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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
Monthly Archives: February 2022
IHBC’s 2022 AGM update: Business concluded with Board appointed and resolutions passed, as next phase of modernisation commences
The IHBC held its first AGM under the new Articles on 24 February, with all business completed and resolutions passed – most notably the appointment of the new Board – while trustees and officers now look ahead to the next … Continue reading
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REMINDER: IHBC Marsh Awards 2022 – ‘Your chance to nominate retired IHBC members and/or successful learners’, closing 31 March
The IHBC’s Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Trust, has launched the two 2022 Awards – for civic contributions by retired members, and for successful learning in heritage skills – with prizes that include £500 and a free place at the IHBC’s Aberdeen 2022 … Continue reading
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UPDATE: IHBC looks to the future with new ‘Affiliate’ arrangements offering improved support for all: ONLY the name changes – to ‘Supporter’ – for those seeking status quo
The IHBC Board’s call to upgrade the Affiliate category – and recognise those with an ‘awareness’ of conservation – means that from April 2022 anyone not securing or applying for assessment as an Affiliate will join a new ‘Supporter’ category, … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR tender throwback: Director’s selection of tenders from just one week in February, with £377K+ of work across Festivals, Churches, HAzs and more
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, while the Director’s new occasional ‘throwback’ listing boasts an impressive suite of opportunities.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: New role for historic Yorkshire Dales mill in the fight against climate change
The historic Gayle Mill is to develop its role in demonstrating the decarbonisation of old buildings, thanks to grant funding, reports the Darlington and Stockton Times. image: Gayle Mill, Yorkshire by Lobsan – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24738679
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Building: Gove drops Ox-Cam Arc project
Government officials have reportedly told local authorities that it has dropped the idea of a centrally-driven project to drive an ‘arc’ of development delivering up to a million homes between Oxford and Cambridge. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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Landscapes review (National Parks and AONBs): government response and consultation (to 9 April)
England’s Department for Environment food and rural affairs (DEFRA) has issued plans to boost nature recovery and safeguard its iconic national parks in the Government’s response – out for consultation till 9 April – to Julian Glover’s independent Landscapes Review. … Continue reading
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Historic paths registration deadline of 2026 set to be abolished
The UK government on 16th February announced that the 2026 deadline to register historic paths is to be abolished in England. image: for illustration purposes only – P Badcock
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HE: New £25,000 grants to celebrate ‘overlooked’ working class histories
Historic England (HE) has announced that it is making grants available to fund community-led projects that will celebrate ‘overlooked’ working class histories. image: People walking past market stalls in Rupert Street Soho c. Historic England Archive AA100164
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New greenfield housing still designed around cars, report finds
Many new greenfield housing estates are adding to traffic jams, carbon emissions and are trapping communities into car-dependence, finds recent research by Transport for New Homes.
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Confirmed: Five Aberdeen high-rise buildings to be given A-listed status as council drops appeal
Five high-rise buildings in Aberdeen have been awarded A-listed status as the council confirmed it will not make any further appeals against the decision. image: HES
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Belgian ‘ghost town’ fights to return to life
Doel has a reputation as Belgium’s best-known ghost town. But its few inhabitants – numbering just 21 – now see a glimmer of hope of their village bouncing back to life.
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IHBC ‘Council’, 24/02, open to all member categories: CPD discussions on England’s LBC advice, with AGM too (Proxy voting closed)
All IHBC members are invited to a virtual practice-led CPD Council special session before the 2022 AGM (also open to all member categories) on 24/02, on listed building consent (LBC). BOOK COUNCIL/AGM HERE Available to all categories.
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IHBC submits evidence for DCMS Parliamentary Committee Inquiry on ‘… placemaking and the levelling up agenda’
The IHBC has submitted evidence to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee Inquiry on ‘…. placemaking and the levelling up agenda’, noting that redundant historic building restoration can catalyse ‘Levelling Up’, and unlock new community spaces, commercial uses … Continue reading
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UPDATE: IHBC looks to the future with new ‘Affiliate’ arrangements offering improved support for all: ONLY the name changes – to ‘Supporter’ – for those seeking status quo
The IHBC Board’s call to upgrade the Affiliate category – and recognise those with an ‘awareness’ of conservation – means that from April 2022 anyone not securing or applying for assessment as an Affiliate will join a new ‘Supporter’ category, … Continue reading
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IHBC’s IMHO signpost: Consultation Institute on ‘Levelling up’ Paper
The Consultation Institute (TCI) notes that ‘Levelling up is a collective endeavour’ according to Government’s Paper, but asks ‘why don’t they want to hear from you?’.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Designing Buildings features HESPR member DIA’s Context case study on Dee’s Hydro Electric Station
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 Designing Buildings – the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki platform – headlining … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Glasgow’s Buchanan Galleries could be demolished to create urban neighbourhood
A radical vision which could transform one of Glasgow’s flagship shopping malls, the Buchanan Galleries, to create the city of the future has been revealed, reports Herald Scotland. image: Buchanan Galleries, Glasgow – Ross Little from Glasgow, Scotland, CC BY-SA … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Next stage of Swindon £6.5M Health Hydro restoration goes ahead
Swindon Borough Council has appointed specialist advisors to help with their proposed multi-million pound refurbishment of the historic Health Hydro, reports The Swindon Advertiser. image: Swindon Borough Council Facebook
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DCMS expands its Northern regional presence
Hundreds of new jobs will be created in Manchester and the north east as the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) opens new offices as part of government plans to level up regions across the UK. image: Open … Continue reading
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New grant programmes for Scotland’s historic environment
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has refreshed its grants programmes following public consultation and a new framework has been developed which will guide HES’s future grant investments. image: HES
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Applications open for the NHIG Award for Ironwork Conservation, closes 30/04
The NHIG (National heritage Ironwork Group) Award for Ironwork Conservation, which will be presented at the Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths (WCB) Awards Lunch in October 2022, seeks to recognise and celebrate excellence in ironwork conservation as an inspiration to all … Continue reading
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Urban and deprived areas among those chosen for neighourhood planning pilots
Urban and deprived areas are among those chosen for planning pilots as 11 councils will receive funding to boost engagement and participation in neighbourhood planning. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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Design and build contractor tasked with transporting Banksy mural on garage wall
Season’s Greetings, a Banksy comment on the impact of pollution on communities, appeared on the outside of steelworker Ian Lewis’s private garage in Taibach, Port Talbot, on 19 December 2018, and is now on the move again. image: Banksy, CC … Continue reading
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REMINDER: IHBC’s AGM Papers and Council invites issued: All members welcome, so book places and/or register proxies (as eligible, by 21/02)
The IHBC has issued members of ALL categories the papers for the ‘virtual’ 2022 AGM on 24 February 2022 at 6.00pm, so if you have not received yours, please let us know at admin@ihbc.org.uk – while proxy voting is open to eligible members and … Continue reading
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