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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 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
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Europa Nostra on ‘European Cultural Heritage Summit 2025’, Brussels 12-15 Oct – ‘Heritage Matters for Europe 03/10/2025
- UPDATE: IHBC’s ‘members-only’ online Council features ‘Heritage Skills & the Conservation Professional’, Charter explorations and impacts, & much more: Book now for 8 October, from 4.30pm 01/10/2025
- Context 184: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals – A first take on ‘Leaders of conservation thought…’ Ruskin & Morris, Lord Kennet, John Ashurst and much more 01/10/2025
- 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 01/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: Free entry to Listed Property Show, Malvern, 10-11/09… just email Charlie, or bring your IHBC business card! 01/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ signpost: UCL reports on ‘Value of Arts and Culture’, investment, returns and more 01/10/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Double up with DB on IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards closing 30/09 and IHBC free access to LPOC at Malvern, 10/11 Oct 01/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Kinloch Castle on the Isle of Rum put up for sale by NatureScot 01/10/2025
- Preliminary market engagement notice for UEA Ziggurats Design Competition: ‘for the transformation & renewal of… Grade II*-listed ziggurats’ 01/10/2025
- Why we’re evolving the RTPI brand: A New RTPI is coming- clearer stronger, more connected 01/10/2025
- Scotland’s The Places of Worship (POWF) Newsletter – Would you like to contribute to a blog? 01/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: URBACT on ‘We art the cities’ – Six European cities on cultural regeneration 01/10/2025
- Government ‘Pride in Place’ powers: Communities to seize control over high streets and restore pride 01/10/2025
IHBC CPD boost on materials: Chemical treatment makes ‘densified’ wood 10 times tougher
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IHBC CPD boost: Europa Nostra Learning Kits for EYCH 2018
‘Learning Kits’ for heritage civil society organisations on Fundraising, Awareness-Raising & Advocacy, and Citizen Engagement & Education, have been published by Europa Nostra, on the occasion of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018.
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Consultation draft revised NPPF out – focussed on housing support – closing 10 May
The draft revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) is now out for a consultation closing 10 May, with changes largely driven by housing concerns as demonstrated in the supporting documents and the more reserved position on sustainable development, as well as the reduction in references (and cross-references to heritage considerations).
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Consultation update: Qualifications Wales proposals for Built Environment skills, closes 13 April
Qualifications Wales is inviting views on the options proposed following their built environment review of qualifications in Construction and the Built Environment – including recognising that the knowledge and skills for work on traditional and heritage buildings needs to be embedded in mainstream qualifications – with the consultation closing 13 April.
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Churches: Search for ICBS commemorative signs for 200th anniversary
Does your church have any signs or plaques marking the work of the Incorporated Church Building Society (ICBS), as good quality photographs of ICBS commemorative signs would help celebrate the church building charity’s 200th anniversary, through the National Churches Trust, which takes places in 2018.
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NCVO guidance out on legal rights and obligations in managing volunteers
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) has published guidance to help understand legal rights and obligations when managing volunteers.
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Theatres Trust announce new Theatre Improvement Scheme & final Urgent Repairs recipients in Wolfson Foundation partnership
The Theatres Trust, the national advisory public body for theatres, will be awarding four theatres a total of £54,520 in the final funding round of the Urgent Repairs Scheme, a funding scheme set up in partnership with the Wolfson Foundation to help theatres in need of immediate repair and maintenance.
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New apprenticeship programme kicked off National Apprenticeship Week 2018
National Apprenticeship Week 2018 was officially launched at the BBC on March 5, with the announcement of a new ground-breaking apprenticeship programme.
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UK’s longest treetop walkway for Conkers wins planning permission
Architects Cullinan Studio and multidisciplinary firm Arup have received planning permission on 9 February 2018 for the UK’s longest aerial walkway: a 400m-long (1,312ft) ribbon ‘floating through the treetops’ of the Conkers visitor attraction in Leicestershire.
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IHBC’s second NewsBlog Branches Update: Explore Branch CPD events across the UK
This second issue of IHBC Branches Update is offering an extremely rich variety of events, offering local CPD across the UK for both members and colleagues, organised by our proactive branches!
Check out the next Membership application support session (MATE) offered by our West Midlands Branch.
Browse through Scotland Branch’s latest Newsletter with news on events commemorating 50 years of Conservation Areas in Scotland (details in News below)
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IHBC responds to HE on ‘Dealing with contested heritage’: Make ‘Contested Heritage’ part of a bigger conservation picture
The IHBC has submitted its response on the consultation draft from Historic England (HE) concerning ‘Guidance on dealing with contested heritage’, highlighting that it ‘is in the nature of almost all heritage that it holds different values to different people’, so ‘HE should consider reframing this document, making ‘Contested Heritage’ part of a bigger conservation picture particularly in terms of presentation and interpretation of monuments and sites.’
