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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
HES: Our Place in Time Performance Report 2017 now out
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LGA: Developers sitting on more than 420,000 homes with planning permission
The backlog of homes that have been given planning permission but are still waiting to be built has increased by almost 16% in the last year, new analysis from the Local Government Association (LGA) has revealed.
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New Civic Voice Design Awards website launched
Civic Voice, the link body for England’s Civic Trusts, has launched new website full of case studies celebrating the people’s choice for architecture.
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London Festival of Architecture seeks emerging architects for second ‘Dulwich Pavilion’ for summer 2019: by 9 April
The London Festival of Architecture and Dulwich Picture Gallery are on the lookout for emerging architects to create the second ‘Dulwich Pavilion’ – a temporary outdoor visitor welcome space within the historic grounds of Dulwich Picture Gallery to be opened in summer 2019 following a public exhibition of the shortlisted designs during the London Festival of Architecture this June, with the deadline for the first stage expressions of interest of 9 April 2018.
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First World War Memorials Programme: UK update
The First World War Memorials Programme (FWWMP) is a UK government supported initiative funded via the Department for Digital Culture, Media and Sport and covers a wide range of war memorial activity with War Memorials Trust (WMT) focussed on delivering the grant element.
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Construction Industry Training Board ‘to shed jobs’
The construction industry’s main training body, the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), could shed ‘hundreds of jobs’, union officials warn, amid plans to shut offices as reported by the BBC on 15 November 2017.
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Cheshire motorway couple first to benefit from free double glazing
A Cheshire couple, who live less than 80 metres from a motorway, have become the first in England to benefit from a new free double glazing scheme to reduce noise.
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#IHBCBelfast2018 Annual School tour options online: Book early and tailor your CPD to skills and travel priorities
The IHBC has launched the online booking for the next in its celebrated series of Schools – in Belfast on 21-3 June, on ‘Sharing’ – with ‘early bird’ booking, bursaries, low-cost residential options, IHBC members and colleagues can explore our Full School tour options, from the global brand of the Titanic quarter or the nationally important country house, to local contested heritage, all offering some of the best value heritage CPD around, and all courtesy of the IHBC.
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IHBC South West Branch: ‘An afternoon with Charles Mynors’ – curtilage, Q&As and more… Devon County Hall, 16/03, 1-4 pm, £10 + booking fee
The IHBC’s South West Branch is offering ‘An afternoon with Charles Mynors’, IHBC Full Member, heritage law expert and IHBC Legal Panel member, covering matters that include curtilage, on 16 March with questions to be submitted in advance; @ £10 (+booking fee), Devon County Hall, Exeter, 16 March.
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IHBC CPD boost: See DBW for news on a ‘Building MOT’ scheme from BSRIA
IHBC members may find an interesting angle on Scotland’s earlier BEFS-linked ‘Building MOT’ headline initiative in the new feature from Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) from the Building Services Research and Information Association (BSRIA), on the Association’s own new ‘Building MOT’ scheme.
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Teignbridge DC approves Aldi store etc. in Newton Abbot despite loss of valued railway shed
Despite efforts of local action group Save Our Shed (SOS), which wanted the Victorian rail shed at Brunel Road Industrial Estate, Newton Abbot, to be saved from demolition – and had challenged the council on the grounds that the officer’s report did not provide sufficient justification for departing from the Conservation Officer’s advice – new plans for the works have been approved so now ‘BULLDOZERS will be rolling in to tear down a precious piece of railway history’ writes Teignmouth Today.
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Stone ceiling at Coventry’s listed medieval Guildhall to be painted over, despite objections
The Coventry Observer describes how a beautiful medieval stone ceiling at the listed St Mary’s Guildhall is set to be painted over by Coventry council chiefs – despite formal and community objections.
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Oxford University wins 2018 CIBSE Building Performance Title with carbon Reduction Programme
The CIBSE (Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers) 2018 Building Performance Awards winners have been announced and the University of Oxford won the Building Performance Champion title for its ambitious Carbon Reduction Programme which aims to reduce the university’s direct carbon emissions by 33% by 2020 against a 2005/06 baseline.
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HLF: Long-term impact of Heritage Grants revealed
The HLF (Heritage Lottery Fund) is highlighting how funding not only conserves and enhances heritage, but increases access to, and awareness and enjoyment of heritage, with a new HLF-commissioned evaluation of Heritage Grants.
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Rent-a-church spire plan to boost mobile phone coverage
There is renewed interest in how church spires could be used to boost mobile and broadband coverage in rural areas, under an agreement between the UK government and the Church of England.
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Planning Portal launched first monthly Architect’s Bulletin
Planning Portal launched the first Architect’s Bulletin in January a monthly briefing designed to bring news about the latest products and services, industry developments, legislative changes and much more.
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National Rural Crime Network on ‘protecting England’s Heritage’: ‘heritage crime has significant impact on rural communities’
The National Rural Crime Network (NRCN) is highlighting the scale of the impact on rural communities of heritage crime.
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IHBC OPENS Belfast 2018 ‘School’ booking: Secure low-cost ‘early-bird’ places and share heritage, conservation and EYCH 2018 across CPD talks, tours and networks, June 21/22/23!
[slideshow_deploy id=’18214′]The IHBC has opened booking for the next in its celebrated series of Schools – in Belfast on 21-23 June, on ‘Sharing’ – and with our ‘early bird’ fees, bursaries, low-cost residential options and diverse study tours, you can access some of the best value heritage learning and CPD around – up to 24 hours over the 3-day Full School, including networking, or up to 9 hours for the Day School and AGM.
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IHBC and COTAC sign Memorandum of Understanding: An MoU to ‘help build capacity across the sector’
Chairs of the IHBC and of COTAC – The Institute of Historic Building Conservation and the Council on Training in Architectural Conservation – signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in London on 21 February 2018, so together they can ‘help build capacity across the sector’.
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REMINDER: Last chance on IHBC Marsh Awards: IHBC President urges nominations for 2018 – closing 28 February
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FINAL REMINDER IHBC members with free CPD benefits: Last chance for the LPOC Listed Property Show – 24-25 Feb, London
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IHBC responds to HE consultation draft ‘Conservation Principles’
The IHBC has submitted its response on the consultation draft from Historic England (HE) on its revised ‘Guidance on Conservation Principles’.
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IHBC HESPR’s top pick up to c.£190M of costed work this week: Am Fasgadh Regeneration Company, Kingussie, seeks design team for project valued at £350K, closing 19/03
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 £190M this week, and the IHBC Director’s current top pick for NewsBlog readers features Am Fasgadh Regeneration Company’s search for a design team, valued at £350K, closing 19 March.
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Council report recommending demolition of 26 Dundee flats was ‘seriously misleading’
Dundee’s former housing convener Jimmy Black and West End Community Council leader Peter Menzies are calling for a rethink on plans to demolish a housing block to make way for affordable homes.
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HE’s Planning Bulletin now out, including curtilage guidance launch update
Historic England (HE) has issued its February Planning Bulletin update, which includes reference to its own newly re-issued note on curtilage, currently under review by the IHBC.
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