Daily Archives: 16/03/2021

IHBC’s General Meeting 26 March, 1pm: Eligible members called on to use advance proxy votes even if attending

Eligible members of the IHBC are strongly encouraged to use proxy votes for the Special Resolution at the forthcoming General Meeting (GM) on 26 March, and help the IHBC ‘move past the pandemic’, while keeping up the discussions and the … Continue reading

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IHBC’s ‘members only’ first Council and General Meeting of 2021: Free, 26 March, 1pm on

The IHBC is issuing exclusive invitations and formal notices to IHBC members of ALL categories to the first Council meeting of 2021, from 1pm 26 March, starting with a formal General Meeting vote to support virtual meetings, and with eligible … Continue reading

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IHBC welcomes COTAC’s new built heritage resources: Insight 1 – The Need to Appreciate the Built Heritage… Learning Handbooks

The IHBC has welcomed the new series of updated online publications on built heritage from the Council on Training in Architectural Conservation (COTAC), starting with COTAC Insight 1: The Need to Appreciate the Built Heritage Units 1-6 Learning Handbooks.

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick of the week: Competition call for ‘City Benches 2021’

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 London Festival … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Council accused of ‘one-sided spin’ over Edinburgh’s Spaces for People consultation

Campaign groups have accused council chiefs of ‘one-sided spin’ in a consultation on whether to make its controversial ‘Spaces for People schemes permanent, according to The Edinburgh Evening News. image: for illustration purposes only – Fiona Newton

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Launch of ‘Future Wales: The National Plan 2040’

Housing and local government minister Julie James has launched the national spatial strategy in a 180-page document called ‘Future Wales’, as a ‘new kind of development plan’.

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CoE should use own land to help deliver affordable homes – ‘Coming Home’ report recommends

The Church of England (CoE) should examine how its 6,000 acres of ‘strategic land’ could be used to deliver more affordable housing, a new report of the Commission of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York on Housing Church and Community … Continue reading

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CPRE: Pressure on Green Belts quadruples – just when we need green spaces

The latest edition of the regular report from CPRE – formerly known as the Campaign to Protect Rural England – on the Green Belt, shows that pressures that put it at risk have quadrupled since 2013, just as a new … Continue reading

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Two new UK culture directors appointed to the UK National Commission for UNESCO

Two new UK culture directors have been appointed to the UK National Commission for UNESCO, as Dr Charlotte Joy and Kate Pugh OBE join the Commission for a three year term from March 2021.

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NLHF: The search is on for the 2021 Sustainable Project of the Year

The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) is sponsoring a sustainability award for the second year at the 2021 Museums + Heritage Awards, noting that at a time of ecological emergency, the heritage sector can play its part in reducing carbon … Continue reading

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