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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
IHBC’s Linkedin Group passes 6000… but with top fees under £2/week (with UK tax relief), credibility only comes with IHBC membership
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IHBC on Project Management at Bishop Auckland, 18/19 Oct: CIOB President (and newly accredited Full IHBC member) helps spread the word!
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IHBC welcomes Civic Voice highlighting impacts of conservation cuts on Conservation Areas in 50th Anniversary year
The IHBC has welcomed Civic Voice highlighting the local impacts of conservation cuts on Conservation Areas, referencing research by IHBC and ALGAO published by Historic England, which shows that the number of full-time equivalent historic environment specialists providing advice to local authorities in England has fallen by 36% since 2006.
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Designing Buildings Wiki research: Construction industry must ensure practitioners have access to critical knowledge
Analysis of 6 million pieces of data by Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) – host partner of the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki – has revealed that the knowledge framework underpinning the construction industry is no longer fit for purpose as practitioners do not have easy access to critical knowledge, and inevitably make some mistakes.
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Victory for UK environment as judge says cost rules in environmental cases must change
The High Court has told the UK government that its new rules for environmental cases must be changed to protect those taking legal action.
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HE on ‘Heritage and the Economy’ now out, with new research: ‘Heritage Economic Impact Indicator Workbook 2017’
Historic England(HE) has published ‘Heritage and the Economy 2017’, summarising findings from studies on heritage and economic activity, while also introducing a new workbook tool, ‘Heritage Economic Impact Indicators 2017’, described as an ‘interactive workbook to empower users to extract meaningful data relating to the economic impacts of heritage in their selected region and to easily compare that data with other regions’.
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DCLG: Fifth round of funding offers £40 million to the Great British Coast
England’s Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)has announced that a new round of funding means that ‘Towns and cities along Britain’s coastline set to benefit from thousands of new jobs and millions of pounds more in visitor spending.’
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Defra pledges £500,000 for new action group to grow future of public parks
England’s Parks and Green Spaces Minister Marcus Jones , for Defra, launched a new Parks Action Group to help England’s public parks and green spaces meet the needs of communities now and in the future.
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SPAB: Local authority fails to safeguard Doncaster GII cottage
Britain’s oldest conservation charity, the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), reports that the demolition of a Grade II-listed (GII) cottage at 13 Church Street, Owston Ferry, Doncaster, was the result of North Lincolnshire Council’s failure to safeguard the building.
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Torquay tower block campaigners enlist Richard Buxton, who took on the Government… and won
Richard Buxton has gone into battle over birds, wind farms, Harrier jump jets and the rides at Alton Towers, and campaigners fighting to save Torquay’s seafront Cary Green from development have hired the man ‘who took on the Government – and won’, seeking crowd-funding for his fees to fight plans to build 11 storeys of hotel and flats on the harbourside. Continue reading
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Designation/Quality and more stats from DCLG
England’s Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has published live tables for statistics on planning applications at national and local planning authority level, including statistics on planning applications in England between April and June 2017 and the first set of performance statistics for the new ‘quality’ designation process, as the proportion of decisions lost at appeal as a proxy for the quality of decision-making.
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(IHBC) London’s calling as Conservation Areas go ‘Back to the future’, Royal College of Physicians, 3 Oct: revolutionary historic placeshaping looks ahead
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IHBC YO!: Hull Old Town walking tour – Another (free) Conservation Area conversation (linked to HTN conference) – 4 Oct
IHBC’s Yorkshire (YO) Branch is offering a walking tour around Hull’s Old Town on 4 October, looking at changes and opportunities brought about by Conservation Area status, with IHBC members and guests free, and all offered as part of the linked Heritage Trust Network (HTN) Conference in Hull on 3-4 October, which is offering special low rates to IHBC members.
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HESPR’s top pick from £132,000+ costed work this week: National Archives support for establishing fundraising charity (call closed!)
The IHBC’s heritage business listing, HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – offers members a weekly ‘News and Tender Alert’ listing, this week with costed opportunities worth more than £132,000, while the IHBC Director’s top pick for NewsBlog readers features a call from the National Archives for a supplier to lead on establishing ‘charitable body to pursue major funding opportunities’, though only HESPR members have been notified before the opportunity closed on 22 September.
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Historic England National Capacity Building Programme 2018-2020: ‘Call for applications’, closing 5 November
On 25 September applications open for Historic England‘s National Capacity Building grants programme, supporting projects that run for a maximum of 2 years, with funding starting from 1 April 2018, and total grant budgets for 2018/19 of £307,696 and 2019-20 of £345,482. Continue reading
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Owner of ‘stripey house’ gets green light to demolish
Owner of the famed‘stripey house’ – the Kensington Square conservation area house that generated its own IHBC ToolBox Guidance Note on the use of S.215 Notices – Zipporah Lisle-Mainwaring, may now achieve her ambition of demolishing her historic £4.75 million property and building a new one in its place.
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Funding call for projects related to the European Year for Cultural Heritage 2018: Deadline 22 Nov
The Creative Europe Call – offering support for cooperation projects related to the European Year for Cultural Heritage (EYCH) 2018 and targeting projects with a start date between January and September 2018 and with a maximum duration of a project being 24 months – has been launched, with a submission deadline of 22 November 2017.
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Britain ratifies Hague convention on protecting treasures in war zones and acceded to its two protocols: In force in December
John Glen, Minister for Arts, Heritage and Tourism has pledged the UK to helping save historic and artistic artefacts under threat in conflict-torn countries by ratifying the Hague Convention for the Protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict, and by acceding to its two protocols, so that, subject to confirmation from UNESCO, these will come into force for the UK on 12 December 2017.
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British Museum accused of racism and dumbing down after Curator’s comment on exhibition labelling
The British Museum has apologised after a tweet from one of its curators saying ‘sometimes Asian names can be confusing’ on exhibition labels saw it accused of racism and dumbing down, reports the BBC.
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Entries to EAA awards open until 5pm Friday 27th October 2017
Entries to The European Association Awards (EAA) are now open and the deadline for entries is 5pm Friday 27th October 2017.
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DCLG: Giving power for neighbourhood planning – £22.8M boost for communities … till 2022
England’s Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has announced that communities across England are set to benefit from a package of support worth £22.8 million to help them develop plans to give them a real say in the development of their area.
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Ministers asked to intervene in Edinburgh luxury hotel dispute
City councillors rejected plans to a build ‘six-star’ hotel around the Category-A listed Royal High School in Edinbrugh after public objections, so the developers have asked Scottish ministers to intervene.
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IHBC seeks ‘Consultant Policy Advisor’: Closing 23 October
The IHBC is seeking a consultancy service to support its Policy development, commencing immediately subject to a 12-month review, with the opportunity closing 5pm on 23 Monday October.
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Urgent reminder: IHBC late fees due! ‘Money is not the barrier’ to IHBC’s support for your heritage career, job or trade – from low fees to no fees…’
If your IHBC fee is late, get it sorted now, remembering that money is not the barrier to our support as, alongside our great value low fees, we also offer support mechanisms to make sure that our members have the best financial support possible to advance their ambitions in any part of the heritage sector.
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IHBC-ALGAO-HE: LA conservation and archaeology stats 2017 now out – capacity drops again despite rise in work!
Historic England (HE) has issued the latest figures collated by the IHBC and ALGAO for Local Authority (LA) conservation and archaeology staffing respectively, which highlight ongoing reductions in capacity even as workload – from planning application decisions and Listed Building Consent decisions – continues to grow.
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