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- IHBC’s Context raids Hadrian’s Wall ‘end to end’ for #IHBCReading2024 themes: What happened… Cumbria’s vernacular… Bastles on the border… features (Ian Nairn!) & more 26/04/2024
- FREE CPD webinar: ‘Caring for buildings through effective enforcement’ (03/05) for #IHBCReading2024, with more to come 26/04/2024
- IHBC seeks Expressions of Interest (EoI) from Full Members as paid MATE session leads, initial closing 1 May 26/04/2024
- 2024 AGM, 30/04: Register for Pender’s special take on ‘energy in buildings’, & call on eligible members to complete votes by proxy 26/04/2024
- FINAL REMINDER: Closing date of 30 April for IHBC’s two Marsh Awards: ‘civic contributions by retired members’ and ‘successful learners’ 26/04/2024
- IHBC’s ‘HESPR News’ feature update: Director’s occasional selection, from 13/02 (& £1.3Mn costed works) 26/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: ‘Ron’s Place’ saved by mystery benefactor 26/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Couple hit with £6K court bill and told to tear down garden extension 26/04/2024
- Westminster Council’s new policy to make a ‘retrofit first’ city 26/04/2024
- Labour releases 5 -Point plan for high streets 26/04/2024
- REMINDER: England consults on accelerated planning system, ‘10 weeks and fee refunds’ for major commercial applications, to 01/05 26/04/2024
- Job Vacancy: General Secretary of ICOMOS-UK – Voluntary + expenses, closing 17 May 26/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Moulin Rouge: Sails fall off Paris’s famous cabaret club overnight 26/04/2024
- 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
Daily Archives: 15/01/2021
IHBC Launches new ‘Guidance Note’ on ToolBox: Alterations to Listed Buildings’
The IHBC’s latest Toolbox Guidance Note, on ‘Alterations to Listed Buildings’ has been issued following UK-wide consultation.
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Parliamentary Inquiry Open: ‘21st Century Places: Values and benefits’ APPG call for evidence closes 29 January
Westminster’s new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on ‘Conservation, Places and People’ (CPP APPG), chaired by Layla Moran MP and with the IHBC as its Secretariat, has launched its first Inquiry into ‘21st Century Places – Values & Benefits‘, a wide-ranging … Continue reading
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IHBC research signpost: Resources on the Buildings of Ireland
A ‘Buildings of Ireland’ programme has created links to Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage publications and statutory guidance, relevant legislation, local contacts, resources and reports etc.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £290+K costed works: Island authority seeks Design Guide, closing 02/02, valued at £40K.
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 second pick features … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Gang members jailed after £2M lead thefts from churches in Lincolnshire and beyond
A prolific gang stripped the lead from dozens of rural churches across England, including Billingborough and Normanton – causing utter devastation to village communities – reports The Grantham Journal, as part of a two-year crime spree that left churches with … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Plymouth and more set to receive millions from Future High Streets etc. funds
Towns and cities across Devon and Cornwall are celebrating after being awarded millions of pounds to transform their town centres, as Plymouth, along with Paignton, Newton Abbot, Barnstaple and Penzance have received confirmation of the success of their bids from … Continue reading
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Parliament’s ‘Northern Estate’ refurbishment plans halted
Parliament’s Northern Estate programme to refurbish nearby Westminster buildings for use by MPs during the restoration of the House of Commons has been shut down, with a letter informing the delivery teams ‘of closure of the Northern Estate Programme’ in … Continue reading
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Hollywood stars join fight to save Oscar Wilde’s prison from developers
Hollywood actors Sir Kenneth Branagh and Dame Judi Dench are among those campaigning to transform Reading’s former jail – which housed Oscar Wilde between 1895 and 1897, but has been derelict since 2013, before it was put up for sale … Continue reading
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UKGBC launches project to develop a ‘Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap’ for COP26
United Kingdome Green Building Council (UKGBC) is embarking on an ambitious new project: the development of a net zero whole life carbon roadmap, for launch at COP26.
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Winners of the 2020 Street Design Awards announced
The winners of the 2020 Street Design Awards – celebrating innovation and best practice in street design across the UK – hgave been announced. image: Portsmouth Spinnaker Tower – LocalGov website
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SLC: Scotland’s new protocol on local authority management of Common Good Land
Clear expectations on the management of Common Good land by local authorities will help make the most of this unique form of ownership for communities, says the latest protocol from the Scottish Land Commission (SLC).
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Membership of England’s Urban Centre Recovery Task Force
Details have been announced of the task force members who have offered their time and expert advice as government considers how best to support our cities to thrive. image: for illustration purposes only – Fiona Newton
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Historic Old Course clubhouse to host female lockers for first time after revamp approved
Ambitious plans to transform the Royal and Ancient (R&A) clubhouse at the Old Course in St Andrews have been given the green light, and will see the female locker rooms located within the main clubhouse for the very first time.
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