How To ObjectWhat’s Happening
Developers want to develop.
Their plans are to build many houses and hotels, carparks and roads in the middle of Our Lagan Valley Regional Park, Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Northern Irelands ONLY designated Regional Park. Destroying the green spaces we cherish. Due care and attention has not been paid to the Biodiversity and Infrastructure of our environment and we are therefore raising strong objection.
They are going to put huge 5 bedroom houses here towering over our cottages.
This is the most recent of hundreds of developments suggested for this area. The planning portal is broken. Objections are taking months to show there or are not showing at all and in the meantime the ‘planning process’ goes on. If we don’t speak up we will lose what we all moved here to enjoy.
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Planning Portal
All the way through this process there have been issues with the Planning Portal this [...]
Petition update
Our petition has now gathered more than 1400 signatures, and to date 192 letters of [...]
Planning committee update – site visit
At the Local Council Planning Committee meeting on 4th Sept 2023 a Site Visit was [...]
August 2023 Community Update
An update for the local community distributed before 4th September, when the development proposal went [...]
Advocacy
We wrote to our elected representatives to ask them to speak on our behalf - [...]
Letter to our local representatives
Read a letter compiled by the Quarterlands group which sets out our concerns on the [...]
Lagan Valley Regional Park
Lagan Valley, within which LVRP is situated, was designated an Area of OutstandingNatural Beauty (AONB) [...]
Q2 – Response to the Rebuttal
The developer added a rebuttal to our work to the planning portal and this is [...]
NOTE
28.08.23 The site under consideration is unambiguously identified as a Site of Local Nature Conservation Importance (SLNCI) in position paper 8: natural heritage, dated November 2019, page 38 from LCCC. This classification warrants thorough consideration in the evaluation of the proposed development.
(SLNCIs) are identified as supporting habitats, species or earth science features. As well as making a contribution to the local natural heritage, they contribute to National and European biodiversity.
67+ Protected Species 21+ Priority Protected Species resident in and around a proposed building site along the Quarterlands Road in the Lagan Valley Regional Park, Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Site of Local Nature Conservation in Northern Ireland on the outskirts of Belfast. All the photographs and videos were taken by residents in and around the site.
See how exotic and marvellous the nature we have all around us is?
Don’t Bulldoze Biodiversity –
Videos by residents with ambient sound.
Photographs by residents with music.
HERE YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE OBJECTION DOCUMENTs submitted by the QUARTERLANDS GROUP Since SEPT 2022
We researched many aspects of planning in the Lagan Valley Regional Park and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and have submitted these documents to the planning authority.
The developers lodged a rebuttal document which you can see on the planning portal Q2 is our response to their rebuttal. It also contains interesting maps showing the designation of land over time and asks about Lagan Valley Regional Park, Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty being changed and designated as building land.
In March 2023 the developers lodged more drawings with the planning office showing further changes to the boundary planting. The removal of part of the green at Hambleden Park and the movement of houses to facilitate further vehicle access to the land beyond the site. So we wrote Q3 in answer.
Planning Portal
All the way through this process there have been issues with the Planning Portal this [...]
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Petition update
Our petition has now gathered more than 1400 signatures, and to date 192 letters of [...]
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Planning committee update – site visit
At the Local Council Planning Committee meeting on 4th Sept 2023 a Site Visit was [...]
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August 2023 Community Update
An update for the local community distributed before 4th September, when the development proposal went [...]
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Advocacy
We wrote to our elected representatives to ask them to speak on our behalf - [...]
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Letter to our local representatives
Read a letter compiled by the Quarterlands group which sets out our concerns on the [...]
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Lagan Valley Regional Park
Lagan Valley, within which LVRP is situated, was designated an Area of OutstandingNatural Beauty (AONB) [...]
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Q2 – Response to the Rebuttal
The developer added a rebuttal to our work to the planning portal and this is [...]
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Key Questions
This document draws together a list of the key questions in our September 2022 submission [...]
