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- IHBC updates members on Charter progress… IHBC Council review of draft texts due in coming weeks, details TBC 13/11/2026
- IHBC is planning for growth, with CP30 and more, so grow with us on Board, Committee, Branches, Panels or Groups and more as suits – just let us know! 13/11/2026
- IHBC Marsh Awards NOW OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026 13/11/2026
- IHBC Bursaries now open for IHBC Annual School 2027: Accessible, certified CPD on Climate Change & Significance 13/11/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD signpost: Home insulation schemes could be underestimating heat loss, new research finds 13/11/2026
- IHBC Director’s top pick from HESPR’s £68M+ works: BID seeks multidisciplinary team to study local retail areas, to 20/11 and £40K 13/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (maritime) doorstep’: Heritage Group explores cultural heritage and the historic environment within estuarine and coastal habitat restoration activities 13/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Grand Designs showcases London’s extraordinary Cloud House 13/11/2026
- ‘True scale of heritage’s role in Welsh jobs, economy and communities’ – 18000 Jobs + £738Mn 13/11/2026
- Historic England Reveals its Heritage at Risk Register 2026 13/11/2026
- The Reuse Policy Playbook: A Retrofit-First Guide for Local Authorities 13/11/2026
- HBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: The roles of heritage when the world changes, from ICOMOS GA2026, Malaysia 13/11/2026
- IHBC takes key step forward in Parliamentary ‘5 Commitments’ delivery, joining National Federation of Builders’ National Heritage Skills Forum 10/11/2026
- IHBC Marsh Awards OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026 10/11/2026
- Save the Date for #IHBCBristolBath2027 – Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Climate Change & Significance’, June 10-12 2027: IHBC’s Annual School, with online options, free pre-conference webinars & more… 10/11/2026
- Bursaries now open for IHBC Annual School 2027: Accessible, certified CPD on Climate Change & Significance 10/11/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD signpost: Deregulated housing conversions linked to poor health and wellbeing, from UCL 10/11/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: The Guardian on Clifton Suspension Bridge… ‘A big responsibility’ 10/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Back on track as Leas Lift carriages return home 10/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: New Visitor Levy fund to help futureproof Edinburgh’s cultural and heritage buildings 10/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: National Railway Museum celebrates start of construction on… the Porterbrook gallery 10/11/2026
- Nominate a building for the 20th edition of the Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list, before 4 January 10/11/2026
- National Trust: ‘Landmark act of generosity secures home of London’s oldest restaurant for the future’ 10/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: ‘Preserving Legacies Climate Heritage Cohort Program’, open to 8 January, ‘…work with a place that is culturally significant to your community’ 10/11/2026
- IHBC offers advice and support in roll out of ‘Historic Environment Policy for Northern Ireland’ 06/11/2026
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15 abandoned rail schemes win funding to be restored to former glory
The Department for Transport (DfT) has revealed the 15 successful bidders for investment under the second round of the Restoring your Railway Fund.
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New APPG Parliamentary Inquiry Christmas update: ‘21st Century Places: Values and benefits’ call for evidence closes 29 January
Westminster’s new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on ‘Conservation, Places and People’ (CPP APPG), chaired by Layla Moran MP and with the IHBC as its Secretariat, has launched its first Inquiry into ‘21st Century Places – Values & Benefits‘, a wide-ranging call for evidence from all stakeholders, closing on 29 January 2021.
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IHBC’s new CREATIVE Conservation Fund absorbs Gus Astley Memorial Fund: Supporting Student Awards as programme ‘centrepiece’
The IHBC is delighted to announce that the remaining resources in the Gus Astley Memorial Fund have been transferred by its trustees to the IHBC’s new CREATIVE Conservation Fund, where it will continue its to support the IHBC’s Annual Gus Astley Student Award ‘as the centrepiece of our awards programme’.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick this week from £500M costed works: Archaeology body seeks support for Welsh project, closing 4 January 2021, value £5-6K
The 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 top pick this week features a call from an archaeology body for support in delivering an initiative in Wales, closing 4 January 2021, and valued at £5-6K.
…weekly selections offer the wider heritage world a regular insight into the conservation profession…
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Excelsior – The tunnel near Plymouth with a nuclear secret
For years, there have been rumours whispered around Plymouth and Cornwall about so-called ‘nuclear tunnels’ that exist beneath the Tamar Valley, reports The Plymouth Herald.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Refusal in store for Harris Park, Preston, LB proposal
Eden Grove Investment Properties’ plan to convert listed buildings (LB) and introduce new houses at the historic Garstang Road site looks set to meet with disappointment at Preston’s planning committee, writes The Preston Hub.
