Contents 1.0 P reamble 7 Sub Area D: Cadogan 57 Sub Area E: Marlborough 63 2.0 I ntroduction 8 Sub Area F: Bawnmore / Cranmore / Osborne 70 Sub Area G: Maryville / Myrtlefield / Osborne 80 Purpose of the Design Guide 8 Sub Area H: Balmoral / Harberton / Shrewsbury 89 Methodology 8 Sub Area I: Malone Road 101 The Importance of Conservation 8 Sub Area J: Lennoxvale / Sans Souci 114 Objectives of Designation 9 Sub Area K: Beechlands / Cleaver / Notting Hill 121 Policy Context 10 Sub Area L: Broomhill 128 Sub Area M: Bladon / Deramore 135 3.0 Review of Existing Conservation Area 11 5.0 Development and Design Guidance 142 Boundary and the Sub Areas within the Conservation Area Boundary Role of Development Management 142 Planning Applications 142 Background 11 Original Building Stock 142 Boundary Review: General Issues 13 Sustainability 144 Boundary Review: Specific Issues 14 Review of Existing Sub Areas within the Existing 16 Proposed Works to Existing Buildings 145 Boundary External Alterations 145 4.0 C onservation Area Character Appraisal 19 Conservation Approach to Repairs and Alterations 145 Detailing 145 Sub Area A: Lisburn Road 23 Materials 146 Sub Area B: Eglantine / Wellesley / Wellington 35 Roofscape 147 Sub Area C: Derryvolgie / Windsor 49 2 - Roofs 148 Built Form 170 - Chimneys 148 Elevational Treatment 171 - Eaves and Verges 149 - Walls 171 Rainwater Goods 149 - Hierarchy of Window Openings 171 Roof Dormers 150 - Window Frames 171 External Walls 151 - External Doors 172 - Brick 151 - Accents 172 - External Render 152 - Detailing 173 - Stone 152 Roof Design and Materials 173 - Half-Timbering 153 Windows 154 Proposed Works to Grounds 175 - Bay Windows 156 External Doors 158 Proposed Works to Boundaries 176 Extensions 160 - Basements 161 Boundary Structures Outbuildings 162 Hedges / Walls / Fences / Railings 177 Garages 162 Openings / Gates 178 New Buildings 164 Listed Buildings 180 Proposed New Buildings 164 Contribution to Conservation Area 180 Listed Building Consent 180 Context 164 Technical Information 180 Building Design / Style Approaches 165 Building Line 166 Shop Fronts 181 Massing 166 Height 167 Advertisements and Signs 182 Bulk 167 Security Shutters 183 Scale 168 Blinds / Awnings 183 Proportion 169 3 Other Developments affecting the Character and 184 Appendices Appearance of the Conservation Area 1 Statutory Designation Order 189 To Let / For Sale Signs 184 Satellite Dishes / Television Antennae 185 2 Map 1: Existing Conservation Area Boundary 191 Views / Vistas 185 and Sub Areas Public Realm 186 Map 2: Proposed Conservation Area 192 6.0 Conclusion 188 Boundary and Sub Areas Map 3: Proposed Changes to the Existing 193 Conservation Area Boundary 3 Summary of Key Planning Policy Documents 194 4 Sources of Advice 197 5 Glossary 199 6 Acknowledgements 209 7 Bibliography 209 4 Publication of Consultation Draft It would be particularly helpful if comments could be forwarded by e-mail to: [email protected] Malone Conservation Area - Draft Boundary The Department will also be consulting Belfast City Council, Review and Updated Character Appraisal/ the Historic Buildings Council and other appropriate bodies Design Guide as part of this consultation. The Department of the Environment designated the Malone The consultation period will end on Monday 28th Conservation Area in August 2000 and is now publishing February 2011. this Draft Boundary Review and Updated Character Appraisal/Design Guide, for the purposes of public Further copies of this document can be obtained by consultation. The purpose of the document is to assist the telephone: (028) 90 252823, or fax: (028) 90 252967. The Department in discharging its functions in the Conservation document is also available on the Planning Service website: Area and you are invited to send your views on its contents. www.planningni.gov.uk and the Belfast Divisional Planning As part of this consultation the Department has highlighted a Office. number of specific issues in order to stimulate debate and comment. In keeping with our policy on openness, the Department may make responses to the consultation publicly available How to give your views upon request. All representations received by the closing date for receipt of Responses should be made in writing and sent to: consultation responses in relation to this Draft Boundary Review and Updated Character Appraisal / Design Guide Malone Conservation Area Team will be taken into account before the final document and Planning Service boundary are finalised. The existing boundary remains the Second Floor Bedford House boundary of the Conservation Area until this is done. 16 – 22 Bedford Street Belfast Once complete the document will be used to manage BT2 7FD change within the Conservation Area. It will be used to assist in the determination of planning applications. 