Author Archives: Quarterlands

Industrial Poultry Planning Application in Lagan Valley:

Why This Matters A proposal for an intensive poultry unit on greenfield land within the [...]

Recorded Flooding at the Proposed Hotel Site (2022–2026)

Introduction This page provides a record of surface water flooding observed at and adjacent to [...]

Lagan River Flooding Again 2026

Why This Flood Plain Matters More Than Ever The latest photos and videos from Drum [...]

Flooding on Quarterlands Road: When Surface Water and Sewage Are Part of the Same System

Once again, Quarterlands Road is flooding. The photographs above were taken recently at the section [...]

A Wider Pattern of Concern

Bob Stewart’s Pub Redevelopment: A Wider Pattern of Concern New documents have been published in [...]

Council Reassurances Ring Hollow

Following up on our recent post on yet more flooding issues on the Quarterlands Road, [...]

Flooding Strikes Again

We’ve reported on this issue numerous times before, but here we are again. The drainage [...]

Why Say No to the Quarterlands Development

Good Reasons The Quarterlands development (Planning Ref: LA05/2022/0033/F) raises legal, environmental and democratic concerns. It [...]

Ongoing sewage dumping scandal

Not much has improved since a Belfast Telegraph article in 2023 reported NI Water’s fine [...]

Another Turning Point in Our Story

After 191 weeks of scrutiny, the Quarterlands planning proposal has been withdrawn from Monday 8th [...]