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- Presidential invite to IHBC’s ‘members-only’ online Council Wednesday 8 October, 4.30pm, on ‘Heritage Skills & the Conservation Professional’, Charter explorations & more 07/10/2025
- IHBC’s CPD Blog from #IHBCShrewsbury2025: Some ‘Academic Reflections on the IHBC Annual School… and participation’ from Dr Alison McCandlish IHBC, University of Glasgow 07/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: Free entry to Listed Property Show, Malvern, 10-11/10… just email Charlie, or bring your IHBC business card! 07/10/2025
- IHBC launches FREE ‘Events Calendar’ submission form – with potential for inclusion in our celebrated monthly CPD Circular 07/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost ‘The Big Think’ UK Heritage Pulse update – Sector-wide collaboration and relevance 07/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost looks back: Why Foxglove and Global Action Plan are opposing the Woodlands data centre 07/10/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: BD on regen in Newcastle – UK Design Capital of the Year & IHBC 2026 School Venue 07/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Victorian engine found in attic of former Scots jail ‘one of three in world’ 07/10/2025
- 2024 ICOMOS Annual Report now available 07/10/2025
- C20 welcomes listing of Sir David Chipperfield’s first UK building (1987-89), 1 Cobham Mews Studios in Camden 07/10/2025
- From the Carbon Trust’s Insight Series: New draft Net Zero Standard version 2.0, and ‘What it means for corporates’ 07/10/2025
- Adults’ People and Nature Survey Results Released 07/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Climate Heritage Network ‘Refresher on the Global Call to Put Culture at the heart of Climate Action’ 07/10/2025
- Presidential invite to IHBC’s ‘members-only’ online Council Wednesday 8 October, 4.30pm, on ‘Heritage Skills & the Conservation Professional’, Charter explorations & more 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s October ‘CPD Circular’: Accessible, cost-conscious learning, events & resources, with Branch events, CPD Partnerships, Lime, Lutyens & more 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: Free entry to Listed Property Show, Malvern, 10-11/10… just email Charlie, or bring your IHBC business card! 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s Annual School ‘Save the Date’ notice & Home Page launch: IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School, 18-20 June, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ & up to 20 hours CPD – accessible, interdisciplinary, cost-effective 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: West Dean’s 10% discount on specialist Conservation courses for IHBC members (all categories) 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s Professional Signpost: Historic Rochester Grade II listed bridge undergoes detailed principal inspection 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £87.5K+ weekly works: Social landlord seeks affordable housing services, to 10/10, £84K 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Decision on plan for Glasgow’s iconic Barrowlands sign 03/10/2025
- Housing Secretary issues ‘call to arms’ to ‘build, baby, build’ 03/10/2025
- Parliamentary Inquiry: ‘The Environment in Focus’, open to suggestions to 10 Oct 03/10/2025
- Surge in 18–25-year-old new members as National Trust annual report reveals growth of 39% 03/10/2025
- Edinburgh’s Cockburn Association welcomes new Director, Rowan Brown 03/10/2025
French stones start to receive GI protection
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Persimmon homeowners in Newquay warn would-be buyers with signs
Couple living on a new housing estate in Newquay, Cornwall put up signs in their windows urging potential buyers not to buy properties because Persimmon Homes, the developer, has not completed snagging work.
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IHBC welcomes PLACE Alliance & partners research: ‘Reviewing design review in London’
The IHBC has welcomed a new study by PLACE Alliance and partners – Reviewing design review in London – examining design review cases in London to provide ‘a 360-degree analysis of the diversity of design review practices across London and the benefits that flow from high quality provision.’
image: Place Alliance by Rob Cowan
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Building History Bulletin from Cambridge MSt features IHBC successes: 2017 Student Award winner Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez and more…
[slideshow_deploy id=’19778′]The ‘Building History Newsletter’ of the IHBC-recognised Cambridge Master of Studies (MSt) in Building History highlighted the success of their IHBC Gus Astley Annual Student Award winner for 2017, Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez, while also reporting that course graduate Sophie Hetherington had become accredited as a Full Member of the IHBC.
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Historic building in Leeds set for healthy new lease of life
The Yorkshire Evening Post has explored how a landmark building in Leeds that suffered years of neglect, the former York Road Library, is on course for a bright and healthy future as a major transformation project enters its closing stages.
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the (museum) doorstep’: V&A’s ‘less scary’ entrance drives up visitor numbers
The Guardian has reported on how the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) has bucked its trend of falling numbers with a new piazza and Pink Floyd show.
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Civic Voice objects to Ealing Council deleting conservation officer post
Ahead of a decision by London’s Ealing Council on whether to delete the role of its Conservation Officer, Civic Voice has written to say that deleting the conservation officer role would demonstrate the Council’s lack of commitment to historic environment.
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Stirling home to Scotland’s ‘Best Building 2018’
The Engine Shed in Stirling has won three top industry awards in is first year of opening.
image: S O’Reilly
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Nominate someone who deserves a medal for ‘for lifetime achievement in the stone industry’, closing 14 September
Every two years, the Worshipful Company of Masons, the stone industry’s livery company, and Stone Federation Great Britain, get together to decide who should receive the biennial Duke of Gloucester Award for lifetime achievement in the stone industry.
