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Griff Rhys Jones calls for public donations to fight Liverpool Street plans

The Victorian Society (Vic Soc) reports that the controversial planning application for the partial demolition of the listed Liverpool Street Station etc. has now been published after many months of delay.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Tall Buildings policy being adopted by Liverpool Council

Liverpool City Council has announced that it is set to adopt a new policy relating to the design and location of new tall buildings that are constructed in the city, reports Public Sector Executive. image for illustration: Dave Chetwyn

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IHBC’s Research spotlight: New projects measure value of culture and heritage to society – from London, Liverpool, Glasgow, HE & more

Six projects underpinned by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will develop a formal and multidisciplinary approach to valuing the benefits of culture and heritage assets to society. image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Building on how Liverpool Street station was saved last time

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 Building how campaigners saved Liverpool Street station, last time.

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Liverpool City Region launchpad projects announced

Twenty-three new projects ranging from eco-friendly concrete to floating solar arrays have been announced as part of Innovate UK’s launchpad programme. image: for illustration – Dave Chetwyn

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’ No.2: Building on Liverpool Street Station design changes following listing expansion

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’s news features Building on ‘Design changes to Liverpool Street Station following … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Battle over £1.5bn hotel and office plan for Liverpool Street station

Sellar, the developer of the Shard, wants to build a 16-storey tower block on top of the historic mainline Liverpool Street station. image: By Amakuru – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Scouser’s) doorstep’: Scotland Road Pubs of Liverpool face last orders

Last orders could soon be called on the area around Liverpool’s Scotland Road, which was once home to more than 200 pubs, reports the BBC. image: for illustration by John Bradley – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0

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Liverpool Council sets out tall buildings policy

Liverpool City Council has produced a framework aimed at guiding the development of tall buildings to ensure they ‘positively contribute to the legibility and architectural richness of the city’. image: for illustration only – Dave Chetwyn

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Work starts on new Lidl inside historic former Liverpool cinema saved from demolition

Work appears to have started on a former cinema in Wavertree which was branded an ‘increasingly rare survivor’, according to The Liverpool Echo. image: Former Abbey Cinema Wavertree – By Phil Nash from Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 & GFDLViews, … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Liverpool waterfront development unanimously rejected by planning committee

Councillors on the planning committee have unanimously refused a 330 waterfront-apartment development voting 10-0, The Liverpool Echo reports. image: for illustration purposes only – Dave Chetwin

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IHBC regrets Liverpool’s loss of WHS status: Notes ‘huge disappointment’ and need to ‘see what lessons there are…’

The IHBC has noted its profound regret on the news that Liverpool’s 2004 World Heritage Site (WHS) status as ‘Maritime Mercantile City’ has been lost – following on from a 2012 listing as being ‘in danger’ – with IHBC Chair … Continue reading

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Background update to Liverpool’s WHS: UNESCO’s proposal

The World Heritage Committee(WHC) has recommended that Liverpool should lose its World Heritage status. image: for illustration purposes only – Dave Chetwin

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Fears Liverpool may lose World Heritage status

Nearly 30 figures from politics, football and academia have signed a letter urging Unesco not to strip Liverpool of its World Heritage status. image: for illustration purposes only

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Liverpool parks to be protected ‘forever’

Liverpool City Council has become the first local authority to legally protect the future of its parks and green spaces. image: copyright Liverpool City Council

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IHBC welcomes new entry to ‘Recognised Courses’ list– Liverpool’s MA in Sustainable Heritage Management – with ‘virtual’ insights to course (‘All welcome’) 13/04

The IHBC is delighted to welcome a new entry on its list of Recognised Courses, this time the MA in Sustainable Heritage Management from Liverpool University’s School, with a free ‘virtual’ insights event for the course on open offer on … Continue reading

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Liverpool’s first heritage led development plan launched

Liverpool has launched the UK’s first heritage-led development plan to help shape a multi-billion-pound regeneration programme in its historic docklands. image for illustration purposes only – IHBC NW Branch

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Liverpool Mayor blocks £5m zip wire plan

Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson has made a dramatic intervention into the zip wire row which has divided people, politicians and businesses in the city. image: for illustration purposes only – Dave Chetwin

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Victorian Society starts legal challenge against Liverpool City Council’s zip wire decision

An application was filed on Friday to request leave for a judicial review into Liverpool City Council’s decision to allow a zip wire in the heart of Liverpool’s World Heritage Site. image: Victorian Society website

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More looking ahead to #IHBCBrighton2020 and ‘OLD TOWNS : NEW FUTURES’, via the UK city? Oxford & Reading are UK’s top-performing cities, but Bradford & Liverpool are improving fast

A PWC report indicates that Oxford and Reading remain top-performing cities for the fourth year in a row, but Bradford is the most improved, all of reflects issues to be explored in the institute’s Brighton School, on 18-20 June 2020, … Continue reading

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Liverpool City Council on WHS: New Steering Group to help balance sustainable management and urban landscape

Liverpool City Council is responsible for managing Liverpool’s World Heritage Site (WHS) at a local level, and has now established a non-executive Steering Group to advise on and support its work.

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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: The Liverpool GII ‘jewel’ that lies empty, derelict and vandalised

Liverpool landmark the Everton Library, a Grade II (GII) listed building that has been the focus of calls to restore it to its former glory continues to lie leaking, vandalised and derelict, when £5m could renovate the building, reports The … Continue reading

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Liverpool City Council buys waterfront land for £1

Liverpool City Council has bought more than 55,000 sq metres of prime waterfront land for £1, LocalGov has reported. image: LocalGov

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DEADLINE TUESDAY 1PM SO BOOK NOW FOR: ‘Improving Accessibility – Overcoming the Barriers to Heritage’ – in Liverpool on 10 October

REMINDER: BOOK NOW for IHBC’s top notch CPD conference from the NW: Authoritative takes on ‘Accessibility’ – barriers to solutions – Liverpool, 10 Oct… with tours too!

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REMINDER: BOOK NOW for IHBC’s top notch CPD conference from the NW: Authoritative takes on ‘Accessibility’ – barriers to solutions – Liverpool, 10 Oct… with tours too!

The North West (NW) Branch of the IHBC has put together a comprehensive programme for its 2019 annual conference – ‘Improving Accessibility – Overcoming the Barriers to Heritage’ – in Liverpool on 10 October, ‘on how to successfully overcome the accessibility barriers … Continue reading

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