{"id":14366,"date":"2016-12-02T17:34:28","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T17:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=14366"},"modified":"2016-12-07T18:19:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T18:19:15","slug":"ihbcs-top-hespr-tender-pick-of-the-week-landscape-character-assessment-and-impact-assessment-course-defra-closing-1212","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=14366","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s \u2018Top HESPR tender pick of the week\u2019: Landscape Character Assessment and Impact Assessment Course, Defra, closing 12\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Cotswolds_AONB_PB2016-e1480699852960.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14367\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Cotswolds_AONB_PB2016-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"cotswolds_aonb_pb2016\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/strong>The IHBC\u2019s commercial conservation services listing, HESPR \u2013 the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme \u2013 offers members weekly HESPR Bulletins that bring tender opportunities together into one handy resource, and the Director\u2019s top pick for IHBC members this week features a call from Defra for Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) and Landscape and Visual Impact training course, with the bid closing on 12 December and value not stated.<\/h3>\n<p><em>(Photo: The Cotswolds AONB)<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>IHBC Chair James Caird said: \u2018Our weekly Bulletin of current tender notifications to HESPR members is an innovative service that supports commercial conservation businesses that work to the IHBC\u2019s standards and expectations.\u00a0 These weekly selections offer the wider heritage world a regular insight into the conservation profession that we hope combine good news, sector profile and service inspiration all in one.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Top tender pick of the week:<br \/>\nThe IHBC Director\u2019s top pick from the HESPR Bulletin for this week comes from The Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs (Defra) which is seeking bids on a package to undertake a \u2018Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) and Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment Training Course (LVIA)\u2019 noting that \u2018Natural England only provides bespoke landscape advice for schemes affecting a National Park, AONB or Heritage Coast which we judge to be of such major significance &#8211; in terms of their potential adverse impact on their statutory purposes of designation that it warrants our intervention. We are also guided by national policy set out in the National Planning Policy Framework which affords the highest level of policy protection to the &#8216;landscape and scenic beauty&#8217; of National Parks and AONBs.\u2019\u00a0 The value of the contract is not stated and it closes on 12 December.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk\/Notice\/fd16d9e6-67fd-4201-9d54-816f993a1b41?p=@RPT0=NDRNT08=UFQxUlR\" target=\"_blank\">opportunity<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/HESPR_QA-e1459011751751.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12425 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/HESPR_QA-300x137.jpg\" alt=\"HESPR_QA\" width=\"182\" height=\"83\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>For more on HESPR and how to become a HESPR member see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/\">hespr.ihbc.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/HESPR-Leaflet-Cover-e1475942582571.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10495\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/HESPR-Leaflet-Cover-196x300.png\" alt=\"HESPR flyer\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/docs\/HESPR-A5-leaflet.pdf\">Download the HESPR flyer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a free promotion of your tendering opportunities and work needs to the IHBC\u2019s HESPR members, please send details and links to Joanna at <a href=\"mailto:contact@ihbc.org.uk\">contact@ihbc.org.uk<\/a>, as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Tenders can also be advertised for a fee with <em><a href=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/jobsetc\/\">IHBC Jobs etc<\/a><\/em>, including a targeted email to 1700+ recipients as well as full coverage on our Newsblog alerts and social platforms (membership and followers c.14,000) and websites with 250,000 visits a month. Contact Joanna at <a href=\"mailto:contact@ihbc.org.uk\">contact@ihbc.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IHBC\u2019s commercial conservation services listing, HESPR \u2013 the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme \u2013 offers members weekly HESPR Bulletins that bring tender opportunities together into one handy resource, and the Director\u2019s top pick for IHBC members this week &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=14366\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14366"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14418,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14366\/revisions\/14418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}