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LGA’s etc. ‘Return to Planning’ scheme, for planners and more, seeks LA sign up
Return to Work – Planning seeks Local Authority (LA) sign up to this return to work scheme – developed by the Local Government Association (LGA) and the Government Equalities Office (GEO) – offering free support for people with experience in town planning, or with transferable experience from other services, to return to work following a career break.
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Scotland’s Digital Strategy for Planning
Scotland’s Digital Strategy for Planning strategy defines a long-term strategic direction for how Scotland’s planning system will digitally transform, embracing the opportunities new digital technologies and data present.
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RTPI on ‘Mental health and town planning: Building in resilience’
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has published a report entitled ‘Mental health and town planning: Building in resilience’, focussed primarily on RTPI members.
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Specialist insurer launches the ‘Ecclesiastical Heritage Barometer 2020’
Specialist heritage insurer Ecclesiastical has launched ‘the Heritage Barometer’ 2020 to help heritage organisations consider the risks and opportunities of embracing technology.
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UK’s first National Infrastructure Strategy – thoughts on ‘bold plans for a renaissance’, including board-level Design Champions
In tandem with the Spending Review, the UK Government released the National Infrastructure Strategy (the NIS), setting out its plans to deliver ‘an infrastructure revolution’ that included the requirement that all infrastructure projects have a board-level Design Champion, while NewsBlog readers can learn more in views from legal and construction sectors.
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CCN report argues for stronger collaboration between councils to fill the strategic planning void
Stronger collaboration between councils, health bodies, and business could set out ambitious visions for housing and economic growth in county areas, filling the strategic planning void if the duty to co-operate is axed, a new report commissioned by the County Councils Network (CCN) argues.
image: CCN website
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Architects Declare offers olive branch to ZHA and Fosters after walk-outs
Statement of regret follows high-profile withdrawals from climate pledge. Architects Declare has made a peace offering to Zaha Hadid Architects and Foster & Partners after they pulled out of the climate commitment signed by more than 1,000 practices.
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Association of Detectorists says ‘Detectorists Foundation’ aims to become an Institute
The Association of Detectorists is aiming to become an Institute, a ‘Community Interest Company’ planned with an ‘asset lock’ to the proposed Charity ‘The Detectorists Foundation’’.
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IHBC’s December CPD Circular now out: Accessible cross-sector learning support, from our AGM and beyond
IHBC’s December CPD Circular has been issued, highlighting Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities across the sector, including the IHBC ‘members-only’ free CPD AGM opportunity on 3 December and its special pre-AGM feature from Griff Rhys Jones.
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IHBC’s President calls for examples of ‘good, bad and indifferent’ Heritage Statements’ for HE guidance review
IHBC President Mike Brown has called out to members practicing in England for examples of good, bad and indifferent Heritage Statements to inform Historic England’s (HE) review of its guidance.
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DBW highlights CIAT member feature on IHBC research into LPA cuts in England
Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) – host platform for the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki and the ‘construction industry knowledge base’ has featured the CIAT’s promotion of the IHBC’s Local Planning Authority capacity research for England.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick of the week: Archdaily on ‘9 Cities with Medieval Plans Seen from Above’
The 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 notices from across the development sector’s publications, and this week features Archdaily’s article on the history of medieval cities.
image: Florence, Italy from ArchDaily website
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Landford Wood Mission Hall near Salisbury is Grade II listed
A hall built in 1899 for the spiritual wellbeing of the local community has been granted heritage protection, The Salisbury Journal reports.
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Study reveals potential for 2,000 new rooftop homes across Southwark
Up to 2,000 new rooftop homes could be built across Southwark without having to demolish any existing buildings, according to research by Fruition Properties and Knight Frank.
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Scotland’s Fourth National Planning Framework: position statement
The Scottish Government has released a Position Statement that sets out its current thinking on the issues that will need to be addressed when preparing Scotland’s fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4).
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Band of Builders Hardship Fund for Tradespeople Affected by Pandemic
National Charity Band of Builders has launched a hardship fund to help tradespeople affected by the coronavirus crisis.
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UK’s road agency tried to block FoI about unsafe bridges over ‘terror fears
141 bridges with ‘very poor’ rating remain open to avoid disruption, according to new data reveals obtained from Highways England under the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act.
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New national parks and thousands of green jobs under government plans to build back greener
New measures for national parks and the creation of thousands of new jobs are part of the government’s 25 Year Environment Plan.
image for illustration purposes only – North York Moors by Peter Badcock
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