5 Matters on which the Department would 5. Is the historical development of the area adequately detailed? particularly like to hear your views: 6. Are there development pressures impacting on the 1. This draft character appraisal proposes 13 sub areas character and appraisal of the area not adequately compared to the previous 17. Do you think the addressed by the design guidance? Conservation Area has been broken down into cohesive areas of architectural and historic character 7. Are there specific landscaping elements that should be that are sufficiently distinct to be separate sub areas? highlighted – for example individual or groups of trees? 2. The boundary review proposes to include additional Any comments on other relevant aspects would also be areas along the northern and southern boundaries. It welcomed. also proposes to omit various areas to the east of the current area and areas of modern development in In relation to the Boundary Review an approach that the Windsor Avenue, Derryvolgie Avenue and Windsor Department may have adopted in this Public Consultation Park. These are detailed in Section 3. Do you think Document was to simply show the existing boundary and that these boundary amendments are appropriate? request views on what changes would be appropriate. Are the proposed additional areas of sufficient special However, in this instance, given the extent of the boundary, architectural or historic interest? Are the omitted areas the Department considered it more pertinent to indicate its no longer of sufficient architectural and historic interest views on how the boundary should be varied, as it was to warrant continued inclusion? considered that this would result in a more informed and productive consultation. 3. Are there any elements within the omitted areas worthy of other protective designations such as listing, If other variations are suggested as part of this consultation scheduling or Tree Preservation Orders? exercise, these will be taken into account, as will objections to the Department’s own proposals on how the boundary 4. Is the character appraisal sufficiently detailed to convey should be varied. the architectural and historic interest of the area? 6 1.0 Preamble 1.1 The Department of the Environment designated Malone as a Conservation Area on 4th August 2000. It is considered to be an area of special architectural and historic interest, the character of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance. 1.2 Designation as a conservation area introduces control over the demolition of unlisted buildings under Article 51 of the Planning (NI) Order 1991, while trees are automatically protected under Article 26 of the Planning (Amendment) (NI) Order 2003. Furthermore, designation introduces certain additional limitations on the exercise of permitted development rights contained in the Planning (General Development) Order (NI) 1993. 1.3 Nothing in this document should be read as a commitment that public resources will be provided for any specific project. All proposals for expenditure by the Department are subject to economic appraisal and will also have to be considered having regard to the overall availability of resources. 7 2.0 Introduction Purpose of the Design Guidance Methodology 2.1 The Design Guidance is intended for all those with an 2.4 Detailed research and analysis was carried out to interest in Malone Conservation Area, or for those intending identify the specific architectural and historic elements which to undertake work on its buildings, trees and landscapes, make the Conservation Area special and distinctive. From streets or spaces. this, a set of detailed design guidelines has been formulated. 2.2 It is intended to guide future development and assist the Department in managing change, within, and in the 2.5 Conservation Areas are ‘areas of special architectural setting of, the Conservation Area, to ensure that it or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is conserves or enhances the special character and desirable to preserve or enhance’ [Article 50, The Planning appearance of Malone. The content of the Character (Northern Ireland) Order 1991]. Appraisal and Design Guidance constitutes Supplementary Planning Guidance for Malone Conservation Area and will The Importance of Conservation be taken into account by the Department as a material consideration in determining planning applications which are 2.6 Conservation is not a cosmetic exercise. Securing the within, or may affect the setting of the area. The Design preservation or enhancement of the historic built Guidance should be read in conjunction with the relevant environment stems from strong cultural, economic and contents of regional planning policy and other environmental objectives, the recognition of which is long supplementary guidance documents. established in various International Charters. 