Showing posts with label Northern Ireland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Northern Ireland. Show all posts
December 11, 2017
John D. McArthur - Rest in peace
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Scotland
September 15, 2015
NFDC 61st Annual Convention heralded a success
The NFDC has posted a detailed review of the 61st Annual Convention on their website, and it seems to have gone extremely well!
It was held at Slieve Donard Resort & Spa in County Down, Northern Ireland with an Irish theme thanks to sponsor Sandvik. Attendance was great, with a golf tournament, welcome drinks, live folk music, Irish cuisine dinner, and Belfast Ceilidh Band for entertainment. And that was all just on the Friday.
Head on over to the NFDC website for full details of what happened during the convention. I'm sure everyone will want to attend the next one after reading it.
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Irish,
NFDC,
Northern Ireland,
Sandvik
October 21, 2011
Rogue developers demolishing listed buildings in Northern Ireland
It seems that some developers are a little unscrupulous in Northern Ireland, and it's forcing the government to consider new laws to stop them destroying listed or historical buildings in the hope of having them demolished.
The thinking behind this destruction is simple. Due to the existing laws in Northern Ireland, it's possible to render a building unsafe usually by way of fire, have it demolished, and then replace it with profitable new builds. Some developers have decided this is a very good way of doing business and at least 11 listed or historic buildings have been lost in this way.
The government aims to stop such practices and is considering a new law that could turn out to be very expensive for these rogue developers. If brought into effect, the new law would see any historically important building being made unsafe having to be rebuilt to look exactly the same. For a developer, that would most likely bankrupt them due to the high costs involved.
For the moment countermeasures are being taken to at least record the crimes properly. The police and Environmental Agency will work together to record crimes against historical landmarks and take the appropriate action to protect any materials from such locations as well as prosecute those who destroyed said buildings.
Source: BBC News
The thinking behind this destruction is simple. Due to the existing laws in Northern Ireland, it's possible to render a building unsafe usually by way of fire, have it demolished, and then replace it with profitable new builds. Some developers have decided this is a very good way of doing business and at least 11 listed or historic buildings have been lost in this way.
The government aims to stop such practices and is considering a new law that could turn out to be very expensive for these rogue developers. If brought into effect, the new law would see any historically important building being made unsafe having to be rebuilt to look exactly the same. For a developer, that would most likely bankrupt them due to the high costs involved.
For the moment countermeasures are being taken to at least record the crimes properly. The police and Environmental Agency will work together to record crimes against historical landmarks and take the appropriate action to protect any materials from such locations as well as prosecute those who destroyed said buildings.
Source: BBC News
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arson,
buildings,
Demolition,
heritage,
historical,
Northern Ireland,
rogue developers
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