Listed Building Owners’ Forum 18 November 2008.

•Welcome

Michael D A Coulter

Director of NIEA:Built Heritage

The Braid Centre – Ballymena Town hall

Exits/Alarms

Toilets

Health and Safety

Welcome

Very welcome

Unprecedented

Almost overwhelming

Intention and Realisation

Thank you to- UAHS Home and Dry Team.

Aims

Agency Structure

Who

Principles

Legislation and Policy (Particular focus on Grants)

To seek feedback etc

Programme for the event

Session 1 – The main hall (1 hour)

Welcome and Introduction

The good news about grants

Questions and Answers

Summing Up

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Programme for the event

Session 2 – Breakout sessions (1/2 hour)

Living in a Listed Building Listing - the First and Second Surveys

Grants - more detail

Larger Buildings

Buildings at Risk - Building Preservation Trusts

Who we are

EHS became NIEA in July 2008

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Picture of Minister Launching NIEA

Who we are

Environmental Protection Directorate/EP

Natural Heritage Directorate/NH

Built Heritage Directorate/BH

Corporate Services Directorate/CS

Built Heritage (BH) DirectorateStructure

Assist Director(North)

Assist Director (South)

Dir. of Built Heritage

Assist Director(North)

Assist Director(South)

HISTORIC MONUMENTS UNIT (HMU) HISTORIC BUILDINGS UNIT (HBU)

What we do

Built Heritage Directorate

Record Protect Conserve and Promote the Built Heritage

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What we do Historic Monuments Unit

Recording Historic Monuments (Archaeology)

Monuments in State Care

Scheduled Monuments

Historic Parks, Gardens and Demesnes

Maritime Archaeology

Planning Consultations

Excavations (Licensing)

What we do Historic Buildings Unit.

Planning

Recording Historic Buildings (Second Survey)

Listing and listed buildings

Grant

Advice and Outreach

Buildings at Risk

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What we do not do

Historic Buildings Unit.

Enforcement (Key Players)

Conservation Areas

Areas of Townscape/Village Character

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Conservation Principles

Minimum Intervention

Maximum Retention of Historic Fabric

Reversibility

Credibility

Sustainability

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These underlie our whole approach to the Historic Environment

Legislation and Policy

These derive from various international agreements

The Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects Order 1995 (HMAOO)

The Planning Order 1991 – Amended 2003

Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

These are key to our work.

Listing - Planning Order Buildings of special architectural or historic interest List Certify not intended to list Control of Works Listed building and setting Duration of LBC Revocation or modification of LBC Determine whether LBC required Acts causing or likely to result in damage to LB

continued LB enforcement notices Appeal against LB enforcement notice Effect of LBC on LB enforcement notice Urgent works to preserve buildings HBC (advisory body) Grants and loans for preservation or acquisition Acquisition by agreement Acceptance of endowments Compulsory acquisition

Grants for research and bursaries Grants to bodies providing assistance Rights of entry Supplementary provisions as to powers of entry

Churches and Places of Worship Ecclesiastical Exemption

No requirement for LBC

Requirement for PP

Grant Aid

Implications

Key Policies in PPS6 BH7 Change of use of a listed building

BH8 Extension of alteration

BH9 The control of advertisements

BH10 Demolition

BH11 Development affecting the setting

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BH15 The re-use of non-listed vernacular buildings

BH6 The protection of parks, gardens and demesnes of special historic interest

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Historic Buildings Unit

Assistant Directors/Principal Conservation ArchitectsHBU North and HBU South

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VACANT

North Area

Manus Deery

South Area

Brian McKervey

Plus second survey

Historic Buildings Unit

Grant Aid

B+ & A Grade churches 331/3%- 35%

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VACANT

Areas match Planning Divisions

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HBU Until April 2009

Grant Aid

B+ & A Grade churches 331/3%- 35%

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VACANT

1 Senior Conservation Architect

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11/2 Support Architects for every Area

HBU Belfast

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VACANT

Historic Buildings UnitBELFAST SHOWING AREA ARCHITECT’S AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

DERMOT MACRANDAL 26/BELFAST 50

DONAL BOYLE 26/BELFAST 15-51 (excl 30 & 50)

HELEN HOSSACK 26/BELFAST 1-14, 30

CAROLINE MAGUIRE 25/CASTLEREAGH

Our Aim

Our Aim is to protect, conserve and promote the Built Heritage for the appreciation of present and future generations

HERITAGE & REGENERATION BUILT HERITAGE & THE ECONOMY

We recognise that the Built Heritage of Northern Ireland has a large and very important role to play in the current and future economy of Northern Ireland.

Monuments and Listed Buildings are exceptionally important for tourism.

They are equally important for our sense of identity and place.

In many instances, Listed Buildings are the catalyst for positive change and regeneration in Cities, Towns and Villages.

They are also important in their own right, as the tangible evidence of history, culture, art, commerce, industry, tradition, and the skills of our predecessors … plus current conservationists, craftsmen and builders.

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