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Q1 – Main Document
Read our initial submission lodged against the planning proposal by us, the Quarterland Road residents, [...]
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Update August 2022
Dear Community Members, We would like to provide you with an update on the proposed [...]
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What We Want
No More Building in Lagan Valley Regional Park
Without
Transparent Community Consultation
Proper and clear information to all residents affected by the developments.
Full Regard for Climate Change
All construction to be planned and completed in line with current technologies in light of climate change. Heating, water usage, insulation, transport etc.
Improved Infrastructure
Changes and upgrades to water, power transport should be covered in part by all new developments as they occur for the resident community and the wider planet.
Protection of our Environment
Protection of species and habitats to be at the heart of ALL developments.
DON’T BULLDOZE OUR BIODIVERSITY.
About Quarterlands.com
In Dec 2021 another developer dropped another planning application to the planners.
In late January 2022 the notification landed on a handful of local doormats. With less than a week to respond to the application one of our number asked friends and neighbours what they thought. None of them had heard about it. A group of us got together on Zoom to talk about it and decided that we needed to find out more.
Quarterlands.com is part of the finding out. We’d like to know what you think and to ask for your support to challenge the flurry of applications and building projects in the area.
We live in Lagan Valley Regional Park, in an area of outstanding natural beauty and we genuinely fear that we will lose what makes this such a lovely place to live if we don’t challenge.
UPDATE July 2023 the committee hearing was stopped at the last minute due to new legislation. The developer changed his plans and resubmitted, neighbours were not notified.
Quarterlands Videos
All taken in and around the proposed site.
OUR LEAFLET
Some of our group have been sharing this leaflet in the area to tell more of our friends and neighbours about what’s happening here.
Our Leaflet
Why Get Involved?
We have the privilege of the Lagan Valley Regional Park an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Our biodiversity is rich. We have rare plants and animals, we have green spaces and watercourses which need our protection. Our infrastructure is in need of improvement. Our local amenities need to exist. We can see that developers are profiting and fear that local planning authorities may not be fully considering the whole picture.
If we don’t raise awareness and voices to protect and improve the area we will lose it for ourselves and the generations to come as it will simply continue to be built over.
What to do
How To Object
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Write a Letter explaining your concerns to the planning authority.
Write your objection.
Quote the planning number
LA05/2022/0033/F
Email to Planning2
Sign the Petiton
Click Here and Sign on Change.org
Click me!Don’t Bulldoze Our Biodiversity
Quarterlands Group are residents of Lagan Valley Regional Park an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty south of Belfast.
We have rare plants and animals, we have green spaces and watercourses which need our protection. We can all see developers building across the park and zoning changes in what were once green belt areas. Profits are being made from our wild spaces, species are being harmed and lost. Environmental pressures from climate change are being dodged and we fear that local planning authorities may be missing the point.
We need to make our voices heard to protect what we have for ourselves and for future generations.
Please sign this petition and stand with your friends and neighbours to call a halt and a rethink.
3
Make Calls or Send emails
Our elected representatives should hear your thoughts on these matters.
Send copies of your objections to
MP
Emma Little-Pengelly –
emma.little-pengelly@mla.niassembly.gov.uk
MLAs
Robbie Butler (UUP) – robbie.butler@mla.niassembly.gov.uk
Sorcha Eastwood (Alliance) – sorcha.eastwood@mla.niassembly.gov.uk
Paul Givan (DUP) – paul.givan@mla.niassembly.gov.uk
David Honeyford (Alliance) – david.honeyford@mla.niassembly.gov.uk
Councillors
Andrew Gowan DUP – andrew.gowan@lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk
Uel Mackin DUP – uel.mackin@lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk
Aaron McIntyre Alliance – aaron.mcintyre@lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk
Alex Swann UUP – alex.swan@lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk
James Baird UUP – james.baird@lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk
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Visit the NI Direct Planning Portal and register your objection.
Copy and Paste this planning number to find all the documents and register your objection.