The IHBC warmly welcomed the high percentage of heritage interests recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for 2015, including IHBC member Rosemarie MacQueen, who was awarded the MBE for services to ‘preservation in London’, Gillian Darley architectural writer formerly of the SPAB, and Dominic Cole Chair of the Garden History Society, who received OBE’s, and Prof. Marilyn Palmer (at Leicester Uni) awarded an MBE for services to industrial archaeology while Loyd Grossman rose from OBE to CBE.
The Heritage Alliance bulletin produced a comprehensive list of heritage sector interests receiving awards, whilst the RTPI also celebrated the awards of planning professionals.