Quarterlands Blog

Local voices are coming together to defend and celebrate a place like no other

The Lagan Valley.

As pressure increases from overdevelopment and under-regulation, we’re documenting what’s at stake: biodiversity, heritage, climate resilience, and fighting to preserve the well-being of our community. Here you’ll find updates on our campaign, thoughtful reflections from residents, and stories that shine a light on both the threats we face and the hope we hold.

We’re a grassroots group standing for something bigger than ourselves. Thank you for reading, sharing, and standing with us.

National Trust Warning

Feels Very Familiar to Us Reading the recent Belfast Live coverage of the National Trust [...]

DAERA Consultation on Water Quality – A Critical Moment for the River Lagan

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has issued a consultation paper entitled [...]

Updated – Toolkit for Accidental Activists:

Toolkit for Accidental Activists: What We Wish We’d Known We never planned to become activists. [...]

What has changed

in the Quarterlands environmental assessment? Recent documents uploaded to the Planning Portal raise serious questions [...]

New Planning Portal Documents: EIA Revisited

… but Nothing Really Changes Interesting uploads appeared on the Planning Portal today 23/4/26 relating [...]

A Warning We Should Not Ignore

From the Lagan to Belfast Lough: The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) [...]

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 [...]