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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: 12/11/2021
IHBC@COP26 looks to the future with our IHBC Affiliates: Revised membership categories to improve career support post-COP and post-pandemic
The IHBC Board has called for improved conservation practice and career support with the clarification of our Affiliate category, with upgraded status for those who ‘demonstrate an awareness of built and historic environment conservation practice’, with those not securing or … Continue reading
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IHBC@COP26 signpost: Tulip rejected due to embodied carbon and heritage concerns
The Tulip skyscraper will not be built after a government panel found it to be ‘poor and unsympathetic to the historical context’ of the capital, and the ‘highly unsustainable’ ‘reinforced concrete for the foundations and lift shaft’. image: for illustration … Continue reading
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IHBC@COP26 Signpost: ‘Helpdesk+’ Feature Hosts STBA UK, on ‘From Regeneration to Retrofit’
IHBC@COP26 ‘Helpdesk+’ Feature Hosts, STBA UK, release ‘From Regeneration to Retrofit A blueprint for post-Covid recovery’.
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REMINDER PLACES AVAILABLE
IHBC@COP26 CPD to COTAC: On ‘Protecting our world: Climate change’ and much more – 23-24/11, only £20, supported by the IHBC
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.
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IHBC@COP26 CPD to COTAC: On ‘Protecting our world: Climate change’ and much more – 23-24/11, only £20, supported by the IHBC
IHBC@COP26 CPD to COTAC: On ‘Protecting our world: Climate change’ and much more – 23-24/11, only £20, supported by the IHBC
IHBC@COP26: ‘Climate and conservation’ Podcasts on Amazon music, Spotify and more, with views of 3.1K+!
‘Climate and Conservation’ Podcasts are the popular weekday anchors across our ‘Conservation Helpdesk+’ service – already with 3.1K+ views via our own IHBC Podcast page and new Spotify and Amazon Music postings.
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IHBC@COP26 signpost from the Planning Portal: Policy ambivalence in action
Looked at in the context of IHBC@COP26 aspirations, and those of the Glasgow COP itself, England’s Planning Portal news this week reveals a diverse take on policy and government frameworks currently shaping actual planning outcomes.
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IHBC@COP26 on joint NI initiative for partnerships for ‘Conservation in Common’, with IHBC NI, DfC, SPAB, RTPI etc.
IHBC Northern Ireland (NI) Branch members have been invited to attend ‘Conservation in Common’ a cross-disciplinary series of events for professionals working in the built heritage sector and the Department for Communities (DfC).
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IHBC@COP26 Case Study in church conservation conversion: From HEF’s COP26 ‘Heritage Responds’
Dr Jennifer Freeman explored the conversion of the Grade II* Church of St Mary the Less, Thetford, Norfolk, including the challenges buildings on the Heritage at Risk Register, retrofitting, and maintaining the churchyard as an open space, in a text … Continue reading
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IHBC@COP26 HESPR pick from £12M+ works: National body seeks review of select architectural activities, closes 22/11, value £25-£30K
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the Director’s pick this week features the call from this week is the call from … Continue reading
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£54K fine for 200-year-old Yorkshire pub demolition in CA against villagers’ pleas
Property developer Wayne Low, 48, demolished a 200-year-old pub, the Historic Travellers Rest, in Yorkshire in the Long Riston village conservation area (CA) after admitting he didn’t have planning permission, and was fined £54K. image: for illustration purposes only
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IHBC@COP26 features ‘Heritage from the #IHBCAberdeen2022 doorstep’: ‘… twin threats of flooding and drought’
The BBC has posted the story of Lorraine Watson’s chip shop – Carron fish bar in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire – which has been badly flooded five times in 10 years, and asks ‘Is climate change a factor in Aberdeenshire’s repeated, devastating … Continue reading
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IHBC@COP26 features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Plan to demolish historic distillery for Glasgow flats ‘should be turned down’
A developer planning to demolish most of a historic distillery to build 182 flats in the city centre will get a chance to convince councillors to back the project — despite planners calling for the scheme to be refused. image: … Continue reading
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IHBC@COP26 climate-aware CPD signpost: Riverbanks and watercourses to be planted with new woodland
The government has announced a new project to plant extensive woodlands along England’s riverbanks launched to improve water quality, manage flood risk and boost biodiversity. image: for illustration purposes only -P Badcock
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