IHBC CPD boost… with 2017 School memories: Canal and River Trust Heritage Report – from Anderton Boat lift to CRMI

CRT Heritage Report 2017IHBC is delighted to highlight the CPD value of the new Canal and River Trust Heritage Report for 2016-17, led by IHBC member Nigel Crowe – a 2017 School contributor – which covers a wide range of core skills and issues for conservation professionals, from conservation, repair, maintenance and improvement (CRMI) casework across the waterways, to engagement, social media, skills and training.

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IHBC HESPR’s weekly top weekly pick from c.£280,000+ costed work: NHMF seeks consultants for ‘heritage and place inclusive engagement’ in Wales, £135,000, closing 22/11

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 more than £280,000 this week, while the IHBC Director’s current top pick for NewsBlog readers features a call led by the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) for ‘Consultants’ to support inclusive engagement in HLF funded work across Wales, closing 22 November and valued at £135,000.

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IHBC CPD boost: Deal Society deliver workshop explaining their process for community led conservation area appraisals

Deal Society publicationAs part of the recent Civic Voice convention, over 20 workshops were held to give communities the chance to consider how they could play a greater role in local heritage management including carrying out conservation area appraisals, with a particular feature of the weekend was considering how civic societies can support local authorities through conservation area appraisals.

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LG Minister questioned on local authority overview and scrutiny

Parliament website 101117The Communities and Local Government Parliamentary Committee has heard from Local Government (LG) Minister Marcus Jones in the final session of the inquiry on local government overview and scrutiny.

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Council rubber stamps Conservation Area for Grimsby Port’s Kasbah site: ‘England’s newest Conservation Area’ in 50th anniversary year 

Grimsby Telegraph website image The renaissance of the historic Kasbah area of Grimsby Docks can now begin after it was officially granted Conservation Area status by North East Lincolnshire Council’s Cabinet.

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Belfast City Council to splash out on Templemore historic baths

Belfast Telegraph imageBelfast City Council is planning a £17m revamp of Victorian Templemore pool, one of the oldest swimming pools in Belfast, into a 21st Century leisure centre and spa, but is relying on securing funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to complete the project.

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Heritage crime: Thief jailed for stripping lead from the roofs of rural churches

Telegraph website 101117A thief who stripped over £100,000 of lead from the roofs of rural churches, leaving one facing closure after 800 years, has been jailed for five years.

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Local residents welcome Grade II listing for Dyke Pub Brighton

Argus website imageLocal residents are celebrating after the Dyke Pub in Dyke Road, Brighton, which they are campaigning to reopen, was listed as a Grade II historic building.

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BBC on the Broads: Broads windmills and wildlife receive £4m boost

The future of a number of windmills and wildlife habitats on the Broads looks more secure after almost £4m of grants was announced.

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IHBC with Ramboll support COTAC 2017 conference – ‘BIM for Heritage: Stepping into the Future with the Past’ – 8 December, London

COTAC 2017 flyerThe IHBC is delighted to welcome and support COTAC’s 2017 conference, ‘BIM for Heritage: Stepping into the Future with the Past’, on 8 December in London, co-sponsored with Ramboll, and offering delegates a unique overview of the challenges and benefits in heritage-related BIM practice including from recent publications and emerging case studies.

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IHBC welcomes BEFS call to share building maintenance case studies

BEFS website 071117Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) is calling for examples of where multiple owners within a tenement have been unable to agree on maintenance and this has resulted in the need for extensive repair or local authority intervention.

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IHBC CPD UK update from STBA: Includes STBA members’ workshop, Nov. 29, and much more…

STBA imageThe Sustainable Traditional Buildings Alliance (STBA) is a UK-wide collaboration of organisations – including the IHBC – that acts as a forum for sustaining and improving traditional buildings, and its recent update headlines key issues for many IHBC members interested in how we engage with traditional building issues and sustainability.

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IHBC’s Chetwyn in Context: ‘Sustainable historic places’ featured on DBW 

The Lloyd Baker Estate in IslingtonDesigning Buildings Wiki (DBW) has featured an article from the IHBC membership journal Context: ‘Planning for sustainable historic places’ by IHBC past Chair Dave Chetwyn, with the post joining DBW’s 5000+ articles on offer to its 6,500 registered and 3 million annual users.

