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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
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- 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: towns
Preliminary findings from Parliamentary New Towns Programme Inquiry released
The House of Lords Built Environment Committee has released preliminary findings from its inquiry into the Government’s plans for a new generation of new towns.
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Tagged building, construction, economics, environment, expertise, government, health and wellbeing, planning, skills, towns
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Expert Taskforce recommends locations for new towns
The New Towns Taskforce has recommended locations for the next generation of new towns.
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Tagged building, climate change, community, construction, environment, expertise, government, housing, nature, planning, towns
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Built Environment Committee responds to New Towns Taskforce Report
House of Lords Built Environment Committee has responded to New Towns Taskforce Report and the Government’s response.
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Tagged building, construction, environment, expertise, government, planning, towns
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New UK Town of Culture competition to celebrate our national story
The contributions of towns across the UK to our national life will be celebrated through a new competition, the Culture Secretary has announced.
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Tagged community, competition, culture, education, environment, planning, towns, training, urban, volunteering
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50th anniversary of the 1975 European Architectural Heritage Year blog, from HTVF
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the European Architectural Heritage Year and the post from the Historic Towns and Villages Forum – written by James Thatcher –provides an introduction to the events and impact of this Year.
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Tagged anniversary, building, comms, conservation, environment, expertise, heritage, history, towns, villages
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Built Environment Committee of House of Lord: Enquiries summary
The Built environment Committee of the House of Lords is currently conducting three enquiries in relation to the built environment which include: ‘New towns: Practical Delivery’; ‘The Grey Belt’; and ‘High Streets in Towns and Small Cities’.
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Tagged building, climate change, environment, expertise, government, grey belt, high streets, housing, planning, towns, urban
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