Daily Archives: 09/11/2021

The IHBC is delighted to support as sponsor the forthcoming COTAC conference on ‘Developing the skills, training, and expertise…’, to take place over two half-days on 23 and 24 November.

The IHBC@COP26 ‘Climate and Conservation’ Podcasts are the popular weekday anchors across our ‘Conservation Helpdesk+’ service – already with 2.5K+ views via our own IHBC Podcast page and new Spotify and Amazon Music postings, with Apple and more to come.

The IHBC is supporting built and historic environment conservation at COP26 through our virtual ‘IHBC@COP26 ‘Conservation Helpdesk+’ to guide visitors and delegates to our resources, our members’ activities and our linked  partners and networks, because ‘Conserving our Places Conserves our Planet’.

The estimated cost of reversing the controversial infilling of a bridge in Great Musgrave, Cumbria, has tripled, as National Highways confirmed to New Civil Engineer (NCE) that the cost of reversing the infilling alone will come in between £80,000 to … Continue reading →

In March-May 2021 The National Trust (NT) published a ‘game changing’ map illustrating the threat climate change poses to some of its most iconic and culturally significant sites – and offered some solutions on how to tackle it.

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’, and this week features the IHBC’s own notice on its IHBC@COP26 ‘Climate and Conservation … Continue reading →

The Northumberland National Park is participating in a national pilot scheme that will see historic farm buildings across the park be restored. image: for illustration purposes only – By Welcome to Northumberland by Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=106537212

The housing secretary Michael Gove has told the House of Commons that he ‘welcomed’ the idea of maintaining residents’ ability to comment on and influence individual planning applications, signalling a change of approach from a key proposal in the planning … Continue reading →

The importance of adapting local communities to make them more resilient in the face of the climate emergency is not being taken seriously enough, the Environment Agency has warned. image: for illustration purposes only

Over the coming weeks and months, ‘MHCLG’ (sic.) will be carrying out user research to support the planning reform programme. We’d love for you to sign up for our user research panel which means when we’re conducting research, you’ll be … Continue reading →

The Times is asking ‘Why are British houses so damp and mouldy?’, while noting that… ‘It’s easy to blame the climate, but there are other reasons why our homes are blighted by disturbing growths. image: for illustration purposes only – … Continue reading →