RSPB: New ‘More in Common’ report shows people don’t want new homes to be built at nature’s expense

Posted on 05/12/2025 by IHBC

A report by the More in Common think-tank for the RSPB shows people want developers to build with nature, not against it.

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New director of careers and education joins RTPI

Posted on 05/12/2025 by IHBC

The institute has appointed Professor John Sturzaker to lead its careers and education division.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: European Heritage Hub’s ‘Call for good practices’ – ‘Cultural heritage as an asset for the green, digital and social transformation’, to 19/12

Posted on 05/12/2025 by IHBC

Cities and regions : European Heritage Hub makes a call for submissions on good practices in cultural heritage.

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IHBC welcomes Budget’s financial boost for planning, supporting RTPI’s call for long-term investment as ‘the key to building capacity’

Posted on 02/12/2025 by IHBC

The IHBC has welcomed the Autumn Budget commitments of significant funding for planning, including investment to recruit an extra 350 planners, and supports the RTPI’s call for long-term investment as ‘the key to building capacity and supporting the government’s growth agenda.’

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IHBC Supporter Surgery for aspiring Affiliates: Have you registered yet? 11 December, 1pm (IHBC CPD too!)

Posted on 02/12/2025 by IHBC

As part of the IHBC’s suite of resources and guidance designed to make it  easier for our Supporter members to advance to the Affiliate member category, we are delighted to announce our next Supporter Surgery, to take place on 11 December, from 1pm.

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IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: Volcanic rocks could store captured CO2, Edinburgh University study finds

Posted on 02/12/2025 by IHBC

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Rocks formed by ancient volcanoes found across the UK could safely store millions of tonnes of CO2 by turning it into stone, according to new research.

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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: BDP on ‘Redeveloping Plymouth Civic Centre’

Posted on 02/12/2025 by IHBC

IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week features BDP on ‘Redeveloping Plymouth Civic Centre’.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: ‘Failings at every level’ resulted in botched insulation scheme, MPs told

Posted on 02/12/2025 by IHBC

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A botched net zero scheme which has caused damp issues in thousands of homes was the result of ‘serious failings at every level’, a UK government official has said.

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Government confirms National Covid Memorial Wall will be preserved

Posted on 02/12/2025 by IHBC

Government has confirmed that the National Covid Memorial Wall will be preserved to remember the lives lost during the pandemic.

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ICON: Pilgrim Trust supports ‘Conservation Skills at Risk’ with £45,000 grant

Posted on 02/12/2025 by IHBC

Icon has announced that the Pilgrim Trust has awarded £45,000 in funding to support our project ‘Conservation Skills at Risk – Protecting Heritage for Future Generations.’

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Government reappoints 3 Trustees to the National Heritage Memorial Fund

Posted on 02/12/2025 by IHBC

The Prime Minister has reappointed Carol Pyrah, Julian Glover and Taryn Nixon as Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund for terms of 4 years.

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Parliamentary Committee: Nature not a ‘blocker’ to housing; needed for ‘resilient towns & neighbourhoods’, and calls for housebuilding target changes and reduced VAT (for retrofitting)

Posted on 02/12/2025 by IHBC

Nature is not a ‘blocker’ to delivering new housing, but rather a necessity for building resilient towns and neighbourhoods, MPs argue in a House of Commons committee report on ‘Environmental sustainability and housing growth’, with responses from government due in two months.

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£2Mn Funding boost to protect war memorials across the UK

Posted on 02/12/2025 by IHBC

Government grants should help ensure that tributes to fallen servicemen and women are preserved across the UK.

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England to benefit from two new national forests backed by £1 billion investment in tree planting

Posted on 02/12/2025 by IHBC

Millions of trees to help get Britain growing through billion-pound investment in green jobs and nature restoration, creating thousands of jobs, Government UK reports.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: A town wants to give away its 100-year-old convent: is it a housing solution?

