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- Another FREE pre-conference #IHBCReading2024 School webinar: ‘Caring for buildings through effective enforcement’ (03/05, from 1.00pm) and with more to come 30/04/2024
- IHBC seeks Expressions of Interest (EoI) from Full Members as paid MATE session leads, initial closing 1 May 30/04/2024
- First CPD guidance for #IHBCReading2024 School: ‘Management’ Competences -‘Legislation & Policy’ + ‘Finance & Economics’, 12/13-15 June, from £30+VAT 30/04/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’ Revisited: ALL HESPR member staff get IHBC member rate at #IHBCReading2024 Virtual School, 14 June, only £30+VAT (Code required) 30/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Welsh) doorstep’: Welsh slate helps Nash’s All Souls from the end of an era to a new one 30/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Edinburgh’s Granton gasholder taking shape for future public park, says Council 30/04/2024
- Civic Voice and Historic England join forces to explore local historical plaque schemes: Survey closes 12/05 30/04/2024
- RICS launches new Standard to for UK retrofitting Practices 30/04/2024
- RIBA Horizons 2034: ‘Architecture must change beyond recognition to meet the climate challenge’ 30/04/2024
- RTPI & Scottish Government launch Digital Skills Portal for planners 30/04/2024
- CLC sets out ambitious delivery plan for 2024 30/04/2024
- CNP Health Check Report: First assessment & recommendations on nature recovery in National Parks in England and Wales 30/04/2024
- HES: Skills Investment Plan (SIP) for Scotland’s Historic Environment 30/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Barcelona’s famous Sagrada Familia to be completed in 2026 30/04/2024
- 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
Monthly Archives: February 2021
IHBC’s HESPR pick from £10M+ costed works: University seeks team to create student-business network spaces in LB, closing 03/03, valued £200K
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 pick features a … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Plans to alter Lyme Regis Guildhall window to protect it from passing traffic
Plans have been submitted to reduce the bay window of the historic Guildhall in Lyme Regis, to protect it from damage caused by passing vehicles, reports Lyme-online.
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DCMS targets nominations for 2022 New Year Honours List: Closing 16/04
Sarah Healey CB of England’s Department for Digital, Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) has written to ask members for ‘help in identifying candidates from within your sector for consideration to be recognised amongst the 2022 New Year Honours’, with nominations … Continue reading
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Green Party calls for no VAT on refurb in new Parliamentary petition
A petition from Molly Scott Cato – the Green Party’s finance spokesperson – on the Downing Street website calls on the government to remove VAT on refurbishment projects and raise VAT on non-Passivhaus new-build construction to 20 per cent, with … Continue reading
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CIC: Government permitted development rights plans need rethink
Government proposals to extend so-called permitted development rights, which will allow more premises to bypass normal planning procedures and be turned into homes, need greater safeguards to protect communities according to Construction Industry Council (CIC). image: for illustration purposes only … Continue reading
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HE High Streets Heritage Action Zones Cultural Programme, plans and ‘High Street Tales’ etc.
Historic England (HE) has launched a podcast series and accompanying ebook called ‘High Street Tales’, the first outcomes of a four-year-long national Cultural Programme (2020-24) led by Historic England in partnership with the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Arts Council … Continue reading
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Full range of National Lottery funding resumes with refocused priorities for 2021-22, including COVID-19 recovery
Applications are open for National Lottery (NL) Grants for Heritage from £3,000 up to £5million, while the Heritage Fund will prioritise projects that contribute to recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.
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COP26 calls for groups to bring climate summit to life: EOI close 5 March
Applications have opened today to help shape the COP26 venue in Glasgow ahead of the crucial climate change talks later this year, with the call for Expressions of Interest closing on 5 March.
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IHBC and Vic Soc Directors feature in RICS’ Modus on England’s planning question: ‘… will future policy destroy the past’?