2.3 The guidance was prepared by Mr John McIlhagga 2.7 The character and appearance of a Conservation (Conservation Architect) in consultation with the Area is inseparable from the physical fabric of which it is Department. made. It is important therefore that anyone intending to carry out any work in a Conservation Area which affects its buildings, their settings, trees, open spaces or street scenes 8 considers the implications and sees all prospective changes, people (and their professions) who commissioned and lived however small, within the context of the their wider impact. in them. These buildings form component parts of the reading of the area. 2.8 Conservation Areas exhibit a strong sense of place and, by suggesting continuity and stability, Objectives of Designation provide points of reference in a rapidly changing world; they represent the familiar and cherished 2.10 The key objectives of conservation area designation local scene. The mixture of historic buildings, are: frequently reflecting an older framework of streets and spaces, will almost always be visually pleasing, • to provide statutory protection to an area in order to whether the buildings illustrate the local vernacular preserve or enhance its character or appearance. refined over time, the calculated proportions of the This provides the regulatory framework for its Georgian building, the exuberance of Victorian protection or enhancement through clear and architecture, Inter and Post-war design themes (or a consistent planning policy and the development mixture of these) or landscape features. management process, ensuring proposals and their design take account of their context; 2.9 Conservation is not just preservation of the best quality architecture or those that form the best of a particular • to retain those buildings which materially contribute to type of building style – these are often recognised through its character or appearance, to encourage their reuse listing. Other buildings may not have, for example, such and appropriate and sympathetic repair and extensive detailing or quality of materials as these best maintenance; examples. However, this does not lessen their contribution to the architectural and historic interest or character and • to increase local awareness of the Conservation Area appearance of the area. Such ‘backcloth’ buildings strongly designation and to promote commitment and support contribute to the sense of place of the Conservation Area. for its conservation or enhancement – its They provide a contextually appropriate setting for the distinctiveness; exemplars, reflect the architectural evolution of the area over time and are part of the historical fabric. They reflect • to guide, co-ordinate, and influence development, the social and economic circumstances of their period of maintenance, or minor works by statutory authorities construction, the architects who designed them and the 9 to ensure that they secure the conservation or 2.13 Applicants seeking planning permission, conservation enhancement of the Conservation Area; and area consent, advertisement consent or listed building consent for work in the Conservation Area should be able to • to secure enhancement of the significance and demonstrate how they have taken the character appraisal special character of the Conservation Area through and design guide into account and how their proposals will both its protection and the pro-active management of contribute to its preservation or enhancement. The planning change. authority will endeavour to ensure that the activities of statutory undertakers and public agencies will maintain or improve the environmental quality and distinctive attributes Policy Context of the Malone Conservation Area. 2.11 The Department's regional policies for Conservation Areas and other features of Northern Ireland's built heritage are currently set out in Planning Policy Statement 6 ‘Planning, Archaeology and the Built Heritage’, published in March 1999. Planning Policy Statement 7 ‘Quality Residential Environments’, published in June 2001, also includes specific policy provision for new residential development in Conservation Areas. 2.12 The character appraisal has been prepared to supplement the Department’s regional policies and is a material consideration for the planning authority in discharging its planning functions in the Malone Conservation Area. It is intended for use by all with an interest in the Conservation Area, including those undertaking works on its buildings, landscape, streets or spaces. 10