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IHBC’s President highlights C20 Soc’s modern CA seminar – ‘Making it happen’: 22 March, London, only £25
To mark the 50th anniversary of conservation areas (CAs), the Twentieth Century Society (C20 Soc) has been investigating modern conservation areas, and IHBC President David McDonald, who is helping on the programme, highlights an important seminar coming up on ‘new research into C20 conservation areas and… how they can support the regeneration of C20 built heritage’, in London on 22 March, with tickets only £25.
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IHBC CPD boost on ‘Reading Design’: … as an architect explores how ‘Living in a house… is a full time job’!
Reading Design is an online archive of critical writing about design, that claims it ‘embraces the whole of design, from architecture and urbanism to product, fashion, graphics and beyond and the texts featured date from the nineteenth century up to the present moment’, while readers can get a taste of the style with architect Álvaro Siza exploring how ‘Living in a house, in a real house, is a full time job’!
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IHBC’s ‘heritage from the doorstep’: ‘Devastated’ campaigners admit defeat on Ancoats Dispensary’
The Manchester Evening News has reported on how the listed Victorian gem The Ancoats Dispensary – on Old Mill Street – is to be handed over to Manchester council for affordable housing, ‘although town hall bosses say they will try to retain as much of its 19th century architecture as possible.’
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Press release: Listed buildings under threat in Wales – heritage groups urge rethink of planning law reform
In a letter printed in The Times, nine national heritage organisations including SAVE Britain’s Heritage, the SPAB and the Ancient Monuments Society, call on the Welsh Law Commission and the Welsh Assembly to reject proposed changes to legislation that would abolish listed building consent and merge it with planning permission.
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2018 SPAB Scholars and 2018 SPAB Fellows announced
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) is pleased to announce its 2018 SPAB Scholars and its 2018 SPAB Fellows.
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London’s Good Practice Guide to Estate Regeneration now out as Better Homes for Local People, to aid resident engagement
The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has published Better Homes for Local People, following extensive consultation on the draft Good Practice Guide to Estate Regeneration to help ensure that regeneration of London’s housing estates happens with resident support and engagement.
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Coastal Communities Fund: round 5 open
Funding supporting the economic development of coastal communities is now open as the Coastal Communities Fund Round 5 offers £40 million for spend from April 2019 to end of March 2021.
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CCT Volunteer of the Year Awards announced
The Churches Conservation Trust (CCT) has celebrated the outstanding contributions of volunteers at a special event in London, its National Volunteer Day which took place at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel’.
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Unseen photos from Granick collection of East End London in glorious colour
The BBC has reported on how a recently discovered photo collection by the late photographer David Granick reveals London’s East End in colour, including streets in Stepney, Whitechapel and Spitalfields.
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IHBC’s member survey seeks personal perspectives on interim findings and asks: ‘Are we missing anything’?
The IHBC has launched the next stage in its 2017-18 member survey, calling for members’ thoughts on feedback to date, with responses to be sent to our consultant, Joanna, as soon as possible, at contact@ihbc.org.uk.
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IHBC responds to Wales Planning consultation: Listed Building Consent should not be unified with planning permission
The IHBC has submitted its response on the consultation from the Law Commission Consultation ‘Planning Law in Wales’, highlighting, among other points, potential threats to heritage resources and planning processes if Listed Building Consent processes are subsumed into planning, and the lack of evidence to the contrary.
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IHBC HESPR’s top pick from up to c.£2.4+M of costed work: Norfolk Archaeological Trust seeks consultants on ‘new sustainable business model’; £20,000 – £45,000, ends 9/03
The IHBC’s heritage business list, HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – offers its members weekly ‘News and Tender Alert’ emails, with costed opportunities worth some £2.4M this week, while the IHBC Director’s current top pick for NewsBlog readers features Norfolk Archaeological Trust’s search for consultants to advise on its transition to a new sustainable business model, valued at £20,000 – £45,000, and closing 9 March.
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IHBC’s ‘heritage from the doorstep’ by The Metro and via LPOC: ‘Are you on the list?’
The Metro has published an accessible article on listed buildings and related consent issues, linked to the recent Listed Property Show, attended by the IHBC and hosted by the Listed Property Owners’ Club (LPOC), writing that there ‘are around half a million listed buildings in England, from cottages to castles and pubs to palaces and you can find out if a property is listed by searching the National Heritage List for England at historicengland.org.uk.’
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Insufficient community engagement renders out-of-scale village extension unacceptable
A mixed-use village extension based on garden city principles, including 325 new homes and community facilities, at an existing free-range chicken enterprise on the edge of a Lincolnshire village was refused for conflict with the local plan regarding the scale and distribution of development for the area, without clear community support demonstrated to determine otherwise.
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