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IHBC North Branch
Cumbria, Durham, Northumberland, Teesside and Tyne and Wear
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- Northern Notes
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Tab 1
IHBC NORTH BRANCH COMMITTEE
Chair:
Roger Higgins
roger.higgins@cumberland.gov.uk
Vice Chair:
Sharon Kelly
Branch Treasurer:
Michael Atkinson
Branch Secretary:
Rebecca Taylor
Membership Secretary:
Stewart Ramsdale
Committee Members:
Eleanor Scott
Sarah Dyer
Fiona Bage
John Pendlebury
Geoff Underwood
Tab 2
Committee Meetings
Committee Meetings are now held online and are open to all members. Please contact Roger Higgins for more information roger.higgins@cumberland.gov.uk
Committee Minutes are available below. Please contact any member of the Committee for further details.
2022 AGM Notice
2022 Chair’s Report
2022 Treasurer’s Report
2022 AGM Minutes - 26th May 2022
25th July 2013
24th May 2013
12th March 2013
10th February 2010
27th January 2010
10th December 2008
5th November 2008
12th September 2008
9th July 2008
6th February 2008
7th November 2007
19th September 2007
Branch AGM minutes 19th October 2012
Tab 3
Tab 4
IHBC NORTH BRANCH BUSINESS PLAN:
Click to download PDF version of papers
North Branch Business Plan 2022-2023
North Business Plan - September 2008 to August 2009
North Business Plan - September 2007 to August 2008
Performance against 07-08 Business Plan
Tab 5
Northern Notes
These are large files, please be patient.
Issue no.11 - October 2013
Issue no.10 - March 2013
Issue no.9 - February 2012
Issue no. 8 - April 2011
Issue no.7 - September 2010
Issue no.6 - March 2010
Issue no.5 - September 2009
Issue no.4 - March 2009
Issue no.3 - November 2008
Issue no.2 - August 2007
Issue no.1 - December 2006
Tab 6
IHBC North Branch:
Futures
Joint IHBC North / RTPI North East CPD event
Wednesday 20th May 2026 : 9:00 AM – 4:15 PM
Venue: Darlington Hippodrome, Parkgate, Darlington DL1 1RR
Do join us for our joint IHBC North / RTPI North-East CPD event at Darlington Hippodrome showcasing Darlington’s heritage-led regeneration in a market town with a proud history and an eye firmly on the future.
Speakers with backgrounds in planning and heritage will lead talks, walks and tours, focusing on the power of the historic environment as a cultural and economic asset and will explore design coding, large scale visions and local interventions to stimulate, inspire, and inform new ways of working.
Price:
includes lunch and refreshments
IHBC Members: £40 + VAT £8
Non-members £50 + Vat £10
Places are limited, so please book early to avoid disappointment at:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/ihbcnorthbranch
This event will be of direct relevance to heritage and regeneration specialists and will be eligible for up to 5 hours towards your CPD requirement covering: -
Content:
Key Competences:
Programme:
09:00 Registration and coffee
10:00 Chair’s Welcome and Introduction………………Tim Crawshaw, Place Programme Director, West Sussex Council.
10:15 Heritage Led Regeneration in the 2020s……….Nicole Wright, Head of Planning, Rural Solutions.
10:55 Borough wide design coding 15 years on………Tim Crawshaw.
11:35 Refreshment break
11:55 Small Interventions Big Impact - walk and talk…Fiona Bage, Principal Heritage Consultant, ELG Planning & Nicky Peacock, Artist.
12:55 Heritage Action Zones in review…………………Jules Brown, Historic Places Adviser, North-East and Yorkshire - Historic England
13:30 Lunch
14:15 Panel discussion including Q&A
14:45 Bank Top Station - from Victorian to Carolean
15:15 Walking tour - Bank Top Station
16:15 Close
Please bring outdoor clothing and footwear for the walking tours.
OUR SPEAKERS:
Timothy David Crawshaw MIED MCIAT MRTPI FRSA
Tim is an expert in nature-based solutions, healthy placemaking, culture and economic development.
