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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
Daily Archives: 27/03/2021
IHBC successfully concludes first General Meeting and Council under new Articles: from ‘virtual’ GMs to member support and chartering
In advance of further detail to be posted on the IHBC’s NewsBlogs, the IHBC has successfully completed the first General Meeting and Council under its new constitution, which included securing the institute’s capacity to hold entirely ‘virtual’ General Meetings (GMs), … Continue reading
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IHBC responds to MHCLG’s Right to Regenerate: Reform of the Right to Contest consultation
The IHBC has submitted its response to consultation proposals for a new ‘Right to Regenerate’, a proposed reform by MHCLG (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) of the existing ‘Right to Contest’.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £500K+ costed works: Call for Landscape Character Assessment, closing 06/04, valued up to £25K
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’: Golden Lane RA supports ‘Reform the planning… in the City Of London’ petition
The Golden Lane Estate Residents’ Association (RA) is one of the sponsors of a major petition that has just been launched to seek reform of the planning process in the City of London.
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Over 50,000 households in England & Scotland get green upgrades in £562M boost
A nationwide home upgrade across England and Scotland will help households save up to £450 a year on their energy bills, and support around 8,000 green jobs annually, government has announced.
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HCLG Parliamentary Committee launches inquiry into permitted development rights: Call closes 30/04
The Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee has launched a new inquiry to examine the Government’s approach to permitted development rights, with the call for evidence closing on 30 April. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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Scotland’s Housing Minister calls for action on renovation VAT to help green recovery
Scotland’s Housing Minister Kevin Stewart has written to the UK Treasury minister Jesse Norman to urge a rethink on VAT rates for building refurbishments and renovations, highlighting the disincentives to improvements making buildings more energy efficient, and the need for … Continue reading
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Pevsner ‘Buildings of…’ County Durham online launch etc.: 31/03 @ 6.PM, with questions and reduced rates too (Booking Essential)!
The Pevsner series’ latest revision – Martin Roberts’s County Durham – will launch with an online conversation and time for questions on 31/03, 6pm, with a ‘£10 off’ purchase code on offer (Booking essential).
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Glasgow CC seeks Scottish Government partnership to repair city’s pre-1919 tenements
Glasgow City Council (CC) is seeking a deal with the Scottish Government to fund run-down pre-1919 tenements in the city. Image for illustration puroses only: Commons Wikimedia – Thomas Nugent / Dudley Drive
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FoE Campaigners call for ‘emergency plan on green jobs for young people’ and £10.6BN investment in ‘green apprenticeships’
Friends of the Earth(FoE) has published a new report, by Transition Economics and entitled ‘An emergency plan on green jobs for young people – why and how?’ which argues for up to £10.6bn of Government funding to go towards wage … Continue reading
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AHF on ‘Transforming Places through Heritage’ – report on the first year of grant-making
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) has issued a report on the first year of its ‘Transforming Places Through Heritage’ grants programme, funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, aimed at supporting bodies saving historic buildings in high … Continue reading
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Scottish House Condition Survey: Local Authority Analysis 2017-2019
Scottish House Condition Survey Local Authority figures for 2017-2019 have been published, including fuel poverty rates, energy efficiency ratings, the condition of housing and the Scottish Housing Quality Standard.
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IHBC’s IMHO Signpost: Stephen Hill and TCI on ‘Changes by stealth – how much do you love your High Street?
The Consultation Institute’s legal and parliamentary officer Stephen Hill explores ‘one of the big concerns held by campaigners and concerned citizens… that changes introduced ‘temporarily’ during the pandemic might be carried over after the return to normality without any consultation.’ … Continue reading
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