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Title Number Version Description Lead
Market Intelligence:
Local Authority Conservation Specialists Jobs Market 2023
RN2024/1 April 2024 This Research Note summarises the job vacancies advertised largely on the IHBC’s web pages in 2023 under the section on ‘Jobs etc’. It provides a detailed picture of long-term trends in the market including job requirements, qualifications and levels of remuneration, together with regional variations. Bob Kindred MBE BA IHBC MRTPI
Market Intelligence
Local Authority Conservation Specialists Jobs Market 2022
RN2023/1 January 2023 This Research Note summarises the job vacancies advertised largely on the IHBC’s web pages in 2022 under the section on ‘Jobs etc’. It provides a detailed picture of long-term trends in the market including job requirements, qualifications and levels of remuneration, together with regional variations. Bob Kindred MBE BA IHBC MRTPI
Market Intelligence
Local Authority Conservation Specialists Jobs Market 2021
RN2022/1 February 2022 This Research Note summarises the job vacancies advertised largely on the IHBC’s web pages in 2021 under the section on ‘Jobs etc’. It provides a detailed picture of long-term trends in the market including job requirements, qualifications and levels of remuneration, together with regional variations. Bob Kindred MBE BA IHBC MRTPI
Market Intelligence
Local Authority Conservation Specialists Jobs Market 2020
RN2021/1 February 2021 This Research Note summarises the job vacancies advertised largely on the IHBC’s web pages in 2020 under the section on ‘Jobs etc’. It provides a detailed picture of long-term trends in the market including job requirements, qualifications and levels of remuneration, together with regional variations. Bob Kindred MBE BA IHBC MRTPI
Market Intelligence
Local Authority Conservation Specialists Jobs Market 2019
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This Research Note summarises the job vacancies advertised largely on the IHBC’s web pages in 2019 under the section on ‘Jobs etc’. It provides a detailed picture of long-term trends in the market including job requirements, qualifications and levels of remuneration, together with regional variations. Bob Kindred MBE BA IHBC MRTPI
Market Intelligence
Local Authority Conservation Specialists Jobs Market 2018
RN2019/1 May2019 This Research Note summarises the job vacancies advertised largely on the IHBC’s web pages in 2018 under the section on ‘Jobs etc’. It provides a detailed picture of long-term trends in the market including job requirements, qualifications and levels of remuneration, together with regional variations. Bob Kindred MBE BA IHBC MRTPI
Market Intelligence
Local Authority Conservation Specialists Jobs Market 2017
RN 2018/1 Jan 2018 This Research Note summarises the job vacancies advertised largely on the IHBC’s web pages in 2017 under the section on ‘Jobs etc’. It provides a detailed picture of long-term trends in the market including job requirements, qualifications and levels of remuneration, together with regional variations. Bob Kindred MBE BA IHBC MRTPI
Listed Building Enforcement Notices RN2017/2 Dec 2017 This is a research note regarding the scope and content of Listed Building Enforcement Notices [LBEN]. It is intended to assist in the identification and specification of works of restitution and reinstatement or amelioration. Bob Kindred MBE BA IHBC MRTPI
Market Intelligence Local Authority Conservation Specialists Jobs Market 2016 RN2017/1 Jan 2017 This Research Note summarises the job vacancies advertised largely on the IHBC’s web pages in 2016 under the section on ‘Jobs etc’. It provides a detailed picture of long-term trends in the market including job requirements, qualifications and levels of remuneration, together with regional variations. Bob Kindred MBE BA IHBC MRTPI
Heritage Cases on Enforcement Registers in England RN 2016/3 May 2016 This Note concerns itself with the variable standards in the presentation and public access to the heritage content of planning enforcement registers. In many instances procedural arrangements appear to fall short of best practice. Bob Kindred MBE BA IHBC MRTPI
Change to Thatched Roofing Materials Planning Policy and Planning Appeals in England RN 2016/2   Apr 2016  This Note considers national planning policy guidance, sub-regional and local supplementary planning guidance and recent appeals determined by the Planning Inspectorate in relation to proposed changes of thatched roof coverings to discern the direction of heritage management and policy. Bob Kindred MBE BA IHBC MRTPI
Market Intelligence Local Authority Conservation Specialists Jobs Market 2015 RN2016/1  Jan 2016  This Research Note summarises the job vacancies advertised largely on the IHBC’s web pages in 2015 under the section on ‘Jobs etc’. It provides a detailed picture of long-term trends in the market including job requirements, qualifications and levels of remuneration, together with regional variations. Bob Kindred MBE BA IHBC MRTPI
Local Authority Conservation Specialists Long-Term, Salary Trends England 1988-2015 RN 2015/4 July 2015 This is a short Research Note published by the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) and provides some of the key background data underpinning the IHBC’s Market Intelligence Local Authority Conservation Specialists Jobs Market 2014 Report. Bob Kindred MBE BA IHBC MRTPI
Charging for Listed Building Consent pre-application advice RN 2015/3 Jan 2015 This Note provides an analysis of the fee categories and structures of all English local planning authorities as detailed on their publicly accessible web pages in an attempt to provide better understanding of current practice. Bob Kindred MBE BA IHBC MRTPI
Urgent Works Notices: Lessons from Appeals RN 2015/2Apr 2015 This Note aims to draw some further lessons from the procedure where recipients of an Urgent Works Notice can appeal to the Secretary of State against the notice under the provisions of S.55 of the 1990 Act. Bob Kindred MBE BA IHBC MRTPI
Market Intelligence: Local Authority Conservation Specialists Jobs Market 2014 RN 2015/1Mar 2015 This annual review is intended to complement the series of Local Authority Conservation Provision Studies undertaken by IHBC with support from English Heritage that commenced in 2003. Bob Kindred MBE BA IHBC MRTPI
Policy regarding Value Added Tax (VAT) on historic buildings RN 2014/1May 2014 This Note examines the history, implications and current complexities of the application of VAT on historic buildings. Bob Kindred MBE BA IHBC MRTPI
Planning Related Applications for Judicial Review RN 2013/1Jun 2013 This Research Note looks at the role and uptake of Judicial Review (JR) applications in relation planning and any potential trends. Bob Kindred MBE BA IHBC MRTPI
Loss of Senior Conservation Staff and Senior Conservation Posts in England: March 2010 – April 2011 RN2013/2Dec 2012 Concern for the age and experience profile of conservation staff across England and absence of succession planning has led IHBC to enumerate the nature and scale of the problem. This paper serves to set out the emerging deficit and to help inform any action. Fiona Newton, IHBC Projects Officer