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DCMS responds to petition calling for interim protection in listing considerations

B24/7 website 080917DCMS has responded to a petition – signed by nearly 7,000 and coming after a developer destroyed a Jacobean ceiling in Bristol to prevent a building being listed – calling for interim protection for buildings being considered for listing by Historic England, with DCMS stating: ‘Historic England is currently re-examining the issue of interim protection in the light of recent cases’. 

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Trump does it for America, maybe you can for heritage… THA’s #HeritageChat on 16 Nov – heritage chat in under 125 characters!

Heritage 2020 websiteTHAs first #HeritageChat, linked to the Heritage 2020 initiative, will run on 16 November 2017, 13.00-14.00 (UK time).

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Yorkshire Dales NP nudges house builders to consider building homes in Park

Yorkshire Dales website 071117The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) has contacted landowners, developers, builders, planning agents and Housing Associations to urge them to consider building new homes in the Park.

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Public service research: Whitehall needs to focus on preventative policies

Whitehall is regularly drawn into costly and reactionary spending cycles to mitigate crises within the NHS and adult social care, but this extra money is not sorting out any of the underlying problems these services face, suggests the latest Performance Tracker report from the Institute for Government (IfG) and Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA).

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RTPI planners to create Brexit border scenarios for Ireland

The Planner website 071117At a joint conference in Dundalk between Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Ireland and RTPI Northern Ireland, planners in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland agreed to work together to create scenarios for a ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ Brexit.

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No windfarm at Louth Canal, Lincs, after dismissal due to ‘harm’ to character

LIncolnshireLive071117The Application and appeal to build windfarm beside Louth Canal was dismissed by the Secretary of State Sajid Javid because of the ‘harm’ it would do to the character of the area.

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Scarborough Futurist theatre demolition plan approved

BBC News website 071117Plans to demolish an almost 100-year-old seafront theatre in Scarborough have been approved so the site can be cleared and sold.

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IHBC HESPR’s weekly top pick from c.£800,000+ costed work: TfL seeks PLACE Review Group ‘set-up and management’ £100,000-130,000, closing 22/11

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 more than £800,000 this week, while the IHBC Director’s current top pick for NewsBlog readers features a call led by Transport for London (TfL) to help set up and manage a PLACE (Planning, Landscape, Architecture, Conservation and Engineering) Review Group, closing 22 November and valued at £100,000-130,000.

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IHBC highlights ‘un-actioned’ permissions, skills depletion and public interest as social enterprise primes London’s LA planning capacity for new housing

Public Practice websiteAs a collective of built environment interests has launched a social enterprise that aims to get early career planners (and architects) within local government to help deliver more housing, the IHBC highlights the presence of ‘over half a million un-actioned planning permissions’; the lack of skills and capacity across local authorities (LAs), and the need to ensure balanced outcomes across the wider planning services.

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IHBC benefits for members: 10% off new ‘Listed buildings and other heritage assets’ – Mynors & Hewitson, till end Dec 

Listed Buildings flyer image 031117IHBC members can avail of a 10% reduction in the list price of the update of the standard legal guide on listed buildings, now in its 5th edition and by Dr Charles Mynors & Nigel Hewitson, with the offer closing at end of December 2018.

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IHBC’s Rural Panel welcomes new Historic England advice on traditional farm buildings

HE farm buildings 031117The IHBC has welcomed the publication of a suite of advice and guidance from Historic England on the re-use, maintenance and repair of traditional farm buildings on England.

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REMINDER: IHBC’s Course Connection Day 2017: Free support & networking for conservation-curious student reps, Brum, 23 Nov – Ask Carla ASAP!

CC Days websiteThe IHBC’s celebrated ‘Course Connection Day’ takes a new twist in 2017 as students on any UK specialist course can apply to join the IHBC for a free, expenses-paid introductory day of conservation and career support, with limited places allocated on application to IHBC Support Officer and lead for the Day, Carla Pianese.

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