Our Documents

Welcome to “Our Documents” – a comprehensive repository of the research and information that we have diligently gathered since January 2022. Here, you will find a wealth of detailed insights and compelling reasons why we strongly object to any further development within the expanse of the Lagan Valley Regional Park, with a particular focus on this small site and a full awareness that there are more development applications upcoming (see page 53 Q5 or our Q Blog Post ‘We have seen the future’).

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We like to make it easy, here are our findings and queries

Complaint

Seriously

We have some questions May 2024

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HEDGEROWS

Are So Important

We have some questions May 2024

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4TH unit

Adding buildings BUT

Not submitting plans May 2024

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FOI

PDE

We have some questions 25 April 2024

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FOI

PDE 2

Further Serious Concerns 6th May 2024

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FOI

S 76 Arrangement

Shhhh! We have some questions 6 May 2024

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FOI

Road Danger built in

Make it make sense we have questions –  May 2024


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Infill

Not

We have some questions May 2024

Infill
HRA/EIA

Are Not The Same

We have some questions May 2024

HRA EIA
Footways

Shared Surface Arrangements

We have some questions 6 May 2024

Footpaths and Footways
Q7 Drainage
Assessments

Atkins wrote the reports for the developer

We have some questions 11.03.24

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Quick Q 

Main Points of Objection

This is the quick version, our four major pillars of objection. 

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Q4

Review of

The Ecological Report

Planning Portal November 2023

This is our response. Submitted to LCCC Planners 1.4.24. 

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Q5

REVIEW OF

PLANNING APPLICATION

The Developer uploaded hundreds of pages of content in November and December 2023.

This is our response. Submitted to LCCC Planners 1.4.24. 

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Q6

MATTERS OF CONCERN

Issues involving human rights, equality impact assessment and concerns about procedure. 

This is our assessment. Submitted to LCCC Planners 20.02.24 

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Q1

The Big One

Submitted 1st September 2022 click to download the PDF

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Q

The Questions Arising

This is an outline of the issues we uncovered while researching Q1 submitted 6th Sept 2022

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Q2

Response to The Rebuttal

The developer added a rebuttal to our work to the planning portal and this is our response. Including as a first section details of the maps showing the change in zoning. Submitted Jan 2023.

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Q3

Response to The Rebuttal

Showing NIEA concerns and addressing further submissions with changes from the developers

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Updates and what's been happening

Screenshot from BBC Spotlight - The Sewage Scandal
Sewage in Our Waters, Swimmers Falling Ill, and Still We Are Told Everything Is Excellent

On the very day Northern Ireland’s Environment Minister announced record numbers of beaches achieving Excellent [...]

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08
Oct
Death by a thousand planning applications

How Much More of the Lagan Valley Are We Prepared to Lose? Another green field [...]

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08
Oct
No Seats, No Presentation, Nothing to Take Away: Concerns Over Holiday Village Consultation

Was this really meaningful public consultation? Concerns have been raised over the accessibility and conduct [...]

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07
Oct
A Public Consultation, But Where Was the Publicity?

Today, 6 October, a public consultation is being held at Lagan Valley LeisurePlex on proposals [...]

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06
Oct
A Holiday Village in Drumbeg? Public Meeting – Please Come Along

A proposal has been brought forward for a Holiday Park and associated works on land [...]

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30
Sep
Why Is Apple Maps Still Calling Lagan Valley a ‘National Landscape’?
Why Is Apple Maps Still Calling Lagan Valley a ‘National Landscape’? pt 3

An enquiry by the Quarterlands Group into an unexplained change to the name of the [...]

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01
Sep
The Hummingbird Hawk-Moth Returns to Quarterlands

New video footage has captured another wonderful encounter with a hummingbird hawk-moth here at Quarterlands, [...]

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17
Aug
“Lagan Valley National Landscape.”
Why Did “Lagan Valley National Landscape” Appear on Google Maps? pt 2

Part 2: DAERA Responds, and the Answer Raises More Questions We have now received DAERA’s [...]

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11
Aug
Protecting Biodiversity

When Did We Stop Expecting Nature to Come First? Four years ago, a handful of [...]

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06
Aug
“Lagan Valley National Landscape.”
Why Did “Lagan Valley National Landscape” Appear on Google Maps? pt 1

Part 1. In September 2024 Quarterlands Group noticed something curious on Google Maps. The familiar [...]

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01
Aug
Hedgehog Quarterlands Road July 2026
Quarterlands Group Summer Update:

Looking Back and Looking Ahead It has been a busy and significant year for the [...]

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08
Jul
Location
More Than a Name

Over the years the landscape around the Quarterlands site has changed, as all living landscapes [...]

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23
Jun