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Support re–use of historic Waterside Station!Have your say in the proposed train station for Derry as part of a consultation process being held by Translink. Options include a new build at Ebrington, a ‘Waterside Link’ station and the re–use of the existing historic landmark. |
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UAHS research– ‘Meanwhile to Meaningful– Meanwhile Uses for vacant historic buildings’The latest UAHS research: ‘Meanwhile to Meaningful– Meanwhile Uses for vacant historic buildings’, is now available online. |
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’Quality Streets: Retrofitting Traditional Terraces’We have launched our short film ‘Quality Streets: Retrofitting Traditional Terraces’ and it is now available online. |
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Causeway School Museum set to closeIt has been announced that the museum is set to close in June due to budget constraints. It would be a shame to see this historic building, almost 100 years old, lie vacant. Owners are looking for new tenants to continue using the old school for educational purposes. |
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Environment Minister recommends approval of the University of Ulster’s proposals for a Belfast city centre campusProposals from the University of Ulster for a new campus in Belfast city centre have been recommended for approval by DoE Minister, Alex Attwood. Current plans include the demolition of the 1930s Orpheus Building which is currently used by the Art College and forms an important part of Belfast’s heritage. |
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Time to go to town on LOTSDSD Minister Nelson McCausland has accepted the Society’s argument that Living Over the Shops (LOTS) grant can play a key role in reviving urban centres by including its revival as a key recommendation in the High Street Taskforce report. |
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Visit to The Law Society Building– 1st Event of 2013Forty five Members enjoyed the first event of 2013 on Saturday 26th January. Members enjoyed a guided tour of the Law Society Building and St Georges Market Belfast. |
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HERITAGE TIME CONFERENCE POINTS TO SOLUTIONSOur recent ‘Heritage Time’ conference built upon the Minister’s innovative Heritage Crime Summits and sought to unlock the potential of heritage assets in our communities. |
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University plans threaten Art Deco BelfastWe are deeply disappointed that, despite highlighting the importance of the Art Deco buildings on site, the University of Ulster's proposals involve their complete demolition. |
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Minister raises listed building grant cap to 150,000The Society has been arguing for an increase in listed building grant aid since the 50,000 cap was imposed in May 2010, thus enabling more substantial repair projects to take place. We are delighted that the Environment Minister Alex Attwood agrees that an injection of additional funding is a wise investment of public money. |
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Threat of Urgent Works Notice works!The Society has been pressing for many years for enforcement tools to be used to arrest the decline of a very important group of buildings on Upper Crescent in south Belfast. Threat of an Urgent Works Notice has at long last spurred the owner on to take action. |
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Minister to decide fate of linen warehouseThe UAHS judicially reviewed the Planning Service's decision to approve demolition of Swanston and Bones' linen warehouse in Belfast City Centre Conservation Area. That approval was quashed by the High Court in January 2010. Despite the fact that the Case Officer, (supported by the Conservation Officer and Conservation Area Architect) recommended refusal of this application, the group decided to overturn her decision and have now approved the application once again. Without a Ministerial intervention the only way the building can be saved is again via the High Court. |
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DoE Minister rejects damaging planning policyDraft Planning Policy Statement 24 : Economic Considerations has been scrapped by DoE Minister Alex Attwood. Friends of the Earth and the UAHS sought legal opinion which concluded that there were grounds for a legal challenge of this damaging policy which threatened to give 'determinative weight' to economic considerations at the expense of social and environmental issues. |
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Minister convenes Built Heritage Crime SummitEnvironment Minister Alex Attwood convenes Built Heritage Crime Summit Part II in response to surge in fire damage to listed buildings. |
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Fine hike for unauthorised demolition of listed buildingsUAHS' lobby to raise maximum fine for listed building demolition in Magistrate's Court succeeds. |
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2011 Llandudno - IHBC Annual SchoolNavigating the shallows: |
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MINISTER REQUESTS URGENT DE-LISTINGIn an unusual and inappropriate move, DoE Minister Edwin Poots asked that the Historic Buildings Council consider the de-listing of Ballyloran House, Larne on his last day in office. The Council unanimously opposed its removal from the schedule. |
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A New Way to DonateRecycle your old printer cartridges, mobile phones, PDAs, MP3 Players, Digital Cameras & Sat Navs and raise money for the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society. |
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Tollymore Park Online GuideThe Follies Trust now has an online guide to the follies and garden buildings of Tollymore Park. |
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Planning Law and Planning PracticeThe 17th annual Planning and Development conference will develop key issues of interest for planning and development in Northern Ireland - recent planning law and policy changes; the financial aspects of planning; and the quality of the urban environment. |
