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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
IHBC’s LPA Capacity research headlines DBW’s home page: ‘Conservation advice available to local authorities falls 48.7% since 2009; 6% today have none!’
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IHBC CPD provider Scottish Lime Centre & HES: Data Driven Approach to Understanding Historic Mortars in Scotland
Technical Paper 32 – A Data Driven Approach to Understanding Historic Mortars in Scotland – has been issued, jointly produced by the Scottish Lime Centre Trust (SLC), which is an IHBC Recognised CPD Provider, and Historic Environment Scotland (HES).
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IHBC’s HESPR pick this week: Call for a masterplan etc. for an historic Scottish harbour, closing 17/11
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 company’s call for a masterplan and more for an historic Scottish harbour, closing 17/11.
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IHBC’s ‘Out of Context’ CPD boost from Enfield, via Ireland: Participation, heritage and a local plan
The IHBC’s member journal Context, takes Ireland as its theme for Issue 163, but such themed issues also carry more general CPD, and this issue also has Harriet Bell remind us of the origins and importance of public participation in heritage matters, with a case study of the London Borough of Enfield’s new heritage strategy that can offer lessons to any practitioner, not least from Sherry Arnstein!
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SOS refuses controversial proposals for Norwich’s Anglia Square
Robert Jenrick, Secretary of State at England’s Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG), has refused planning permission for the highly contentious 20 storey tower plans for Anglia Square in the heart of the medieval city.
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HE seeks advisers (including conservation professionals etc.) to inform and influence its future: Conservation, HE & London, closing 22/11
Historic England is seeking advisers with current vacancies including Historic Estate Conservation Committee, Historic England Advisory Committee and the London Advisory Committee, all with 22 November closing dates, and all potentially benefitting from skills based on conservation officer roles to help in ‘informing and influencing [its] future…’
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Cadw consolidates web access to Historic Environment legislation for Wales
Cadw’s Legislation and Policy Team has begun work to consolidate the Historic Environment legislation for Wales.
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Lifeline grants for culture in all corners of the country
Culture across the country benefits as Lifeline grants from the latest round of the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund will protect a further 162 heritage sites across the country.
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Builders’ licence campaign collapses
Plans to make every jobbing builder have to pass a test and buy a licence to trade – instigated by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), have been shelved, reports The Construction Index.
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HE and the Hamish Ogston Foundation partner in a major new skills programme
A £3.5M pledge from the Hamish Ogston Foundation to Historic England (HE) will fund a major in-work training and apprenticeships programme, helping to ensure that the craft and trade skills needed to repair and maintain historic buildings are passed on to future generations.
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IHBC’s November CPD Circular now out: Accessible cross-sector listing, including IHBC’s AGM CPD with Griff Rhys Jones too!
IHBC’s November CPD Circular has been issued, highlighting Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities across the sector, and this month features an IHBC ‘members-only’ free opportunity – our AGM CPD, with a special pre-AGM feature from Griff Rhys Jones.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick of the week: Social Value Toolkit for Architecture
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 the RIBA’s Social Value Toolkit for Architecture.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Edinburgh urged to stop building new hotels and ‘reimagine’ a different future
The old Royal High School on Calton Hill has been one of Edinburgh’s most recognisable landmarks for nearly 200 years, reports The Edinburgh News, so the response to the long-awaited ruling from ministers into its proposed £75 million transformation into a hotel was unsurprisingly divided, while its refusal establishes the need for new thinking on uses for sensitive sites.
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Ramblers study reveals over 49,000+ miles of ‘lost’ historic paths – in danger of disappearing forever!
The ‘Don’t Lose Your Way campaign’ from Ramblers at the Heart of Walking (Ramblers) has found 49,138 miles of rights of way missing from the definitive map in England and Wales, which it is now racing to save by 2026, when the new definitive map is due.
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MHCLG consults on amendments to 1997 Architects Act
England’s Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has issued a Consultation on proposed amendments to the Architects Act 1997.
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Equality at the Heart of HES: Our Equality Outcomes Consultation: Ends 30/11
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has launched a consultation to help shape it’s Equality Outcomes for 2021-25, which closes on 30 November.
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CIOB building conservation courses receive English Heritage endorsement
The Chartered Institute of Building’s (CIOB) ‘Understanding Building Conservation’ course and ‘Building Conservation Certification Scheme’ have received official endorsement from English Heritage.
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Natural England sets out fresh vision for our natural environment
Natural England’s vision for the next five years seeks to help all children, wherever they live, to enjoy the benefits of a thriving natural environment.
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Allchurches Trust launches new resource hub to support churches
Allchurches Trust has launched an advice and resources hub to support churches, from project planning and publicity to impact measurement and connecting with young people, while the hub also features Allchurches’ latest research.
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New APPG promotes museums interests across the UK
The purpose of the new All-Party Parliamentary Group for Museums (APPG) chaired by Chris Skidmore, Conservative MP for Kingswood is to highlight and promote the interests of museums across the UK.
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Peter Sowerby Foundation opens £1.4m fund for innovative coronavirus ‘good causes’ responses
The Peter Sowerby Foundation has opened a £1.4m fund for charities developing or adapting their services in response to the coronavirus crisis.
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IHBC formally issues 2020 AGM details for 3 December: Programme from 5.30pm – Griff Rhys Jones, School updates etc. – voting from 6pm (IHBC members only; BOOKING ESSENTIAL)
The IHBC has issued notices and exclusive invitations to all categories of IHBC members for the 2020 AGM – on 3 December, 2020 – including a free CPD programme from 5.30pm with filmed welcomes and updates from Griff Rhys Jones and on IHBC Schools (BOOKING ESSENTIAL).
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IHBC responds to England’s Planning for the Future White Paper: Build on planning’s many strengths; improve by simplification, not redesign
The IHBC has submitted its comprehensive response to England’s Planning for the Future White Paper, highlighting that the planning system may need reform and simplification but not complete redesign, and that a more dynamic system for local plans, involving frequent and regular reviews, could address recognised problems there.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick this week from £564K+ costed works: call for architectural services linked to affordable homes in Wales, closing 16/11, valued £25-50K
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 for architectural services linked to a development of affordable homes in Wales, closing 16/11/2020.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Croydon planners save historic Addiscombe house – twice
Addiscombe residents are preparing themselves for a renewed battle to save an historic, landmark house in their neighbourhood after the council’s planning department ‘first refused planning permission to the building’s owners to convert the house into flats, and today refused permission for it to be demolished’, reports InsideCroydon.
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