Govt: Planning overhaul to reach 1.5 million new homes

Posted on 14/12/2024 by IHBC

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An overhaul of the planning system to accelerate housebuilding and deliver 1.5 million homes over this Parliament, Government reports.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Explore the World’s First 3D Replica of St. Peter’s Basilica… made with AI

Posted on 14/12/2024 by IHBC

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In the trailer below for the world’s first 3D replica of St. Peter’s Basilica, Yves Ubelmann speaks of using ‘AI for Good,’ which isn’t just an ideal, but also the name of a lab at Microsoft. Microsoft and Ubelman’s digital-preservation company.

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IHBC welcomes new addition to members’ publications listing: Dr Kathryn Davies IHBC on ‘Vernacular wall paintings in the Welsh Marches, 1550–1650’

Posted on 10/12/2024 by IHBC

Kathryn Davies’ Artisan Art: Vernacular wall paintings in the Welsh Marches, 1550–1650 is a revised & updated edition (August 2024) of the original 2008 edition.

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IHBC welcomes RIBA’s new ‘must-have’ conservation practice guide), with ICOMOS 1993 Guidelines at its heart… and IHBC at its head

Posted on 10/12/2024 by IHBC

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A new practice guide for architects in conservation – described as ‘the only book that deals systematically with the ICOMOS Guidelines’ – has been launched by the RIBA, and with co-authors that include IHBC Chair David McDonald and IHBC Membership Secretary Andrew Shepherd, it also now features on the IHBC’s ‘Member publications’ web page.

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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC features Building on the ‘Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh… reborn as Edinburgh Futures Institute!’

Posted on 10/12/2024 by IHBC

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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 features Victorian Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh reborn as Edinburgh Futures Institute!.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Seafront restaurant plan lodged for South Ayrshire town

Posted on 10/12/2024 by IHBC

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‘The diner would be a tourism boost’, according to the applicant, as plans for a new seafront restaurant in place of an old toilet block in Troon have been lodged, reports The Daily Record.

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Wales Consults on Planning Fees: Closing 16 January 2015

Posted on 10/12/2024 by IHBC

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A Welsh Government consultation (closing 16/01/25) seeks to improve planning services by addressing fee increases, Full Cost Recovery (FCR), and skills gaps, with proposed changes – starting summer 2025 – to include inflation-linked adjustments, doubling retrospective application fees, and introducing appeal fees to ensure sustainable resourcing.

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Join the URBACT Pioneers Accelerator… bespoke learning programme dedicated to cities from the Western Balkans

Posted on 10/12/2024 by IHBC

The URBACT Pioneers Accelerator is a bespoke learning programme dedicated to cities from countries preparing their accession to the EU from the Western Balkans: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia.

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SHBT’s new building restoration initiative using community skills training

Posted on 10/12/2024 by IHBC

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The Scottish Historic Buildings Trust (SHBT) has launched the first phase of a project aiming to develop a new approach to tackling rural regeneration as well as the crisis in traditional skills.

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Nominations to Victorian Society’s Top 10 Endangered Buildings list 2025 open, as ‘President Griff’ urges nominations

Posted on 10/12/2024 by IHBC

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The Victorian Society is asking the public to nominate threatened Victorian and Edwardian buildings for their list of Top 10 Endangered Buildings to be announced in 2025.

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My workwear survey: Empowering women in the workplace: investigating the gender workwear gap

Posted on 10/12/2024 by IHBC

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My workwear survey on Empowering women in the workplace: investigating the gender workwear gap highlights significant barriers for women when it comes to fair treatment in the workplace

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HE appoints National Blue Plaques Panel

Posted on 10/12/2024 by IHBC

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Historic England has appointed an impressive and diverse panel of academics and cultural commentators to lead the national blue plaque scheme.

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IHBC’s December ‘CPD Circular’: For cost-conscious and time-sensitive conservation learning… events, awards, calls and much more

Posted on 06/12/2024 by IHBC

IHBC’s new CPD Circular offers our current listing of accessible and cost-effective Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities for historic and built environment conservation professionals and their networks, now with an even simpler format, and including the usual range of Branch events & a query on Conservation Management Plans (CMPs).

