The government has confirmed its intention to publish a revised National Planning Policy Framework in Spring 2018, informed by wider consultations, stating that it ‘will ensure that we not only plan for the right homes in the right places, but that we turn existing and future planning permissions quickly into homes through reforms such as the Housing Delivery Test’.
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- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ reaches across disciplines, levels & sectors, from charities – led here by Scotland & CEOs – to Officers (LG) Inspectors (HE) & more 10/10/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, offers insights into ‘The world of generative AI’ 10/10/2025
- IHBC welcomes Gardens Trust report into the role of historic parks and gardens in the 21st century 10/10/2025
- IHBC joins 33 leading organisations calling for £6.8M in urgent funding to support Planning Schools 10/10/2025
- IHBC launches FREE ‘Events Calendar’ submission form – with potential for inclusion in our celebrated monthly CPD Circular 10/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’ (& ‘Management’ signpost): AJ on legal challenge to Barbican demolition… which ‘can proceed’ 10/10/2025
- Chancellor appoints infrastructure and planning adviser to clear path for new investments… to ‘do what it takes to get Britain building’ 10/10/2025
- Scotland’s ‘Properties and Collections Strategy: Towards Sustainable Stewardship’ consultation draft out, open to 23/01 10/10/2025
- £214m new funding for Welsh communities to improve neighbourhoods and restore pride 10/10/2025
- RICS calls for expressions of interest for pilot programmes of new professional pathways 10/10/2025
- RTPI launches five-year strategy to elevate planning: Empower 2030 10/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Donovan Rypkema & Heritage Strategies International seek input on ‘measuring in Arts, Culture, and Heritage’ 10/10/2025
- Presidential invite to IHBC’s ‘members-only’ online Council Wednesday 8 October, 4.30pm, on ‘Heritage Skills & the Conservation Professional’, Charter explorations & more 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
DCLG confirms revised National Planning Policy Framework in Spring 2018 following consultations
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HE publishes update of Streets for All for consultation, closing 9 Nov
An update of Historic England’s Streets for All has been published for consultation with a closing date for comments is 9 November.
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Chipperfield to lead restoration of Venice St Marks palazzo, closed to public for centuries
Sir David Chipperfield, whose work includes the Neues Museum in Berlin, will oversee the multi-million pound renovation of the 16th century Procuratie Vecchie, which will be opened to the public for the first time in 500 years when the project is completed in 2020, while Sir David says: ‘It’s a piece of surgery’…
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Creative Industries Clusters Programme – Creative R&D Partnerships Call Launched
Statements of Intent are now invited for the Creative Research & Development (R&D) Partnership scheme, part of the Creative Industries Clusters Programme with statements of intent due by Friday 27 October at 4pm in order to be eligible to apply to Stage 1 and the deadline for Stage 1 applications is Thursday 7 December at 4pm.
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The Gardens Trust seeks nominations for Mid to Late C20 designed landscapes by 31 October
The Gardens Trust needs help in finding un-recognised and neglected mid to late C20 designed landscapes – those laid out between the mid 1960s and 1990 with nominations sought by 31 October.
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BBC: Is Dumfries the happiest place in Scotland?
Dumfries, in the south west of Scotland, has emerged as the happiest in Scotland, according to a recent survey.
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IHBC Director co-chairs free joint technical ‘Heritage Buildings Seminar’: RGS London, 9 November
IHBC Director Sean O’Reilly will co-chair sessions at the free joint Exova BM TRADA and RSK seminar on ‘Heritage Buildings’ at the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) on 9 November, with topics ranging across structural and materials analysis, condition survey, and fire assessment.
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IHBC’s John Edwards outlines ‘risk management in conservation projects’ on Conservation Wiki and DBW
IHBC trustee, director of Edwards Hart Chartered Surveyors and Historic Building Consultants, and lead author of ‘BS 7913, Guide to the conservation of historic buildings’ (2013) reviews issues around risk management in conservation projects in a recent article featured on IHBC’s Conservation Wiki, hosted by IHBC’s Wiki partner Designing Buildings Wiki, the construction sector’s knowledge base.