Nicole Wright
Nicole heads up the planning service at Rural Solutions, leading on strategic advice across a range of projects from diversification and tourism to energy infrastructure, housing and nature-based solutions.
Nicky Peacock
A multidisciplinary artist and writer based in Teesside, Nicky works across fashion, music, event curation, and creative direction in public and private sectors. In Darlington Nicky focused on the town’s historic yards and wynds.
Jules Brown
A spatial planner with over 30 years’ historic environment experience. Historic Places Adviser at Historic England since 2016, Jules leads on area and place-based conservation and regeneration in the North East.
Fiona Bage
Fiona is Principal Heritage Consultant at ELG Planning, working across all aspects of development management, spatial planning, regeneration and the historic environment.
Wednesday 20th May 2026 : 9:00 AM – 4:15 PM
Venue: Darlington Hippodrome, Parkgate, Darlington DL1 1RR
Do join us for our joint IHBC North / RTPI North-East CPD event at Darlington Hippodrome showcasing Darlington’s heritage-led regeneration in a market town with a proud history and an eye firmly on the future.
Speakers with backgrounds in planning and heritage will lead talks, walks and tours, focusing on the power of the historic environment as a cultural and economic asset and will explore design coding, large scale visions and local interventions to stimulate, inspire, and inform new ways of working.
Price:
includes lunch and refreshments
IHBC Members: £40 + VAT £8
Non-members £50 + Vat £10
Places are limited, so please book early to avoid disappointment at:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/ihbcnorthbranch
This event will be of direct relevance to heritage and regeneration specialists and will be eligible for up to 5 hours towards your CPD requirement covering: -
- Informed Management - evaluation of historic places leading to practical, realistic, viable and sustainable conservation in the context of key legislation and policies informing the conservation cycle.
- Intervention and additional investment required to justify the extent of new the developments in relation to community interests, while encouraging developers to invest in more respectful materials and designs.
- Design and Presentation - ensuring conservation remains as an outcome supported by communities and stakeholders.
Content:
- Placemaking and Design
- Regeneration and Funding
- Community Engagement
Key Competences:
- Philosophy and Practice
- Finance and Economics
- Design and Presentation
Programme:
09:00 Registration and coffee
10:00 Chair’s Welcome and Introduction………………Tim Crawshaw, Place Programme Director, West Sussex Council.
10:15 Heritage Led Regeneration in the 2020s……….Nicole Wright, Head of Planning, Rural Solutions.
10:55 Borough wide design coding 15 years on………Tim Crawshaw.
11:35 Refreshment break
11:55 Small Interventions Big Impact - walk and talk…Fiona Bage, Principal Heritage Consultant, ELG Planning & Nicky Peacock, Artist.
12:55 Heritage Action Zones in review…………………Jules Brown, Historic Places Adviser, North-East and Yorkshire - Historic England
13:30 Lunch
14:15 Panel discussion including Q&A
14:45 Bank Top Station - from Victorian to Carolean
15:15 Walking tour - Bank Top Station
16:15 Close
Please bring outdoor clothing and footwear for the walking tours.
OUR SPEAKERS:
Timothy David Crawshaw MIED MCIAT MRTPI FRSA
Tim is an expert in nature-based solutions, healthy placemaking, culture and economic development.
Nicole Wright
Nicole heads up the planning service at Rural Solutions, leading on strategic advice across a range of projects from diversification and tourism to energy infrastructure, housing and nature-based solutions.
Nicky Peacock
A multidisciplinary artist and writer based in Teesside, Nicky works across fashion, music, event curation, and creative direction in public and private sectors. In Darlington Nicky focused on the town’s historic yards and wynds.
Jules Brown
A spatial planner with over 30 years’ historic environment experience. Historic Places Adviser at Historic England since 2016, Jules leads on area and place-based conservation and regeneration in the North East.
Fiona Bage
Fiona is Principal Heritage Consultant at ELG Planning, working across all aspects of development management, spatial planning, regeneration and the historic environment.
