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- First ‘priority CPD’ guidance out for #IHBCReading2024 School, globally accessible from only £30+VAT: ‘Management’ Competences -‘Legislation & Policy’, ‘Finance & Economics’, 12/13-15 June 23/04/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: Canal and River Trust on ‘Our impact: transforming places, enriching lives’ 23/04/2024
- New closing date of 30 April for IHBC’s two Marsh Awards: ‘civic contributions by retired members’ and ‘successful learners’ 23/04/2024
- IHBC issues 2024 AGM reminders: To voting members, ‘Please complete your proxy form’, and for all, to register in advance for Robyn Pender on ‘… energy in buildings…’, 30/04 23/04/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: ALL HESPR member staff get IHBC member rate at #IHBCReading2024 Virtual School, 14 June, only £30+VAT (Code required) 23/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Controversial demolition of closed Museum of London and office block expected 23/04/2024
- Intangible Cultural Heritage: UK becomes the 183rd State to join UNESCO’s Convention 23/04/2024
- HES: New Report on Connections Between Properties in Care and the British Empire 23/04/2024
- 10 New Design Code Pathfinder areas selected 23/04/2024
- BEFS Policy Map for Scotland’s Existing Built Environment Policy Overview Map, Spring 2024 23/04/2024
- Budget boost for farmers and environment with extension to Agricultural Property Relief 23/04/2024
- ADF announces its 2024 brief: ‘Rethinking Home-Adapt and Reuse’ 23/04/2024
- IHBC’s next OPEN & FREE ‘Management’ CPD Pre-School webinars for #IHBCReading2024 School theme, ‘Place & Building Care…’: ‘Enforcement’ (03/05) and ‘Munstead Wood’ estate (16/05) 19/04/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ signpost: ICE advice for engineers to close the gender pay gap following on RAE research 19/04/2024
- IHBC issues 2024 AGM reminders: To voting members, ‘Please complete your proxy form’, and for all, to register in advance for Robyn Pender on ‘… energy in buildings…’, 30/04 19/04/2024
- New closing date of 30 April for IHBC’s two Marsh Awards: ‘civic contributions by retired members’ and ‘successful learners’ 19/04/2024
- ‘Money is still not the barrier’: Bursaries extended for IHBC’s 2024 School, #IHBCReading2024, 12/13-15 June – ‘Submit now to be next on the list!’ 19/04/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR pick from £112K+ works this week: Heritage team seeks engineering services for canal restoration, £70K, to 10/05 19/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Claim – Torbay’s planning rules are being flouted due to lack of enforcement 19/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Proposals for £65m University Centre Blackpool set for decision 19/04/2024
- Copenhagen and Paris mayors discuss lessons learned after fires wreck landmarks 19/04/2024
- Joint statement on England’s Natural and Historic Environment published by NE, HE and Lottery: ‘Integrating the Management of the Natural and Historic Environment’ 19/04/2024
- Architects etc. – Professional Practical Experience Commission – Call for evidence, to 24/04 19/04/2024
- Office for Place Update: Free Places at 2024 Design Code Schools for LPA officers 19/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: European Architecture Prize Philippe Rotthier 2024, closing 30/04. 19/04/2024
Monthly Archives: September 2020
Planning Portal on ‘New Prior Approvals’ and Use Class changes
The Planning Portal has outlined how recent legislative updates from Government introduce a further 6 specific types of permitted development (each requiring a ‘Prior Approval’ application), set a fee to most of the new prior approval application types, and usher … Continue reading
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LGA and UKSSD launch Sustainable Development Guide for councils as ‘Local government can play a key role in driving a sustainable recovery…’
The Local Government Association and the UK Stakeholders for Sustainable Development in July launched a guide to help councils engage with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at a time when many are starting to re-think the role of … Continue reading
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YFCC Appoints Carole Milner as Trustee
The York Foundation for Conservation & Craftsmanship (YFCC), the charitable arm of the YCCC, has appointed experienced paintings conservator and founding Chair of the Institute of Conservation, Carole Milner, as a trustee.
