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- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, featuring Past President Mike Brown’s Vox Pop 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s Communications and Outreach Strategy 2025-28 now online 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s Annual School ‘Save the Date’ notice & Home Page launch: IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School, 18-20 June, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ & up to 20 hours CPD – accessible, interdisciplinary, cost-effective 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: GII Coventry Baths demolition approved by Historic England 14/10/2025
- Government responds to Parliamentary Report on Home Retrofitting with £13.2bn programme 14/10/2025
- HH: Lack of support from Scottish Government threatening heritage tourism sector 14/10/2025
- People across the country set to benefit from £4M boost to improve accessibility to arts and culture: Open to 14/11 14/10/2025
- THA’s Heritage and Placemaking Survey and Call for Case Studies – they want to hear from you… by 17 October 14/10/2025
- BSRIA: Wellbeing in Buildings (TG 10/2025) 14/10/2025
- ‘Remaking the relationship between citizens and the built environment’, a blog via Demos 14/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Heritage home in Canada demolished despite Heritage Act 14/10/2025
- 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
Tag Archives: local government
IHBC joins 33 leading organisations calling for £6.8M in urgent funding to support Planning Schools
The IHBC is among 33 leading organisations from across planning, housing, nature, and energy to signed a letter to the Housing and Planning Minister calling for £6.8Mn in urgent funding for Planning Schools to continue to recruit and train apprentice … Continue reading
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New LGA analysis shows nearly 28,000 affordable homes lost due to permitted development rights
New Local Government Association (LGA) analysis has spurred campaigners to sign an open letter calling on Government to scrap permitted development rights (PDR) that have cost thousands of affordable homes.
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the (industry) doorstep’: Public First Report… ‘Quiet majority’ favour local development
Councils have been urged to consult more widely on planning applications as new research found a majority of the population was in favour of local development, reports LocalGov.
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IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: ‘Empty Spaces to Homes’…
image for illustration: Joanna Theobald ‘Repurposing Empty Spaces: Research to Address the Housing Crisis’, is a new piece of research, exploring the current opportunities available in reutilising socially owned vacant buildings and spaces, for use as?accommodation?for those at risk of?homelessness??across … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: 131 derelict buildings recorded in Dublin city – increase of 80% in four years
image for illustration: Parnell Square, Dublin by William Murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The number of derelict buildings in Dublin city tracked by Dublin City Council’s Derelict Sites Register has increased by almost 80% in the last four years to 131 … Continue reading
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Bob Kindred updates on IHBC’s ‘LB Prosecutions Database’: Cases always sought – ‘…it relies on volunteered information’
New information is always sought for IHBC’s ‘LB Prosecutions Database’ so if you have been involved with a case please forward the details to Bob Kindred, who complies the list, at government@ihbc.org.uk, and who offers readers an review and update … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Future of Southend’s Kursaal discussed at Parliament meeting
The future of a landmark seafront building in Southend, the Kursaal, has been discussed at a meeting in Parliament, reports The Echo.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Council) doorstep: Council to sell Mackintosh building for use as Scottish Catholic archives
image for illustration: Martyrs’ School by Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The former Martyrs’ School building in Glasgow’s Townhead – designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh – is to be sold by Glasgow City Council to the Bishops’ Conference … Continue reading
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Over £1Mn for towns and cities to clean up chewing gum stains
52 councils across the UK will receive funding to remove chewing gum stains and clean up our streets.
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Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ reaches across disciplines, levels & sectors, with targeted reductions of up to c.25% linked to employer profiles and job descriptions
To connect employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, the IHBC updates NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so sign up for free alerts, and tell your boss about how our targeted subsidies for adverts, outlined … Continue reading
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Castle Point BC launches legal challenge against PI’s approval for housing at Daws Heath
Castle Point Borough Council (BC) has launched a legal challenge against the Planning Inspectorate’s (PI’s) decision to allow an appeal and grant planning permission for residential development at Brooks Farm in Daws Heath.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Huge bill for demolition of unauthorised ‘man cave’ as council to get millionaire to pay
Graham Wildin, 73, has been fighting the council over the illegal leisure complex he built which included a bowling alley etc., reports Gloucestershire Live.
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IHBC highlights to HM Land Registry member concerns over requirements for LB mapping in Local Land Charges Register
The IHBC has written to HM Land Registry (HMLR) to note widespread concern of members – especially those in Local Authorities – about requirements of the Local Land Charges Register for mapping Listed Buildings (LBs) and the Land Registry’s acceleration … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Southend Council pledge to force Kursaal owners to maintain building
Southend Council has pledged to use ‘every tool in the toolbox’ to take legal action against the owners of the Kursaal’s lease if urgent repairs are not carried out, reports The Echo.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Unique opportunity to ‘buy a brick’ of renowned library building in Farnham
image for illustration Locals can make their mark on one of the nation’s most important historic buildings as the restoration of an historic building is giving locals the chance to put their mark on the history of Farnham, reports Surrey … Continue reading
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PAS: Modernising Planning Committees National Survey 2025 – `… training… negative’
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 The Planning Advisory Service (PAS) has issued the results of the Modernising Planning Committee survey carried out between October and December 2024.
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UK Government: High streets with vacant shops revitalised via High Street Rental Auctions
image for illustration: Angharad Hart More vacant shops and other commercial premises will be transformed as councils use new powers to revitalise high streets across the country, including High Street Rental Auctions (HSRA).
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (industry) doorstep’: Planning shake-up? Industry says councils need to be adequately resourced
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Industry welcomes planning shake-up but tells government to ensure councils are adequately resourced, reports Building.
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ADEPT & partners: ‘Find Your Path’ – innovative campaign launched to transform local government recruitment
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 A targeted recruitment campaign that aims to address critical workforce challenges in local authorities. has been launched by Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport (ADEPT) and partners.
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Historic England researches Local Lists in LPAs: Survey open to 31/01/2025
Historic England (HE) has initiated a project to research, review and provide recommendations on the development and revision of local heritage lists, initially with research into the current picture of Local Planning Authorities’ (LPA) local lists, seeking input from only … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Southend Council threatens enforcement over Kursaal repairs
image for illustration: By Jim Linwood – The Kursaal, Southend-On-Sea. Uploaded by oxyman, CC BY 2.0 The owner of Southend’s landmark Grade II Kursaal building was threatened with enforcement action and ordered to carry out urgent repairs, it has been … Continue reading
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