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THA: Levelling Up etc Bill – Committee Stage Briefing

Posted on 16/07/2022 by IHBC
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The Heritage Alliance (THA) has issued a Committee Stage Briefing on the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill.

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: DB on Levelling Up, from IHBC’s 2021 Yearbook

Posted on 14/06/2022 by IHBC
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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’ Newsletter, circulated to 15,000 registered users, headlining the … Continue reading →

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Heritage and Civic Pride… Voices From Levelling Up Country: Public First report for HE

Posted on 11/06/2022 by IHBC
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Public First has published a new report for Historic England (HE) on ‘Heritage and Civic Pride: Voices From Levelling Up Country.

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IHBC’s 2021 Yearbook features to 15K construction users and more with takes on ‘levelling up’ and ‘caring for places’

Posted on 08/06/2022 by IHBC
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IHBC’s 2021 Yearbook is featured by Designing Buildings (DB) to its 15,000 registered users and more in the recent DB Newsletter, with articles on conservation as care and on heritage in levelling up.

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Lichfields consultancy report: ‘Levelling up: the routes to growth’

Posted on 02/06/2022 by IHBC
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A new report from Lichfields, entitled Levelling up: the routes to growth, looks at how local areas can prosper by maximising the opportunities laid out by the Government since the Levelling Up White Paper and ahead of the upcoming Levelling … Continue reading →

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IHBC offers cautious welcome to ‘Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill’ but stresses lack of capacity in delivering locally

Posted on 14/05/2022 by IHBC
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The recent Queen’s Speech introduced the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill ‘to drive local growth, empowering local leaders to regenerate their areas’, with implications for conservation and the historic environment offered a cautious welcome by the IHBC, while also highlighting capacity … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the (construction) doorstep’: Planning reform scepticism on levelling-up bill

Posted on 14/05/2022 by IHBC
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The government has unveiled long-awaited planning reforms as part of its Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill, and Tim Clark reports just how the construction sector sees it on Construction Buzz. image: for illustration purposes only – Open Government Licence v3.0

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Levelling Up Fund Round 2: prospectus issued – closing 6 July

Posted on 03/04/2022 by IHBC
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The prospectus for the second round of the Levelling Up fund will focus on the same three themes as the first: local transport projects that make a genuine difference; town centre and high street regeneration and support for the UK’s … Continue reading →

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A legal right to nature should be part of levelling-up agenda, say campaigners

Posted on 01/03/2022 by IHBC
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The government should set legal duties in levelling-up legislation so that developers and public bodies provide equal access to nature-rich green and blue spaces for everyone. This is just one call set out in a letter to levelling-up Secretary Michael … Continue reading →

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IHBC submits evidence for DCMS Parliamentary Committee Inquiry on ‘… placemaking and the levelling up agenda’

Posted on 23/02/2022 by IHBC
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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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IHBC’s IMHO signpost: Consultation Institute on ‘Levelling up’ Paper

Posted on 23/02/2022 by IHBC
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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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Levelling Up White Paper – THA’s Summary for Heritage with added resources (including IHBC Past Chair)

Posted on 18/02/2022 by IHBC
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The Heritage Alliance has produced a summary of England’s Levelling Up White Paper outlining those Missions most relevant to culture and heritage, all informed by a dedicated blogsite from their 2021 Heritage Debate which includes a feature by IHBC Past … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (northern) doorstep’: Construction and housing sectors etc. reply to Levelling Up plans

Posted on 08/02/2022 by IHBC
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As Michael Gove defended the funding of the Government’s levelling-up promises and insisted they will ‘change the economic model of this country’, North East businesses have been telling The Northern Echo what they think.

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IHBC highlights opportunities in Levelling Up White Paper

Posted on 04/02/2022 by IHBC
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The IHBC has some distinctive takes on Michael Gove’s flagship Levelling Up White Paper, which sets out a plan to ‘transform the UK by spreading opportunity and prosperity to all parts of it’.

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Reminder: DCMS Select Committee seeks evidence on placemaking and levelling up, closing 18/02

Posted on 28/01/2022 by IHBC
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The Parliamentary Committee Inquiry, on ‘Reimagining where we live: cultural placemaking and the levelling up agenda’, seeks evidence by 18 February.

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Levelling Up Fund: first round of successful bidders out, with £20M for Aberdeen (IHBC’s 2022 School hub!)

Posted on 02/11/2021 by IHBC
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The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has issued the list of successful bidders for round 1 of the Levelling Up Fund – includes £20M for Aberdeen City Centre Master Plan, base for the IHBC’s 2022 ‘Aberdeen’ School.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Leeds mill shows how historic Yorkshire buildings can be powerhouses for growth & levelling up

Posted on 22/10/2021 by IHBC
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Transformed Leeds mill shows how historic Yorkshire buildings can be turned into ‘powerhouses for growth’- Laurie Magnus, Chairman of Historic England, says the North’s historic places are not just relics from the past. The North of England is like nowhere … Continue reading →

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LG Information Unit (LGIU) calls on Government to put councils at the heart of Levelling Up White Paper

Posted on 22/10/2021 by IHBC
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The Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) calls on Government to put councils at the heart of Levelling Up White Paper it its paper ‘A reset for levelling up?’

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Department for Levelling Up etc. (DLUHC) on ‘Our Governance’ and Board

Posted on 15/10/2021 by IHBC
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The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has outlined its board’s role to advise and support ministers on the operational implications and effectiveness of policy proposals, focusing on getting policy translated into results.

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PM renames MHCLG: ‘Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ takes over

Posted on 28/09/2021 by IHBC
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Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) – host platform for the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki – reports on the government announcement that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) would be renamed the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s Research Signpost: New levelling up and community investments

Posted on 28/08/2021 by IHBC
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A collection of web resources on the government website brings together three investment programmes which aim to level up communities.

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IHBC Secretariat to ‘Conservation, Places and People APPG’ issues first Newsletter: Updates range from launch Inquiry and White Paper to briefing on levelling-up

Posted on 21/05/2021 by IHBC
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The IHBC Secretariat to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Conservation, Places and People (CPP APPG) has issued its first Newsletter, with updates ranging from progress in the first Inquiry, video discussions on matters such as new members, England’s Planning White … Continue reading →

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Prime minister appoints Tory MP as a levelling up adviser

Posted on 21/05/2021 by IHBC
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Boris Johnson has appointed Neil O’Brien as his levelling up adviser to work with a new Number 10-Cabinet Office unit on the programme. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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IHBC’s HESPR weekly pick from £4.5M+ costed works: DC seeks support for bid to Levelling Up Fund, closed 11/05

Posted on 14/05/2021 by IHBC
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The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the Director’s pick this week features a call from a District Council (DC) … Continue reading →

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England’s Levelling Up Fund Prospectus, viewed from the LGC

Posted on 23/03/2021 by IHBC
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As the government has published the long-awaited prospectus for the Levelling Up Fund, the Local Government Chronicle (LGC) offers its analysis.

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