Posted on 02/12/2025 by IHBC

image for illustration: Convent of Jesus and Mary, Gravelbourg by Archyfb, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Gravelbourg, Sask., looks for a visionary to give historic building a new life, reports CBC.

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IHBC’s December ‘CPD Circular’ now out: Accessible, cost-conscious learning, events & resources, with Branch & National AGMs, Surgeries, CPD Partnerships & more

Posted on 28/11/2025 by IHBC

IHBC’s newest CPD Circular lists accessible, cost-effective ‘Continuing Professional Development’ (CPD), from priority Branch Partnership events to Branch and National AGMs and more.

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IHBC Supporter Surgery for aspiring Affiliates: Have you registered yet? 11 December, 1pm (IHBC CPD too!)

Posted on 28/11/2025 by IHBC

As part of the IHBC’s suite of resources and guidance designed to make it  easier for our Supporter members to advance to the Affiliate member category, we are delighted to announce our next Supporter Surgery, to take place on 11 December, from 1pm.

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IHBC’s 2025 Parliamentary Briefing launches research-led ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’… From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit

Posted on 28/11/2025 by IHBC

Image Credits: S O’Reilly IHBC & F Newton IHBC

On 18 November the IHBC hosted the 2025 Westminster launch of its new ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’, informed by cross-cutting research into challenges across the full landscape of IHBC’s heritage skills interests… ‘From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit’.

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  • The Earl of Devon, Parliamentary sponsor for the IHBC’s Briefing, introducing the background to the IHBC’s ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’
  • Linsey Farnsworth MP for Amber Valley, offering a personal perspective on the importance and potential of Heritage Skills in Conservation
  • IHBC President Rebecca Thompson IHBC, Director of Property at St Paul’s Cathedral, launching the IHBC’s ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’
  • Research report author Jonathan Taylor IHBC, introducing the new research commissioned by the IHBC
  • General View of the Briefing
  • IHBC Officers returning after a busy evening in Westminster and the House of Commons
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IHBC welcomes new joint CEOs at Historic England to post

Posted on 28/11/2025 by IHBC

Claudia Kenyatta CBE and Emma Squire CBE have taken up the role of Co-Chief Executives of Historic England, following the retirement of Duncan Wilson on 31 October 2025.

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IHBC’s ‘Professional’ & ‘Management ‘ Signpost: DB’s ‘brief outline of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill’, with terms, and amendments

Posted on 28/11/2025 by IHBC

Designing Buildings (DB), host platform to the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki, offers a summary update of the government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill (PIB).

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IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £2.4M+ of weekly works: BC seeks review of Conservation Areas, to £50K

Posted on 28/11/2025 by IHBC

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members our exclusive ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with the Director’s tender taster this week is a call from an English Borough Council (BC) for a review of its Conservation Areas, closed 28/11 and to £50K.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Two companies fined total of £190k for unauthorised Grade I listed building works following BNES council prosecution

Posted on 28/11/2025 by IHBC

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Bath & North East Somerset Council (BNES) has successfully prosecuted two companies for carrying out unauthorised works to a Grade I listed building in Bath which affected its character as a building of special architectural or historic interest.

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Government consultation: ‘Reforms to the statutory consultee system’, to 13/01/2026

Posted on 28/11/2025 by IHBC

Government UK are seeking views on reforming the role of statutory consultees in the planning system in England. This consultation closes on 13 January 2026.

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Gardens Trust on ‘Government Consultation on Removal of the Gardens Trust as a Statutory Consultee’

Posted on 28/11/2025 by IHBC

The Government has launched a consultation including the removal of the Gardens Trust as a statutory consultee, running until mid-January.

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NLHF launches Future Heritage Leadership Programme, open to 10/12, starting March 2026

Posted on 28/11/2025 by IHBC

The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) has launched the Future Heritage Leadership programme, offering 12 successful applicants aged 18–30 an 18-month paid opportunity to gain hands-on experience in heritage governance and grant-making, with successful candidates starting in March 2026.

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