Apartment Developments in South Belfast

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Environment – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 3:45 pm on 13 May 2002.

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Photo of Dermot Nesbitt Dermot Nesbitt UUP 3:45, 13 May 2002

I smile about the invitation to come to south Belfast. As and when my diary permits, I can and do make visits.

I am visiting a constituency on a different matter with someone from the Member’s party. That is how life is in politics. The loss of built heritage in the Malone area has escalated, and the Government designated it a conservation area in 2000. Therefore, express consent must be given for the demolition of any building, and new development must comply with PPS 6, which protects the character of conservation areas. That has been the Department’s response.