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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: transport
Government: Environmental reforms to break planning system gridlock
Government UK says that Britain’s broken planning and development system is to be rewired to accelerate infrastructure delivery and homebuilding while safeguarding the environment.
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Chief Planner of England’s Newsletter, July 2025 issued
The Chief Planner’s Newsletter for July 2025 published giving updates on the latest announcements from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and other government departments and agencies relating to planning policy and practice.
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New Civil Engineer: Report urges re-think on ageing transport assets’ ‘growing risk of failure’ with futureproof solutions
A new report, produced by New Civil Engineer (NCE) in partnership with Arup, is urging the infrastructure sector to re-think how ageing assets schemes should be planned, designed and delivered.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Campaigners blast ‘investment in destruction’ as government funds partial infill of Queensbury Tunnel
The Government is to commit public funding to a project that will see the partial infilling of the Queensbury Tunnel, reports The Halifax Courier, the 1.4-mile long Queensbury Tunnel, was closed in the 1950s, and the focus of a longstanding … Continue reading
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Government on PBIS: Reforms to get Britain building will boost economy by billions
New analysis shows economy could be boosted by up to £7.5 billion over the next decade thanks to the pro-growth Planning and Infrastructure Bill (PBIS).
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IHBC’s ‘Design’ Signpost: ‘Guidance on Inclusive Design for Town Centres and Busy Streets’
image for illustration: Fiona Newton New non-statutory national guidance has been developed by Transport Scotland to support the design of town centres and busy streets that are inclusive for all.
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IHBC voices concerns over Planning and Infrastructure Bill proposal which could support the loss of transport heritage but welcomes the potential for local authority member training
The Institute has reinforced the concerns of other heritage bodies about the recently published Planning and Infrastructure Bill which removes the Secretary of State’s scrutiny from heritage aspects of infrastructure projects.
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IHBC voices concerns over Planning and Infrastructure Bill proposal which could support the loss of transport heritage but welcomes the potential for local authority member training
The Institute has reinforced the concerns of other heritage bodies about the recently published Planning and Infrastructure Bill which removes the Secretary of State’s scrutiny from heritage aspects of infrastructure projects.
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Tagged building, conservation, consultation, environment, expertise, government, heritage, infrastructure, planning, skills, transport
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (railway) doorstep’: Awe-inspiring project to restore historic West Highland Line viaduct completed
image for illustration: Taynuilt railway by Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Network Rail has completed a £3.5 million project to refurbish Awe viaduct near Taynuilt on the Oban branch of the West Highland Line.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (railway) doorstep’: Railway 200 – anniversary of the modern railway
image for illustration: Peter Badcock On 27 September2025, Railway 200 celebrates the 200th anniversary of the modern railway, and nationwide celebrations are planned!
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Government Consultation on Rail reform: ‘a railway fit for Britain’s future’
image for illustration Government UK has outlined the next steps to reform Britain’s railways through a recently launched consultation.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Cairngorm railway is ‘inherently flawed’, warns engineer
image for illustration: The Cairngorm Funicular Railway by Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons A top Scottish engineer is warning repairs on the Cairngorm mountain railway will not last, reports The Press and Journal, as the mountain railway … Continue reading
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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.11:National Highways & Natural England sign agreement to strengthen environmental impact
image for illustration: A417 by Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0 National Highways and Natural England have signed a landmark agreement to support the delivery of world-class national infrastructure whilst ensuring better outcomes for the environment.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (station) doorstep’: Campaigners’ dismay after Restoring your Railway Fund schemes axed by Chancellor
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Transport campaigners have expressed their dismay after Chancellor Rachel Reeves told MPs that the £500 million Restoring Your Railway fund had been cancelled, as part of a wide range of national economies to … Continue reading
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RIBA Stirling Prize winner 2024: The Elizabeth Line
Transport for London, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Elizabeth Line – London’s new transport network – designed by Grimshaw, Maynard, Equation and AtkinsRéalis has been named as the winner of the 2024 RIBA Stirling Prize.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Railway) doorstep’: Network Rail unveils new ‘Harry’s Wall’ at site of iconic Holmes Chapel landmark
image for illustration: Twemlow Viaduct by Dave.Dunford – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 Harry Styles fans are being encouraged to sign a new, purpose-built wall as an alternative to the Grade II listed Twemlow viaduct that has become a shrine … Continue reading
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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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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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