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New building game ‘Townscaper’ allows users to build their own city, courtesy of Steam
Townscaper is a new building game that allows users to create their own town, in a very simple way, with elements rising from a digital sea as they click. With no goal apart from the design aspect, this video game, … Continue reading
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New UK Conservation, Places and People APPG launched with IHBC secretariat: Layla Moran MP Chair; officer experience already spans foreign affairs, Homes and Communities Agency, law and planning – #PlacesPeopleAPPG
A new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on ‘Conservation Places and People’ was inaugurated on 10 September with the IHBC as its secretariat, chaired by Layla Moran MP, foreign affairs spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats, and with vice-chairs that span both … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR pick this week from £456K+ costed posts: Council seeks services to repair cemeteries, closing 27/09 and valued at £100K+
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services working to the IHBC’s standards – emails its members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s top pick this … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: More needed to protect landmark historic buildings in Jersey, says BAR Register
As the Société Jersiaise and National Trust for Jersey joined forces to publish the first Buildings-At-Risk (BAR) Register of its kind in the Island, over the summer The Jersey Evening Post explored how former government assistant director for design and … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: ‘We must support our historic churches’ says Minister Nigel Huddleston in Commons debate… from The Yorkshire Post
The Yorkshire Post has re-posted a summertime speech by Nigel Huddleston, a Culture Minister, from when he spoke in a Commons debate on historic churches saying how, as ‘Minister for Sport, Heritage and Tourism, I am always heartened to see … Continue reading
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England’s HOD opens: Explore the places and spaces on your doorstep – and further afield
Thousands of volunteers across the country invite the public to experience local history, architecture and culture, all for free, through Heritage Open Days (HODs), from 11-20 September, and for the first time in its history it will feature online events … Continue reading
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Wales: Cultural Recovery Fund launches14/09
On 1 September, the Welsh Government announced the Cultural Recovery Fund — an £18.5 million fund to support the Welsh cultural sector’s recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, to launch on 14 September and close on 30 September … Continue reading
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Joe O’Donnell appointed new Director of the Victorian Society
The Victorian Society has announced that Joe O’Donnell will be its new Director, in succession to Christopher Costelloe.
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BEFS/HES ‘CHERF’: Call for Ideas, by 21/09
The BEFS-HES partnership ‘CHERF’ initiative – the COVID [19] Historic Environment Resilience Forum – is looking for ideas on structural / strategic solutions that could fundamentally change the heritage landscape for the better. image: BEFS website
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Heritage Funding Directory Revitalised!
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) the Heritage Alliance (THA) have announced the launch of a revitalised Heritage Funding Directory.
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Construction bodies urge local authorities to commit to CLOCS
Construction industry leaders of the UK’s biggest professional and trade bodies have written to the chief executives of all local authorities across Britain as well as the 25 metro mayors, urging them to sign up to the Construction Logistics and … Continue reading
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Wiki Loves Monuments UK is part of the world’s largest photo contest: Open to all, September only
During September 2020 we welcome submissions of high-quality images of UK listed buildings and scheduled monuments.
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IHBC ‘s CREATIVE Conservation Fund: New web page and guidance
The IHBC has launched an updated webpage on our new CREATIVE Conservation Fund – a dedicated fund exclusively delivering on the IHBC’s charitable activities such as the IHBC’s Gus Astley Student Awards and the 2021 Brighton School bursaries – with … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick of the week: Covid-19 Community Memorial Design Competition, closing 02/11
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with news and opportunities from across the development sector’s publications, and this week … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Conservation group ‘horrified’ by wild planting plan for Brighton war memorial garden
Members of a conservation group said that they were ‘horrified’ by a council plan to replace lawns in the Brighton war memorial garden with a bed of wild flowers, reports the Brighton and Hove News. image: By Hassocks5489 – Own … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Out of Context’ CPD boost from Ireland: The evolution of Ireland’s Architectural Conservation Officer (ACO)
If you have a personal development plan to complete, or a upcoming work review meeting it could be useful to see what others in similar roles to you carry out, and Issue 163 of the institute’s member journal Context, should … Continue reading
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Parliamentary APPG ‘Suburban Taskforce’ first phase call for evidence, on ‘Outer Boroughs of London’, closing 2 October
The Cross-Party Suburban Taskforce All-Party Parliamentary Group has announced a ‘Call for Evidence’, open until 2 October 2020, with the taskforce having a particular focus on the Outer Boroughs of London in the first phase of research.
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Scotland’s NPF4 ‘Call for ideas’: Analysis of responses
Independent analysis of responses to the call for ideas to inform the preparation of a new National Planning Framework (NPF), launched in January 2020, is now available.
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The Use of Face Coverings in Construction during Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Construction employers have asked the CLC for guidance on the use of face coverings in response to coronavirus to help provide a consistent approach across the industry.
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RSA report ‘Heritage for inclusive growth’ published
The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce(RSA) recently published a report on ‘Heritage for Inclusive Growth’ which shows the scale of the ‘missed opportunity’ if we continue to separate heritage policymaking and economic policymaking.
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Stay ahead in hard times: ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service update – from project and design leads to ‘Historic Building Climate Change Adaptation’ at Historic England
To help heritage and conservation employers and practitioners in these pandemic times, the IHBC is continuing its NewsBlog reader updates on the diverse opportunities posted on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, with posts calling for conservation skills across project management … Continue reading
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IHBC’s 2020 Virtual School: Update on delegate feedback and panellists’ responses to questions now out
Delegates at IHBC’s 2020 Virtual School have been updated with the delegate feedback – encouragingly positive, and made available here to NewsBlog readers – as well as current response from select panellists to questions raised by delegates, all alongside early … Continue reading
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