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Audit Office reports on 'Safeguarding Listed Buildings'UAHS is pleased that the Northern Ireland Audit Office report on 'Safeguarding Northern Ireland's Listed Buildings' has picked up on a number of issues of longstanding concern to the Society. |
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VAT & conservation projectsThe Northern Ireland Committee of the Association of Preservation Trusts is pleased to announce a seminar on the challenging and topical subject of Value Added Tax. The principal speaker will be Helen McKenzie of Chiene and Tait Chartered Accountants, Edinburgh. |
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NIEA Listed Building Owners' EventThe Northern Ireland Environment Agency is encouraging listed building owners to avail of a free information event in the Lagan Valley Island Centre, Lisburn on Thursday 24th February 2011. |
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BUILT HERITAGE UNDER THREAT IN ROYAL EXCHANGE RETAIL-LED SCHEMEA planning application has been lodged for an area that straddles Belfast's Cathedral and City Centre Conservation Areas will result in the demolition of many fine historic buildings and the facade retention of others. This approach is at odds with planning policy relating to the built heritage. |
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Belfast BPT scoop awardThe Belfast Buildings Preservation Trust are delighted to announce their success at the Belfast 2010 Aisling Awards in winning the Brand Award. |
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Northern Ireland Sustainable Planning AwardsThe Royal Town Planning Institute NI Branch and RSPB NI are hosting joint sustainable planning awards for the third year, to promote awareness and implementation of sustainable planning issues in Northern Ireland. |
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FIND OUT HOW TO 'GREEN' YOUR HISTORIC HOME'Conserving buildings - Conserving energy' is a Home and Dry event designed for owners who want to make their historic homes more energy efficient. |
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Seminar on DSD's Role in RegenerationEPLANI event to shine a spotlight on the Department for Social Development's role in urban regeneration. Are our precious, ever shrinking, funds being put to best use? |
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Rediscovering Dunville FountainOn Friday 23rd July UAHS ran a programme of activities called 'Rediscovering Dunville Fountain' as part of 'Discovering Places', one of the Cultural Olympiad events. |
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GOLA SKILLS SCHOOL 'UNMITIGATED SUCCESS'Our pilot Traditional Building Skills School was extremely well received by the builders who took part. An Action Plan for future project-based Summer Schools is currently underway. A DVD of the event is currently being devised by Northern Visions Television and will be placed online in due course. |
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CALLING ALL BUILDERS FOR GOLA ISLAND SKILLS SCHOOLWe are running a Traditional Building Skills Summer School for builders on the magical island of Gola off the north west coast of Donegal on 11-13 June. |
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JOB VACANCY AT UAHSHERITAGE PROJECTS OFFICER |
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LINEN WAREHOUSE DEMOLITION CONSENT QUASHEDThe Department today acknowledged that it had not followed proper process and quashed decisions to allow demolition and replacement of the Athletic Stores, Belfast. |
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NATIONAL MAINTENANCE WEEK 2009Leaflet encourages building owners to save time, energy and money by cleaning their gutters as part of regular maintenance of their properties. |
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UAHS LAUNCHES NEW PUBLICATION - BENDHU AND ITS BUILDERSArchitect and Critic, Shane O'Toole, will this evening (10th November) launch the UAHS's most recent publication, Bendhu and its builders, by Andrew Cowser, at the Meter House, The Gasworks, Belfast. |
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UAHS WELCOMES RENEWED FOCUS ON NORTH BELFAST HERITAGEThe Ulster Architectural Heritage Society welcomes the inclusion of the redundant Carlisle Memorial Methodist Church in North Belfast on the World Monuments Fund World Monument Watch List 2010, announced in New York on 7th October. |
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THIRD PARTIES ARISE!Fight for your right to appeal damaging planning decisions. |
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CULTURE NIGHT PLACES LIGHT ON ARCADEA discussion was held about the future of the B1 listed 1930s North Street Arcade as part of Culture Night, Belfast on Friday 25th September. We want to hear your suggestions for the future of this unusual building. |
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INFO FLASH - HOME & DRY SEMINAR NOW OPEN FOR BOOKINGSBook your place on the next Home & Dry seminar on Friday 16th October at the Verbal Arts Centre, Derry and find out how to turn Wrecks into Riches! |
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INFO FLASH - UAHS PHOTOGRAPHS ON DISPLAY AT PLACEA collection of photographs of doors offers a tantalising glimpse into the world of historic buildings 'at risk'. |
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INFO FLASH - MORE PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE ONLINE 'FOR FREE'All of the UAHS's informative Heritage Newsletters and Heritage Reviews, dating back to 1984, are now available to download from our website in PDF format. |
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SOCIETY MOUNTS LEGAL CHALLENGEThe Society was granted leave to judicially review the DoE Planning Service which has permitted demolition of this prominent Victorian warehouse in Belfast City Centre Conservation Area. The full hearing will take place on 3rd December. |
