1. Listed Building Owners’ Forum 18 November 2008.
Welcome
Michael D A Coulter
Director of NIEA:Built Heritage

2. Health and Safety The Braid Centre – Ballymena Town hall Exits/Alarms
Toilets

3. Welcome
Very welcome
Unprecedented
Almost overwhelming

4. Intention and Realisation
Thank you to-
UAHS Home and Dry Team.

5. Aims Agency Structure Who Principles
Legislation and Policy (Particular focus on Grants)
To seek feedback etc

6. Programme for the event
Session 1 – The main hall (1 hour)
Welcome and Introduction
The good news about grants
Questions and Answers
Summing Up .

7. 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

8. Who we are EHS became NIEA in July 2008 .
Picture of Minister Launching NIEA

9. Who we are Environmental Protection Directorate/EP
Natural Heritage Directorate/NH
Built Heritage Directorate/BH
Corporate Services Directorate/CS

10. Built Heritage (BH) Directorate Structure
Dir. of Built Heritage
HISTORIC MONUMENTS UNIT (HMU)
HISTORIC BUILDINGS UNIT (HBU)
Assist Director
(North)
Assist Director
(South)
Assist Director
(North)
Assist Director
(South)

11. What we do Record Protect Conserve and Promote the Built Heritage
Built Heritage Directorate
Record
Protect
Conserve and Promote the Built Heritage .

12. 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)

13. What we do Historic Buildings Unit. Planning
Recording Historic Buildings (Second Survey)
Listing and listed buildings
Grant
Advice and Outreach
Buildings at Risk .

14. What we do not do Historic Buildings Unit. Enforcement (Key Players)
Conservation Areas
Areas of Townscape/Village Character .

15. Conservation Principles
Minimum Intervention
Maximum Retention of Historic Fabric
Reversibility
Credibility
Sustainability .
These underlie our whole approach to the Historic Environment

16. 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.

17. 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

18. 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

19. Churches and Places of Worship
Ecclesiastical Exemption
No requirement for LBC
Requirement for PP
Grant Aid
Implications

20. Key Policies in PPS6 BH7 Change of use of a listed building.
BH7 Change of use of a listed building
BH8 Extension of alteration
BH9 The control of advertisements
BH10 Demolition
BH11 Development affecting the setting
Plus
BH15 The re-use of non-listed vernacular buildings
BH6 The protection of parks, gardens and demesnes of special historic interest

21. Historic Buildings Unit
North Area
Manus Deery
South Area
Brian McKervey
Assistant Directors/Principal Conservation Architects
HBU North and HBU South .
Plus second survey
VACANT

22. Historic Buildings Unit
Areas match Planning Divisions
(almost)
Grant Aid
B+ & A Grade churches 331/3%- 35% .
VACANT

23. HBU Until April 2009 Grant Aid B+ & A Grade churches 331/3%- 35% .
1 Senior Conservation Architect
plus
11/2 Support Architects for every Area
Grant Aid
B+ & A Grade churches 331/3%- 35% .
VACANT

24. HBU Belfast . Historic Buildings Unit
BELFAST SHOWING AREA ARCHITECT’S AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
HBU Belfast .
DERMOT MACRANDAL /BELFAST 50
DONAL BOYLE /BELFAST (excl 30 & 50)
HELEN HOSSACK 26/BELFAST 1-14, 30
CAROLINE MAGUIRE 25/CASTLEREAGH
VACANT

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

26. 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.