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IHBC Manchester School’s Liverpool tour memories stoked by safety fears: Beatles grain silo mural demolition rubble threatens safety
Memories from the IHBC’s 2018 Manchester School’s Saturday tour of Liverpool may be stoked for some delegates as the concrete grain silo in Stanley Doc with The Beatles ‘Fixing a Hole’ artwork – viewed on the tour – is attracting tourists even during its demolition, but the work has just a few planks of wood to stop the rubble from falling into public spaces.
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Hull – City of Culture – also named ‘most enterprising place in Britain’
Birmingham has had to give up its crown as Hull replaces the west Midlands city as the most enterprising place in Britain.
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RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence 2018 now open for entries: Till 8 December
The 2018 Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Awards for Planning Excellence are now open for entries, with categories including Excellence in Planning for Heritage and Culture, and closes on 8 December.
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Fine homeowners who sell draughty homes, suggests report
Homeowners who sell draughty homes could be fined, according to a report from Frontier Economics Consultancy. Continue reading
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DCLG: Compulsory purchase process and the Crichel Down Rules revised
England’s Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has revised guidance on compulsory purchase and the Crichel Down Rules for the disposal of surplus land acquired by, or under the threat of, compulsion.
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Uncertain future for derelict former Stan Laurel school building in Bishop Auckland
A burnt-out school once attended by Stan Laurel is to go up for sale after a £2m plan to bring it back to life failed to secure the necessary funding.
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Conservation Areas featured in the Telegraph: Opinions on 50 years of conservation area designation – Stamford, Lincs
The Telegraph has featured observations on Stamford’s historic centre, as the first conservation area, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its designation this year.
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IHBC’s Course Connection Day 2017: Free support & networking for conservation-curious student reps, Brum, 23 Nov – Ask Carla ASAP!
The 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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Reminder: IHBC seeks ‘Consultant Policy Advisor’ – Closes 23 October
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IHBC supports CV’s online survey call to ‘Tell the APPG for Civic Societies how conservation cuts are impacting your area’
The IHBC is encouraging anyone with an interest in England’s heritage to support the call by Civic Voice (CV) to ‘Tell the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Civic Societies how conservation cuts are impacting your local area’ by completing their survey.
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IHBC HESPR’s weekly top picks from £174,000+ of costed work: Survey services for Museum of London
The IHBC’s heritage business listing, HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – offers HESPR members weekly ‘News and Tender Alert’ emails, with costed opportunities worth more than £174,000 this time, while the IHBC Director’s top pick for NewsBlog readers this week features a call from the Museum of London for fabric surveys of its new Smithfield location, closing 23 October.
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Scotland’s Heritage Awareness Day: 6 Oct
Friday 6 October is Scotland’s first ever Heritage Awareness Day, celebrating History, Heritage and Archaeology in the themed year 2017. Continue reading
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Liverpool faces up to world heritage removal threat with taskforce
The mayor of Liverpool has created a taskforce to work to ‘reset’ its relationship with UNESCO after the body threatened to remove the city’s world heritage status. Continue reading
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Only living architect to have all UK schemes listed wins RIBA Gold Medal
Neave Brown has been named the winner of the RIBA’s 2018 Royal Gold Medal, the only living architect to have had all his UK schemes listed, and perhaps best known for his visionary 1970s Alexandra Road estate near Swiss Cottage built by Camden Council.
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Churches in Wales update: Survey identifies issues for future
The Supporting Places of Worship in Wales Survey 2017, organised by the National Churches Trust on behalf of the Welsh Places of Worship Forum, highlights some of the problems being faced by many Welsh churches and chapels.
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Help WMF Britain and bid on exclusive heritage experiences and more in online auction 11 Oct
On Wednesday 11 October World Monuments Fund Britain is holding a celebration event at the Wallace Collection, marking 20 years of restoration at Stowe House.
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Big Ben tower repair costs double to £61m
The BBC reports that repair costs for the Elizabeth Tower in the Palace of Westminster have doubled to an estimated £61m, parliamentary authorities have said, with FAQs also available online.
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