IHBC’s ‘members only’ first Council and General Meeting of 2021: Free, 26 March, 1pm – eligible members called on to use proxy votes

Posted on 19/02/2021 by IHBC

The IHBC is issuing exclusive invitations and formal notices to IHBC members of ALL categories to the first Council meeting of 2021, from 1pm 26 March, starting with a formal General Meeting vote to support virtual meetings, and with eligible members strongly encouraged to use proxy votes to help the IHBC ‘move past the pandemic’!

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IHBC ToolBox Guidance on ‘Retrofit’: New update 

Posted on 19/02/2021 by IHBC

The IHBC has updated its ToolBox practice Guidance Note on the Retrofitting of Traditional Buildings – first launched at one of the ‘IHBC Spotlight’ sessions at the 2019 Annual School in Nottingham – after author and IHBC Technical Panel Chair John Edwards revised content to reflect feedback and new developments.

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IHBC research signpost: Engine Shed Technical Paper 34 – ‘Energy consumption and behaviour profiles for eight… dwellings’

Posted on 19/02/2021 by IHBC

The Engine Shed’ (part of Historic Environment Scotland) Technical Paper 34 on ‘Energy consumption and behaviour profiles for eight traditionally built dwellings’ gives an insight into the energy consumption and occupier comfort and behaviour for eight traditionally built dwellings in Edinburgh and its surroundings.

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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £10M+ costed works: University seeks team to create student-business network spaces in LB, closing 03/03, valued £200K

Posted on 19/02/2021 by IHBC

logoThe IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services working to the IHBC’s standards – emails its members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick features a call from an English university for a team to create a space for students and businesses in a Grade II-Listed Building (LB), closing 3 March and valued at £200K. Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Plans to alter Lyme Regis Guildhall window to protect it from passing traffic

Posted on 19/02/2021 by IHBC

Plans have been submitted to reduce the bay window of the historic Guildhall in Lyme Regis, to protect it from damage caused by passing vehicles, reports Lyme-online.

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DCMS targets nominations for 2022 New Year Honours List: Closing 16/04

Posted on 19/02/2021 by IHBC

Sarah Healey CB of England’s Department for Digital, Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) has written to ask members for ‘help in identifying candidates from within your sector for consideration to be recognised amongst the 2022 New Year Honours’, with nominations closing on 16 April.

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Green Party calls for no VAT on refurb in new Parliamentary petition

Posted on 19/02/2021 by IHBC

A petition from Molly Scott Cato – the Green Party’s finance spokesperson – on the Downing Street website calls on the government to remove VAT on refurbishment projects and raise VAT on non-Passivhaus new-build construction to 20 per cent, with more than 2000 signatories to date, and closing on 8 August.

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CIC: Government permitted development rights plans need rethink

Posted on 19/02/2021 by IHBC

Aerial view under UK gov open licence agreement 140417Government proposals to extend so-called permitted development rights, which will allow more premises to bypass normal planning procedures and be turned into homes, need greater safeguards to protect communities according to Construction Industry Council (CIC).

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HE High Streets Heritage Action Zones Cultural Programme, plans and ‘High Street Tales’ etc.

Posted on 19/02/2021 by IHBC

Historic England (HE) has launched a podcast series and accompanying ebook called ‘High Street Tales’, the first outcomes of a four-year-long national Cultural Programme (2020-24) led by Historic England in partnership with the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Arts Council England.

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Full range of National Lottery funding resumes with refocused priorities for 2021-22, including COVID-19 recovery

Posted on 19/02/2021 by IHBC

Applications are open for National Lottery (NL) Grants for Heritage from £3,000 up to £5million, while the Heritage Fund will prioritise projects that contribute to recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.

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COP26 calls for groups to bring climate summit to life: EOI close 5 March

Posted on 19/02/2021 by IHBC

Applications have opened today to help shape the COP26 venue in Glasgow ahead of the crucial climate change talks later this year, with the call for Expressions of Interest closing on 5 March.

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IHBC and Vic Soc Directors feature in RICS’ Modus on England’s planning question: ‘… will future policy destroy the past’?

Posted on 16/02/2021 by IHBC

Directors of the IHBC and the Victorian Society (Vic Soc) – Seán O’Reilly and Joe O’Donnell –are among those whose opinions are featured in the RICS in-house publication Modus as it explores heritage impacts in England’s planning proposals: ‘Heritage heresy: will future policy destroy the past?’.

