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- IHBC welcomes Vice President Torsten Haak as Guest Judge for 2025 Student Award: Selecting next ‘Gus Astley’ winner, to receive £500 + Newcastle School place, 18-20 June 2026 14/11/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, with Bob Kindred’s must-read review of heritage periodicals 14/11/2025
- IHBC warmly welcomes PCO approval to Petition for Charter 14/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: Designing Buildings on ‘What is the UK Centre for Mould Safety?’ 14/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice (Retrofit)’ Signpost: How RDSAP 10.2 impacts EPC assessments in traditional buildings – an Engine Shed blog 14/11/2025
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £289K+ of weekly works: Parish seeks team for GII* church works, to 03/12 & £250+K 14/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (mouldy) doorstep’: ‘Poor’ insulation leaving houses mouldy needs wider investigation, government told 14/11/2025
- MPs to hold a debate on the 80th anniversary of UNESCO: 18/11 14/11/2025
- THA’s Ecclesiastical Heritage Heroes 2025: Nominations Open to 30/11 14/11/2025
- Landscape Institute opens Feasibility Study on ‘Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) Accreditation Scheme’ 14/11/2025
- Home Builders Federation – ‘State of Play: Challenges and opportunities facing SME home builders’: 89% highlight LA capacity constraints 14/11/2025
- NT’s Cultural Heritage Magazine Autumn/Winter 2025 issue 14/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: See the Parthenon without scaffolding for the first time in c.200 years 14/11/2025
- IHBC Toolbox’s latest Guidance Note update now out: ‘Local Planning Authorities in England on Consulting the National Amenity Societies’ 11/11/2025
- Need a MATE? Act soon & reserve your free online IHBC Accreditation guidance and update session soon (November closed; January still open) 11/11/2025
- UKRI RICHeS Access Fund addresses costs in supporting users and service providers with first call open to 10/12 11/11/2025
- 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 11/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: Update on the ‘Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill’ 11/11/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Building on Adaptive Reuse and the ‘….Old War Office… historic elegance, modern air….’ 11/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: 700-year-old church tower suspended 45ft above the ground in City of London building site 11/11/2025
- RIBA on ‘Build it Together’ – Progress and planning towards gender equity in the architecture profession’ 11/11/2025
- Church of Scotland’s new guidance on purchasing a church or hall building when ‘handling off market sale requests 11/11/2025
- NT: Shropshire’s Ironbridge Gorge Museums saved for the nation 11/11/2025
- Six regions receive £25 million to bolster creative industries 11/11/2025
- Scotland’s second ‘Our Past, Our Future (OPOF)’ Annual Report now out 11/11/2025
Tag Archives: town
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Council could take legal action after collapse at Ledbury building
image for illustration: High Street, Ledbury by Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Herefordshire Council is considering taking legal action after a collapse at a building in Ledbury town centre, writes The Ledbury Reporter.
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Tagged conservation, environment, expertise, heritage, legislation, localauthority, planning, safety, town
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Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, with Law & Policy Update – ‘A village is not a historic town’
IHBC’s members’ journal Context in June 2025 – No. 184 – focussed on ‘Leaders of conservation thought’, while including Alexandra Fairclough’s regular Law and Policy update.
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Tagged conservation, cpd, environment, expertise, heritage, learning, professional, publication, skills, town, village
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Parliament’s) doorstep: House of Commons Research Briefing – ‘Closure of high street services in rural areas’
image for illustration The House of Commons Library has published a briefing outlining the impact of the closure of high street services in rural areas.
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Tagged building, business, conservation, environment, expertise, government, heritage, planning, retail, rural, skills, town
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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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Tagged environment, government, nature, planning, town
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Five urban centres in Ireland awarded €32Mn under Town Centre First Heritage Revival Scheme
Five urban centres are set to benefit from funding of up to €7 million each under THRIVE, the Town Centre First Heritage Revival Scheme, awarded under Ireland’s two European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Regional Programmes.
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Tagged conservation, funding, heritage, town, urban
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