Proceedings of the Environment Committee
Minutes of meeting held on Thursday, 19 October 2000
in Room 144, Parliament Buildings.
1. Minutes of the Last Meeting
2. Matters Arising
3. The Planning Appeals Commission
4. Any Other Business
5. Date of Next Meeting
Present were: Rev. Dr W McCrea MP (Chairman)
Ms C Hanna (Deputy Chairperson)
Ms J Carson
Mr A Doherty
Mr J Leslie
Mr M McLaughlin
Mr M Murphy
Mr E Poots
Mr D Watson
In Attendance: Mrs D Pritchard ( Committee Clerk)
Mr J Beatty (Assistant Committee Clerk)
Mr N Currie ( Executive Support)
Mr J Nulty ( Administrative Support)
Apologies: Mr T Benson
Mr D Ford
The meeting commenced at 10.30am.
1. Minutes of the last meeting.
The minutes of the meeting held on 12 October 2000 were agreed.
top2 Matters arising.
(a) Letter from the Department regarding Friends of the Earth correspondence about provision of playing space.
The Committee discussed the Department's reply.
Agreed: That the Clerk should write to the Department about its Quality Initiative and the responsibility of developers for the maintenance of open spaces.
Ms C Hanna joined the meeting at 10.35am.
(b) Proposed demolition of property at Gracehill.
The Committee discussed the replies from the Department and the Historic Buildings Council
Agreed: That the Clerk should write to the Department about :-
(i) the relationship between the EHS and HBC;
(ii) the high incidence of cases in which the advice of the HBC was not accepted
(iii) the intention to call EHS staff before the Committee.
Mr J Leslie joined the meeting at 11.03am.
top3. The Planning Appeals Commission
Mr John Warke, Chief Commissioner, and Mrs Maire Campbell, Deputy Chief Commissioner, joined the meeting at 11.04am.
They gave a presentation on the role and methods of working of the Commission and answered members questions on a number of relevant issues.
The Chairman thanked them for their presentation and they left the meeting at 12.04pm
top4. AOB
The Committee agreed to issuing a weekly Press statement with details of their forthcoming Public Inquiry sessions.
top5. Date of next meeting
The next meeting will be held on Thursday, 26 October 2000 at 9.45am in Room 144, Parliament Buildings.
topThe meeting closed at 12.06pm
12 October 2000 / Menu / 26 October 2000