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Scottish Building Regulations: Review of Energy Standards: ‘Call for Evidence’
A review of the energy standards of the Scottish Building Regulations has commenced which is Scottish Building Regulations: Review of Energy Standards: ‘Call for Evidence’
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Florida’s ‘Van Gogh Starry Night’ house mural can stay
A Florida couple fined thousands of dollars for painting Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night onto their Florida home as a landmark for their autistic son have received an apology from the mayor.
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IHBC’s HESPR reaches 40 practices as we welcome BuckleyGrayYeoman to our quality assurance scheme
BuckleyGrayYeoman, an established AJ100 architecture and design practice based in Shoreditch, London has become the 40th practice working in the historic environment to be recognised under the IHBC’s conservation service listing scheme HESPR: IHBC’s ‘Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition’.
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IHBC CPD boost from Open Culture: Bauhaus buildings and radical modernism in architecture
An Open Culture article, with video and links, outlines how the radical buildings of the Bauhaus helped revolutionise architecture.
CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=647043
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IHBC’s ‘IMHO’ opinion from PBC Today: Is urban regeneration worth the effort?
In a recent issue of Planning and Building Control Today (PBC Today) Kim Vernau, CEO at BLP Insurance, highlights the key points raised at an interactive discussion organised for industry peers on whether regeneration can really work in practice to alleviate pressure on the housing market.
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Scottish Government consultation on Culture Strategy launched – closing 19/9
A new Scottish consultation has commenced on the development of a culture strategy, with the consultation closing on 19 September.
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Degree apprenticeship gets Government funding promise despite IfA rejection
The Chartered Town Planner Apprenticeship Trailblazer Employer Group and the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) have received written confirmation that the degree-level apprenticeship will receive the highest band of funding from the Government.
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Great British High Street Awards update: open till 22 August
The Great British High Street Awards 2018, run by MHCLG and sponsored by Visa, are open for nominations with the deadline for entries of 22 August.
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APPG for Excellence in the Built Environment: Inquiry into New Homes Ombudsman & call for evidence
The All Party Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment (APPGEBE) has launched and inquiry and call for evidence on a New Homes Ombudsman following the publications of the report Better redress for homebuyers – How New Homes Ombudsman could help drive up standards in housebuilding and improve consumer rights.
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Coalition of global organisations to solve fire safety in buildings includes RICS and more
RICS is one of a coalition of more than 30 organisations from around the world to develop landmark industry standards to address fire safety in buildings.
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National Parks Week 2018: Discover life as Park Ranger
As part of National Parks Week, UK National Parks are celebrating the roles of some of the people involved in caring for these special landscapes, and showing how Government funding is supporting them to develop new experiences which attract new global audiences.
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Pembroke Dock’s Defensible Barracks up for sale
The Western Telegraph reports on how, if you ever wanted to own a piece of British military history, Pembroke Dock’s Defensible Barracks – one of ‘west Wales’ most iconic buildings’ – is a real opportunity as it has been put up for sale.
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IHBC on Revised NPPF: ‘From a built heritage perspective, the revised NPPF is an opportunity lost’
With the publication of England’s revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) IHBC officers have highlighted the chances missed, as Policy Secretary Roy Lewis said: ‘Unfortunately, it will be a long wait before we get another opportunity to shape planning policy for the historic environment… From a built heritage perspective, the revised NPPF is an opportunity lost’, while IHBC Communications Secretary Dave Chetwyn, noted that ‘there appears still to be an assumption of high growth land and property economies, but this is not just a north-south issue – we are addressing problems in areas with serious viability challenges.’
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Last chance (almost) on IHBC’s 2018 Student Award & ‘£500 cash for coursework’ opportunity: Closing 31 July
The last chance to enter the IHBC’s 2018 Gus Astley Student Award is 31 July, so if you have relevant coursework from any UK taught course – under-graduate OR post-graduate, from 2017 OR 2108 – be sure to submit it online and on time to have a chance to receive their prizes at the IHBC’s Annual School in Nottingham in June 2019.
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IHBC welcomes Leicester’s MA in Urban Conservation as our newest ‘Recognised Conservation Course’, when ‘recognition boosts applicant numbers’.
The IHBC has welcomed the University of Leicester’s ‘MA in Urban Conservation’ as the most recent ‘IHBC Recognised Conservation Course’, while course contributor Dr Richard Butler writes ‘Accreditation from the IHBC gives our graduates a competitive advantage in the employment market and is a strong endorsement from one of the world’s leading professional bodies for conservation specialists of the quality of our MA in Urban Conservation’.
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IHBC HESPR’s top pick from £850K+ costed work this week: Royal Parks seeks architect-led team for learning centre in Greenwich Park; closing 16/08
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – offers members weekly ‘News and Tender Alert’ emails, with the IHBC Director’s top pick for NewsBlog readers this week featuring a call from The Royal Parks which wishes to appoint an architect-led team for a new learning centre in Greenwich Park, in an opportunity that closes on 16/08.
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