In the fourth of BEFS ‘Joining the Dots’ series exploring interconnected policy agendas for Scotland’s built environment, Dr Caroline Brown, Director for Scotland, Ireland and English Regions at the RTPI, explores how data integration could transform policy implementation and decision-making.
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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 Time Out reporting on a ‘…Brutalist Museum to Open’.
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image for illustration: G Laird / St Mungo’s Church of Scotland
To support the devastated congregation the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland visited the ruins of St Mungo’s Church in Cumbernauld, Alan Reiach’s iconic church destroyed by fire, reports The Herald Scotland.
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Government has announced it will bring forward reforms to regulation as part of the Warm Homes Plan, to strengthen redress and improve enforcement, while assessing the entire energy efficiency and renewable energy retrofit landscape.
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In this Newsletter update, Sustainable Buildings Traditional Alliance(STBA) share timely insights on retrofit strategy, material performance, and carbon regulation – key foundations for responsible building practice.
STBA writes:
Our new report explains how insulation behaves in traditional buildings, and why vapour-open, moisture-responsive materials are critical. It also clears up common confusion around terms like ‘breathable’, offering clear guidance for retrofit teams. On Tuesday 16 September, join us for a Technical Tuesday webinar presenting new UCL-led research into insulation and moisture, supported by all four UK heritage agencies. We also highlight an upcoming CPD webinar introducing the new Heritage Retrofit Methodology – developed to support more consistent, principle-based decisions across retrofit projects in traditional buildings.
Finally, we turn to Denmark, where policy is leading the charge on embodied carbon. The Reduction Roadmap, shared recently via the ASBP, offers sharp lessons for UK policy as Part Z gathers momentum. For anyone committed to aligning building practice with environmental imperatives, these are essential references.
Pathways to Planning is now welcoming councils to express interest the programme’s fourth cohort, while Last year, over 2,150 candidates applied to the programme, with the top 10-15% of those progressing to council interviews.
Continue readingAHRC has announced the Doctoral Focal Awards in creative economy, and arts and humanities for a healthy planet, people, and place.
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IHBC’s August CPD Circular lists accessible, cost-effective ‘Continuing Professional Development’ (CPD) opportunities, including IHBC Branch Partnership, Branch, CPD Provider and network events, as well as our joint STBA/IHBC Webinar on Heritage Retrofit Methodology.
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The IHBC and the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) remind our NewsBlog readers that our 2025 joint Heritage Research Award – to celebrate ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’ –for research carried out from 2023, closes on 18 August 2025.
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The IHBC has welcomed the news that Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is developing an online training course for planners about the historic environment, and seeks input to shape the content.
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The IHBC is has agreed a 10% discount for all members on West Dean’s celebrated and specialist Conservation courses (see terms, conditions and code below).
West Dean House by Charlesdrakew at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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The IHBC is delighted to announce that, thanks not least to the efforts of our West Midlands Branch team and School Friend lead, RICS & IHBC member Jessica Jones, IHBC members (all categories) can enjoy RICS rates at the online Global Building Conservation Conference, on 25/09, on how to ‘… Sharing heritage skill-sets with the next generation’.
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The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), commissioned Alma Economics to conduct exploratory research into the application of ‘non-use value’ in the context of UK culture and heritage.
Continue readingThe 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 from an English Borough Council (BC) that seeks Conservation Area Appraisals, for completion by 31/03/2026.
Continue readingGOOGLE Earth satellite images have been used as evidence for the refusal of an Innerleithen storage yard bid, reports The Border Telegraph.
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If you know of a heritage site or tradition in danger, Europa Nostra asks you to nominate it for the 7 Most Endangered Programme 2026, to 15 September.
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The National Trust argues that its job is increasingly tough due to sustained cost pressures beyond our control.
Continue readingBenefact Group has announced the launch of its 2025 awards—dedicated to celebrating outstanding charities that work tirelessly to create positive change.
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The Historic Buildings Parks & Gardens invites IHBC members to join us for the HBPGE 2025 event, which is free to attend and held annually in parallel with the Historic Houses AGM, 11/11, 9 – 5, QEII Centre, Westminster.
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Selected recordings of the IHBC’s 2025 Day School, on 13 June, have been made available to all delegates, so if you’ve not received your access links, let us know at booking@ihbc.org.uk.
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The IHBC’s recent exploration of a Charter has helped focus our support for interdisciplinary learning by Conservation Professionals, so we’re looking at how our Schools can help delegates add value for themselves and their networks, and calling for more ideas and suggestions from delegates and members.
Continue readingThe IHBC has welcomed the news that Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is developing an online training course for planners about the historic environment, and seeks input to shape the content.
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Bates Wells, with support from Neon, has published a new guide ‘Using the law to create change A guide for charities and campaign groups’.
Continue readingAdams Heritage Centre in Littleport, Cambridgeshire – a remarkable surviving example of a Victorian commercial building – has been listed at Grade II by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the advice of Historic England.
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The CMS Committee is calling on the Government to make permanent the scheme which allows historic places of worship to reclaim VAT on the cost of repairs and refurbishment.
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