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CORRECTION RE NIEA GRANT |
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MINISTER JOINS CELEBRATION OF HISTORIC GRAVEYARD RESTORATION PROJECTEnvironment Minister, Sammy Wilson MP MLA, joined The Follies Trust at Knockbreda Parish Church to celebrate the conservation of two listed mausolea within the historic graveyard, as well as the launch of a related publication, Knockbreda - its monuments and people. |
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CRUMLIN ROAD COURTHOUSE FIRE DAMAGEDA fire took hold at the Crumlin Road Courthouse on 12th March. A quick response from the Fire Service has ensured that important original interiors have remained intact. Owners need strong guidance on how to safeguard empty buildings at risk. |
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TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS SEMINARWe were delighted to partner with the Federation of Ulster Local Studies (FULS), the Glens of Antrim Historical Society and the Causeway Coast and Glens Heritage Trust for our 'Home and Dry' event, entitled 'Traditional Buildings in the 21st Century'. It was held in the Parish Centre, Cushendall on Saturday 25th April. |
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'AT RISK' HISTORIC BUILDINGS HIGHLIGHTED IN NEW CATALOGUEThe Environment Minister, Sammy Wilson MP MLA, today launched the Built Heritage at Risk Northern Ireland Catalogue, Volume 8, at Crumlin Road Gaol in north Belfast. This is the eighth catalogue to have been published by the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, in partnership with the Northern Ireland Environment Agency. |
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HERITAGE SOCIETY WELCOMES RESEARCH INTO TRADITIONAL BUILDING CRAFT SKILLS IN IRELANDThe Ulster Architectural Heritage Society today welcomed the launch of Traditional Building Craft Skills: Assessing the Need, Meeting the Challenge - Skills Needs Analysis of the Built Heritage Sector in Ireland. |
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!The Committee, staff and volunteers of the UAHS wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! |
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LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAK!New leaflet encourages homeowners to clean their gutters and undertake regular, routine maintenance. |
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INFO FLASH - NEW RURAL PLANNING POLICY ANNOUNCED!The Department of the Environment is currently undertaking a public consultation into the replacement of draft PPS14, now to be known as Planning Policy Statement 21: Sustainable Development in the Countryside. |
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LISTED BUILDINGS OWNERS' FORUM SUCCESSAround 800 owners availed of the opportunity to meet with NIEA staff at this welcome event, organised by the Society's Home and Dry team. |
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RAISE A GLASS TO THE CATHEDRAL QUARTERCathedral Conservation Area Buildings at Risk beer mat launched in tandem with Cathedral Quarter ale. |
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NO LAST RIGHTS FOR OLDPARK CHURCHThe Department and developer ignore local communities' wishes. |
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SION MILLS STABLE BLOCK ROOF COLLAPSESThe distinctive roof of the B+ listed Sion Mills stable block has collapsed following work carried out by the owner five years after Northern Ireland's first Repairs Notice was served. |
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HERITAGE SOCIETY WELCOMES NEW FUNDING FOR LISTED BUILDINGSMany years of campaigning by the UAHS have borne fruit with the announcement of new funding arrangements for owners of listed buildings in Northern Ireland. |
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UNAUTHORISED DEMOLITION OF LISTED 'PINEY RIDGE'B1 listed 'Piney Ridge', Malone Road, Belfast, was demolished without consent during the Easter holidays. The Society has called upon the DoE to act swiftly to punish this offence, helping ensure that others are deterred from pursuing the same course of action. |
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INFO FLASH - LISTED BUILDING GRANT CONSULTATION - HAVE YOUR SAY!The Environment and Heritage Service is currently undertaking a public consultation into the future of their grant aid programme for listed buildings in Northern Ireland. It runs for a period of eight weeks until Friday 18th April 2008. |
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SOCIETY ENDORSES 'LISTING' OF BESSBROOK MILLThe Ulster Architectural Heritage Society is delighted that the former Bessbrook Mill complex in County Armagh has been 'listed' Grade B1 by Environment and Heritage Service following a successful campaign led by concerned locals, with active support from UAHS. |
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DSD MINISTER SUPPORTS HERITAGE-LED REGENERATIONThe Ulster Architectural Heritage Society welcomed Department for Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie to its AGM at the Meter House, Belfast Gasworks. |
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HERITAGE SOCIETY CONCERN AT PPS14 EMERGING FINDINGSThe future of draft Planning Policy Statement 14: Sustainable Development in the Countryside is uncertain following the publication of the Emerging Findings of a Stormont Executive Sub-Committee. |
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'FRAMES' OFFERED PROTECTIONThe distinctive 1907 building known as 'Frames' in Belfast has been temporarily added to the list following threat of demolition. |
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TERRACE DEMOLISHED IN BALLYCASTLE CONSERVATION AREAThe Ulster Architectural Heritage Society was horrified by the demolition, without consent, of an important Victorian terrace at Quay Road in the Ballycastle Conservation Area and has called upon Planning Service to respond with swift enforcement action and detailed replication of the buildings. |
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DOE 'adopts' draft PPS14Society welcomes stay of execution for vernacular buildings |