hopetown: £35m Heritage Led Regeneration of Historic Railway Buildings’, 11 October 2024, from £35
IHBC North Branch has announced its Autumn full-day CPD event at Darlington’s Hopetown, part of the £35m funded linear Heritage Action Zone project (HAZ), on 11 October 2024, from only £35 for members.
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