Category Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

If you work inside or use conservation services in England’s Local Authorities (LAs), please take a few minutes to help the IHBC guide English Heritage on the services’ most important skills needs by filling out our survey and by passing … Continue reading →

The IHBC has supported the recent response by the The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) to the threats of recession as each argue that government should ‘target maintenance and repair’ to avoid recession and drive growth. Speaking about the latest … Continue reading →

Students, staff and colleagues from all taught-courses are reminded that the closing date of 31 July is approaching for the IHBC’s Gus Astley Annual Student Award, which is presented for exceptional work selected from any discipline that looks at the … Continue reading →

The Financial Times (FT) has looked to heritage and conservation specialist & media commentator Dan Cruickshank to provide leading critical commentary on a development opportunity for British Land to link between the City of London and Tower Hamlets. As a … Continue reading →

A bid by the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) to mount a challenge to Cambridge City Council’s interim planning policy guidance on the protection of pubs has failed. At issue was guidance adopted by the city council in 2012 … Continue reading →

England’s Arts Council has published an independent report, conducted by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), that suggests that arts and culture make up 0.4 per cent of GDP. The Arts Council writes: The report uses a methodology … Continue reading →

Only 15 per cent of respondents to the England government’s consultation on extending permitted development rights agreed that homeowners should be allowed to build larger extensions without the need for planning permission. Search Planning Resource: LINK

A deputy High Court Judge has ruled that the St Ives West Urban Design Framework, prepared by Huntingdonshire District Council, is unlawful following a legal challenge by Houghton and Wyton Parish Council as the parish council succeeded in persuading the … Continue reading →

Architecture is to keep its creative label but crafts will no longer be considered part of the creative industries under proposals published by the UK government, with a consultation closing date of 14 June. The proposed change is part of … Continue reading →

Homeowners should stop objecting to development and instead have ‘constructive rows’ with officials to ensure better housing is built in the countryside, the planning minister Nick Boles has said’. Telegraph Article: LINK

Schools across England which previously could not afford to travel to the country’s greatest historic sites can now do so, thanks to a new scheme made possible by donations to English Heritage (EH). EH writes From Stonehenge to Hadrian’s Wall, … Continue reading →

An Inspector appointed by the Welsh Ministers has dismissed an appeal on a retrospective application for external insulation on an unlisted cottage on the basis that ‘the installation of the insulation has significantly adversely affected the distinctive appearance and architectural … Continue reading →

New items have been added to the IHBC’s ‘Awards, placements & bursaries etc’ web page, a leading pan-sector resource that also posts opportunities for those in the early stages of developing skills or learning – ‘early-skills’ – in any aspects … Continue reading →