Directors of the IHBC and the Victorian Society (Vic Soc) – Seán O’Reilly and Joe O’Donnell –are among those whose opinions are featured in the RICS in-house publication Modus as it explores heritage impacts in England’s planning proposals: ‘Heritage heresy: … Continue reading
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IHBC’s learning signpost: Building Crafts College – free virtual tasters for prospective students to ‘Develop… Conservation Skills’
The Building Crafts College (BCC) London is offering a ‘unique opportunity to participate in an on-line class’ in its IHBC Recognised ‘Historic Building Conservation’ Foundation Degree, to anyone ‘interested in undertaking the course in the academic year 2021-22’.
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REMINDER: 2021 #IHBCMarshAwards: ‘Your chance to nominate ‘retired IHBC members’ and/or ‘successful learners’ for our awards’, extended closing date of 31 March
The IHBC’s Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Christian Trust, has launched the two 2021 Awards – for civic contributions by retired members, and for successful learning in heritage skills – with prizes that include £500 and a free … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick of the week: Early notice & low rates for HESPR members of IHBC’s 2021 School Heritage MarketPlace #IHBCMarketPlace, 18 June
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 from across the development sector, and this week features the IHBC’s … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Major development on Bristol outskirts could see village double in size
Bristol Live reports on a major development on Bristol’s outskirts that could see a village double in size as up to 500 homes could be built on green belt land.
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England’s Local Heritage List campaign: Announcement of successful areas
England’s Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has announced allocation of initial £700,000 funding (now increased to £1.5 million) that will support projects which involve a county-wide approach to developing or improving local heritage lists.
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Theatres at Risk: 2021 Register now out
The Theatres Trust has published the 2021 Theatres at Risk Register, with 31 theatres, while highlighting an ‘emerging trend during the pandemic where vacant theatre buildings are sold off by private owners.’ image: Theatres Trust website
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CHN on Youth, Culture & Climate: Volunteers sought to help plan 2021 pre-cop event: Deadline 28/02
The Climate Heritage Network (CHN) – the international network of which the IHBC is a member – has issued a call for volunteers ‘to help plan an event at the 2021 pre-COP’, based in Milan from 30 September, with a … Continue reading
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MHCLG on NPPF and National Model Design Code: Consultation proposals and EOIs on tests invited
England’s Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has launched a consultation on revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), in light of the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission ‘Living with Beauty’ report, with expressions of interest (EOIs) … Continue reading
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Free access to Natural Stone Specialist during the Covid-19 pandemic
The Natural Stone Specialist (NSS) is offering free access during the Covid-19 pandemic, with current content ranging from a double height Portland limestone staircase to a revised landscaping standard.
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IHBC joins RIAS and more in Glasgow (virtually) on accreditation, standards, MATEs and more: 22-24 March
The IHBC will offer guidance and feature our celebrated MATE programme at a Glasgow City Heritage Trust (GCHT) 3-day online Conference on ‘Your Career in Conservation’, all aimed at ‘anyone working, or interested in working, within the building and heritage … Continue reading
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REMINDER: 2021 #IHBCMarshAwards: ‘Your chance to nominate ‘retired IHBC members’ and/or ‘successful learners’ for our awards’, extended closing date of 31 March
The IHBC’s Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Christian Trust, has launched the two 2021 Awards – for civic contributions by retired members, and for successful learning in heritage skills – with prizes that include £500 and a free … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £642K+ costed works: National body seeks WHS archaeological survey, closing 1/03 and valued at £30K- £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 pick features a … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Long Man of Wilmington chalk man vandalised with ‘face mask’
Police are investigating a case of criminal damage after a face mask was painted on a huge South Downs landmark the Long Man of Wilmington.
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Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission: MHCLG response to the ‘Living with Beauty’ report, with foreword by Jenrick’s
England’s Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has issued its response to the Commission’s ‘Living with Beauty’ report, on how to promote and increase the use of high-quality design for new build homes and neighbourhoods, and including a … Continue reading
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Funding boost for Northern Ireland’s churches and chapels
Church and chapel buildings in Northern Ireland are to benefit from £250,000 of funding thanks to a grant awarded to the National Churches Trust from the Department for Communities. image: NCT website
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MHCLG: All new developments must meet local standards of beauty, quality and design under new rules
Plans outlined by England’s Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) aim to make sure that new developments are ‘beautiful and well-designed’, following a ‘local design code’ and with a ‘New ‘Office for Place’… to help communities turn these … Continue reading
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