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IHBC welcomes re-opening of Notre-Dame Cathedral of Paris: 7-8 December, in time for Christmas 2025

Posted on 06/12/2024 by IHBC

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The reopening of Notre-Dame will extend from December 7-8, 2024, and after, including the Octave of Reopening (8 to 15 December) and on to June 8, 2025, coinciding with the Feast of Pentecost.

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IHBC Chair & Membership Secretary invite members to free MATE sessions piloting shorter accreditation forms: Next MATEs for members working with Churches etc. (9/12); Local Authorities (11/12) & the private sector (13/12) – and more to come in 2025

Posted on 06/12/2024 by IHBC

As part of the IHBC’s evolving Membership Accreditation Training Events (MATEs) programme – that advise on accreditation applications – we’re offering free online sessions to pilot new streamlined application forms.

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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £5.2M+ of weekly works: Council seeks evaluation in theatre project, to 18/12 & £8k

Posted on 06/12/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick this week is a call from an English Council for an evaluation linked to a theatre project, to 18/12 and £8K.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (retail) doorstep’ 1: This is Money on M&S demolition… ‘a big win’

Posted on 06/12/2024 by IHBC

‘Marks & Spencer plan to knock down flagship Oxford Street store approved’ reports This is Money, describing it as ‘a big victory for chief executive Stuart Machin…’.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (retail) doorstep’ 2: SAVE Britain’s Heritage on M&S demolition – ‘stop incentivising demolition’

Posted on 06/12/2024 by IHBC

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SAVE Britain’s Heritage calls for urgent reforms after M&S ruling highlights gaping holes in national planning system.

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Cadw and the Royal Commission to review their working relationship

Posted on 06/12/2024 by IHBC

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Jack Sargeant, Welsh Government Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership, has announced the formation of a working group to review the relationship between Cadw and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW).

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NCT’s critical Autumn Budget update for UK churches

Posted on 06/12/2024 by IHBC

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The National Churches Trust (NCT) is campaigning to highlight threats – and prospective campaign solutions, centred on a letter to your MP – to the Listed Places of Worship tax relief that allows VAT reclaims on repair projects.

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UWE Bristol Survey: How sustainable practices are integrated into the design phases of construction projects in the UK

Posted on 06/12/2024 by IHBC

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University of the West of England (UWE) Bristol is conducting a survey to understand how sustainable practices are integrated into the design phases of construction projects in the UK.

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IHBC applauds RTPI NW’s e-bulletin feature by IHBC CO Sammy Woodford: ‘Out of Office: Planning Professionals in the Classroom’

Posted on 03/12/2024 by IHBC

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Cumberland Conservation Officer Sammy Woodford has been featured in the recent RTPI North West news e-bulletin, writing on ‘Planning Professionals in the Classroom’.

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IHBC Chair & Membership Secretary invite members to free MATE sessions piloting shorter accreditation forms: Next MATEs for members working with Churches etc. (9/12); Local Authorities (11/12) & the private sector (13/12) – and more to come in 2025

Posted on 03/12/2024 by IHBC

As part of the IHBC’s evolving Membership Accreditation Training Events (MATEs) programme – that advise on accreditation applications – we’re offering free online sessions to pilot new streamlined application forms.

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IHBC’s ‘Finance and Economics’ Signpost:  HE on ‘Heritage-led tourism supporting England’s economy’

Posted on 03/12/2024 by IHBC

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Historic England’s (HE) new Heritage Counts Report on Tourism has been launched, underpinning the case that heritage tourism supports thousands of jobs and makes a substantial contribution to the Gross Value Added (GVA).

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IHBC HESPR ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC features NCE on inspection techniques on GII listed Hull tidal surge barrier

Posted on 03/12/2024 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 features New Civil Engineer (NCE) on ‘Techniques… for the inspection of Grade II [GII]… Hull tidal surge barrier’.

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