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IHBC HESPR’s own ‘Special Interest ‘News from the Sector’’ update

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’, which includes ‘News from the sector’, a dedicated HESPR members’ news service supplement to … Continue reading

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Mayor of London and Government announce bold plans to transform Oxford Street

image for illustration: by Christine Matthews / Oxford Circus, London W1 Commons Wikimedia The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan and government announce bold plans to transform Oxford Street including turning the road into a traffic-free pedestrianised avenue, creating a beautiful public … Continue reading

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Scotland’s amenity lead, AHSS, advocates for heritage protection in response to Scottish Government’s new PDRs

The Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland (AHSS) has recently expressed its concerns to the Scottish Government regarding the implementation of Phase 3 of Permitted Development Rights (PDR) in Conservation Areas.

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IHBC North Branch on ‘Darlington – Hopetown: £35m Heritage Led Regeneration of Historic Railway Buildings’, 11 October 2024, from £35

IHBC North Branch has announced its Autumn full-day CPD event at Darlington’s Hopetown, part of the £35m funded linear Heritage Action Zone project (HAZ), on 11 October 2024, from only £35 for members.

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IHBC welcomes 25% reduction for members at the 2024 RICS ‘Global Building Conservation Conference, online, 25/09

The IHBC is delighted to announce the special offer to members of a 25% reduction at the 2024 RICS ‘Global Building Conservation Conference’, online on Wednesday 25 September, with up to 7 Hours Formal CPD.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Oxfordshire’s 19 acre park and ride, with no access, lies empty

image for illustration A multi-million-pound park and ride which has no access road lies empty although major construction work at Eynsham was completed in January, reports the Oxford Mail.

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Celebrating the AHF’s Transforming Places through Heritage Programme… ‘bringing its current phase to a close’

The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) has distributed the final grants from its landmark Transforming Places through Heritage programme, officially bringing its current phase to a close.

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Office for Place: Helping councils get started on design codes

image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 The Office for Place is helping local councils get started on creating their own local design codes.

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Take ‘A Walk on the Wild Side’ with IHBC London’s essential interdisciplinary CPD on managing buildings & nature for sustainability: Landscapes, biodiversity, place & more, in London, 01/09, from only £100 (NO VAT, inc. lunch etc)

The IHBC’s London Branch 2024 conference on 1 October explores how conservation of the natural and historic environments can be managed to make better places in its next annual Conference, at the Grade I Royal College of Physicians, from only … Continue reading

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IHBC welcomes 25% reduction for members at the 2024 RICS ‘Global Building Conservation Conference, online, 25/09

The IHBC is delighted to announce the special offer to members of a 25% reduction at the 2024 RICS ‘Global Building Conservation Conference’, online on Wednesday 25 September, with up to 7 Hours Formal CPD.

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IHBC’s ‘Management’ signpost: New Homes Accelerator programme to unblock thousands of new homes

image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 A new expert group will speed up delivery of stalled housing sites, supporting plans to boost economic growth and deliver 1.5 million homes, with resources available and a ‘call for evidence’ for details … Continue reading

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Parliament asks what is the ‘Grey Belt’

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’s special news features from a House of Lords Committee’s inquiry into … Continue reading

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Climate Change Bill published by Scottish Government

image for illustration Scottish Government has published draft legislation to create a carbon budget approach to setting climate targets.

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IHBC’s ‘Finance & Economics’ (& biodiversity) Signpost: HM Treasury’s Final Report – The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review

The Final Report of the Independent Review on the Economics of Biodiversity led by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta has been published.

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LGA infographics reveal fragmented culture funding needs reform: Drops £2.3Bn since 2010

image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Local Government Association’s (LGA) new infographics reveal that, while local government is the largest single biggest funder of culture, this investment remains under threat due to the multitude of funding steams as well … Continue reading

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Review of Creative Scotland announced, for a sustainable culture sector

As part of this year’s ‘Programme for Government’, Scotland’s Culture Secretary Angus Robertson has announced a review of Creative Scotland to ensure its operations and structure are optimal to the needs of the culture sector.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: California City ‘OKs’ development threatening world’s oldest known living oak

image for illustration: City of Jurupa Valley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Jurupa Valley City Council has approved a development plan Thursday that would place the world’s oldest known living oak in jeopardy, reports The Center for Biological Diversity.

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Natural England: … improvements to planning service for LPAs to maximise environmental outcomes…

image: An aerial view of part of Chesil and the Fleet SSSI, which is designated for its coastal lagoon seagrass beds and vegetated shingle saltmarsh – Open Government Licence v3.0 Natural England has published a letter outlining a series of … Continue reading

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Campaign for Better Transport: Reopen rail lines across the country to improve public transport and tackle rail overcrowding

image for illustration The Campaign for Better Transport is campaigning to reopen more rail lines and stations, electrify more of the railway, and make fares fair.

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MHCLG Demolition and retrofit survey launched to inform England’s National Planning Policy: Open to 31/10

image for illustration A new  survey from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on the future of national planning policy, specifically regarding the demolition, redevelopment, and retrofit of buildings, has been launched.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Italy’s construction boom sparks demand for archaeologists

image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Italy is currently witnessing an unprecedented demand for archaeologists, driven by a construction boom funded by the EU’s post-pandemic recovery initiative.

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IHBC’s ‘Design and presentation’ spotlight: Neighbourhood Planning Design Coding Guidance – for ‘groups… to prepare a design code for their area’

image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 The ‘Neighbourhood Planning Design Coding Guidance supplements the National Model Design Code: Part 1’ is aimed at groups who wish to prepare a design code for their area.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Council) doorstep’: Aberdeen Council concludes demolition safest option for RAAC-affected homes to be followed by a rebuilding programme

image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Council homes affected by RAAC (Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete) in Aberdeen are to be demolished on safety grounds – followed by a rebuilding programme.

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TCPA on ‘Health, hope and prosperity: a vision for healthy new towns’

image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 ‘Health, hope and prosperity‘ is a publication from the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) that sets out the high-level preconditions necessary to create a healthy new town.

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Civic Voice poll reveals doubts among community civic leaders about planning reforms

image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 As the National Planning Policy Framework consultation deadline approaches, a Civic Voice poll reveals doubts among civic leaders about Government’s ability to solve housing crisis through the latest planning reforms.

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