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IHBC’s learning signpost: Building Crafts College – free virtual tasters for prospective students to ‘Develop… Conservation Skills’

Posted on 16/02/2021 by IHBC

The Building Crafts College (BCC) London is offering a ‘unique opportunity to participate in an on-line class’ in its IHBC Recognised ‘Historic Building Conservation’ Foundation Degree, to anyone ‘interested in undertaking the course in the academic year 2021-22’.

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REMINDER: 2021 #IHBCMarshAwards: ‘Your chance to nominate ‘retired IHBC members’ and/or ‘successful learners’ for our awards’, extended closing date of 31 March

Posted on 16/02/2021 by IHBC

The IHBC’s Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Christian Trust, has launched the two 2021 Awards – for civic contributions by retired members, and for successful learning in heritage skills – with prizes that include £500 and a free place at the IHBC’s Brighton 2021 Annual School, and with an extended closing date of 31 March 2021.

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick of the week: Early notice & low rates for HESPR members of IHBC’s 2021 School Heritage MarketPlace #IHBCMarketPlace, 18 June

Posted on 16/02/2021 by IHBC

logoThe 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’, with news from across the development sector, and this week features the IHBC’s own early notice & reduced rates offer to HESPR members hosting stalls at the IHBC’s 2021 School CPD-led Heritage MarketPlace.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Major development on Bristol outskirts could see village double in size

Posted on 16/02/2021 by IHBC

Bristol Live reports on a major development on Bristol’s outskirts that could see a village double in size as up to 500 homes could be built on green belt land.

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England’s Local Heritage List campaign: Announcement of successful areas

Posted on 16/02/2021 by IHBC

England’s Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has announced allocation of initial £700,000 funding (now increased to £1.5 million) that will support projects which involve a county-wide approach to developing or improving local heritage lists.

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Theatres at Risk: 2021 Register now out

Posted on 16/02/2021 by IHBC

auditoriumThe Theatres Trust has published the 2021 Theatres at Risk Register, with 31 theatres, while highlighting an ‘emerging trend during the pandemic where vacant theatre buildings are sold off by private owners.’

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CHN on Youth, Culture & Climate: Volunteers sought to help plan 2021 pre-cop event: Deadline 28/02

Posted on 16/02/2021 by IHBC

The Climate Heritage Network (CHN) – the international network of which the IHBC is a member – has issued a call for volunteers ‘to help plan an event at the 2021 pre-COP’, based in Milan from 30 September, with a deadline for volunteers of 28 February.

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MHCLG on NPPF and National Model Design Code: Consultation proposals and EOIs on tests invited

Posted on 16/02/2021 by IHBC

DCLG 2 Marsham Street LondonEngland’s Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has launched a consultation on revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), in light of the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission ‘Living with Beauty’ report, with expressions of interest (EOIs) sought for the National Model Design Code testing programme.

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Free access to Natural Stone Specialist during the Covid-19 pandemic

Posted on 16/02/2021 by IHBC

The Natural Stone Specialist (NSS) is offering free access during the Covid-19 pandemic, with current content ranging from a double height Portland limestone staircase to a revised landscaping standard.

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IHBC joins RIAS and more in Glasgow (virtually) on accreditation, standards, MATEs and more: 22-24 March

Posted on 12/02/2021 by IHBC

The IHBC will offer guidance and feature our celebrated MATE programme at a Glasgow City Heritage Trust (GCHT) 3-day online Conference on ‘Your Career in Conservation’, all aimed at ‘anyone working, or interested in working, within the building and heritage sectors’, alongside CARE, ICON, RIAS and RICS, and with fees from £30.

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REMINDER: 2021 #IHBCMarshAwards: ‘Your chance to nominate ‘retired IHBC members’ and/or ‘successful learners’ for our awards’, extended closing date of 31 March

Posted on 12/02/2021 by IHBC

IHBC Marsh Awards websiteThe IHBC’s Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Christian Trust, has launched the two 2021 Awards – for civic contributions by retired members, and for successful learning in heritage skills – with prizes that include £500 and a free place at the IHBC’s Brighton 2021 Annual School, and with an extended closing date of 31 March 2021.

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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £642K+ costed works: National body  seeks WHS archaeological survey,  closing 1/03 and valued at £30K- £40K

Posted on 12/02/2021 by IHBC

logoThe IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services working to the IHBC’s standards – emails its members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick features a call from call from a National heritage agency for a World Heritage Site (WHS) archaeological condition survey,  closing 1 March and valued at £30K- £40K.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Long Man of Wilmington chalk man vandalised with ‘face mask’

Posted on 12/02/2021 by IHBC

Police are investigating a case of criminal damage after a face mask was painted on a huge South Downs landmark the Long Man of Wilmington.

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