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Ahead of our Halloween and After Dark events programme, English Heritage asked 1,800 staff to vote for the spookiest site in its care. image EH website

Conservation has started to restore Hurst Castle in Hampshire that was used up until the Second World War.

The 2016 winners of the Historic England (HE) Angel Awards have been announced by Andrew Lloyd Webber and historian Bettany Hughes, and include ex-soldiers and a guide on 2016 IHBC Annual School tour to Dudley Zoo, its Construction Supervisor, Carlo … Continue reading →

English Heritage is calling for the help of members of the public in addressing the loss of historic varieties of daffodils and bluebells, vital to our gardening heritage. English Heritage writes: English Heritage is launching a campaign to help save … Continue reading →

The Scottish Traditional Building Forum (STBF) ran its traditional building skills event in Edinburgh’s St Andrew Square Garden on 6 and 7 June, jointly supported by IHBC, BEFS and others, which attracted more than half a dozen MSPs and has … Continue reading →

On 24 May, Civic Voice handed out 11 awards to a variety of high quality schemes and projects from across England, with the Master’s House, Ledbury, winning in the Restoration Category Civic Voice writes: The Civic Voice Design Awards give communities … Continue reading →

Civic Voice has announced the shortlist for the second annual Civic Voice Design Awards as 16 schemes from across England have been shortlisted by the expert Judging Panel for their positive impact on the local community and design quality. Civic … Continue reading →

Civic Voice has announced the shortlist for the second annual Civic Voice Design Awards, with sixteen projects from across England highlighted. Civic Voice writes: Civic Voice, the national charity for the civic movement, has today announced the shortlist for the … Continue reading →

Sixteen parks across the UK are celebrating their share of £34 million of Heritage Lottery Fund awards this week.  The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) writes: 16 of the UK’s parks and cemeteries have received a much-needed £34million boost from the … Continue reading →

Visitors to the Isle of White can now stay in the English Heritage (EH) property that was once Queen Victoria’s family retreat, in a new heritage tourism development to open up a new area of Sovereign’s Gate. EH writes: Holidaymakers … Continue reading →

EH have published a series of free reports available for downloading from their website, charting the history of the national heritage collection and the history of the conservation movement and heritage protection.  EH writes: This is the most in-depth research … Continue reading →

Research undertaken by the Halifax into quality of life may be of interest to IHBC members involved in urban development and regeneration as the research looks at the quality of urban environments and overall community wellbeing, with the top place … Continue reading →

A history of the National Heritage Collection has been published by English Heritage (EH) in a series of eight reports, free to download online. EH writes: This is the most in-depth research into the history of the collection ever undertaken. … Continue reading →

The Victorian Society (Vic Soc) has published its survey of the most Endangered Victorian and Edwardian Buildings in England and Wales, highlighting the continuing plight of architecturally important buildings throughout the country despite signs of economic recovery, while also calling … Continue reading →

Steve Baker, Conservative MP for Wycombe, recently chaired a debate in the Westminster Parliament on the issue of public consent in local planning. The debate raised issues of the degree of participation in local development plans, and siting of housing … Continue reading →

Nine of the UK’s most beautiful and distinctive natural landscapes have received grants totalling more than £20m from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to help their conservation. The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced grants totalling £21m to conserve nine … Continue reading →

An inspector refused to extend the period of time required to implement a planning permission for an extension to a residential care home on the Isle of Wight because it would undermine the character of the area. Search Planning Resource: … Continue reading →

Simon Thurley, Chief Executive of English Heritage (EH), set out the organisation’s plans for the year ahead in a speech he gave on 22 May at Apsley House, London, including announcing EH’s proposed development of an indicator for Local Authorities. … Continue reading →

The 27 winners of the 2011 European UnionPrize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards were announced in April by theEuropean Commission and Europa Nostra, with the winning projects selected from nearly 140 submissions from 31 countries.   Congratulations to UK … Continue reading →

Ministers have confirmed that ‘radical’ reform of the planning system will be central to the new coalition Government’s programme with the scrapping of Regional Spatial Strategies, the abolition of the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) and replacing RDAs with (potentially identical) … Continue reading →