Save Havelock House
@HavelockSave
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A campaign which fought to save Havelock House from demolition but lost.
Belfast
Joined July 2020
We need your help to stop the demolition of Havelock House on January 8th. Sign our petition now. https://t.co/4C4izqzmXC
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I've emailed @lotus_property to stop the rushed demolition of Havelock House before the public consultation on its future has even begun. Will you email too? @HavelockSave
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We have decided that our campaign will continue under a different name and with objectives focused on ensuring that no other historic buildings in Belfast are demolished in the manner that Havelock House was.
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We are currently reviewing our decision to cease operations following the demolition of Havelock House. We lost due to issues in the planning system. We are concerned that our disbandment may allow those who enabled the demolition to get away with it. What do you think?
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Worth highlighting this to answer all the 'Why wasn't it listed?' questions. And why did we not try again after 2020? We couldn't for reasons which may eventually become apparent in due course.
@Alistair51 You obviously hadn't had much dealings with the listing authorities. They turned Havelock House down based on a brief walkthrough of the building in the company of estate agents in 2018. When we came with extensive evidence in 2020, they wouldn't even consider it.
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This is our epitaph for Havelock House. There'll be a more formal statement in a few days once we've processed what happened. We will say that @belfastcc and its planning committee should be deeply ashamed for enabling this to happen.
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@Alistair51 @HavelockSave You have a lot of faith in the system. Sadly it has repeatedly failed to protect or recognise important heritage, even going so far as to lose its legal standing in the process. There needs to be a serious rethink about how heritage is protected here.
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Some good news for time capsule fans. There may be two of them under Havelock House and Lotus has agreed to try to retrieve them. @kensgriffin has supplied Lotus with rough locations but we'd be grateful for any further information about their whereabouts.
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For the sake of clarity, we would add that we neither support or oppose social housing on the site. We've always been neutral on reuse but believe that, in any case, the views of the local community should be respected. 3/3
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At the moment, we're quite busy answering media requests about the building and how it came to be demolished. We're also trying to pinpoint the location of several time capsules. 2/3
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We're totally devastated. It's shocking that a developer can waltz in and knock down a historic building without planning permission or even a public consultation. Over the next few days, we'll slowly wind down our campaign. 1/3
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I've checked with @kensgriffin - he will be contacting Lotus about the potential recovery of that time capsule and another one which we've received reports of.
There's a "time capsule" under Havelock House, as documented in this report from the early 1960s. Sadly the demolition starts on Monday, and I'd be surprised if anyone bothers to try to find it given the lack of interest shown by developers.
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In less than 12 hours, demolition will have started on Havelock House. It may be fashionable to blame @lotus_property but the ultimate authors of the building's demise was @belfastcc. And this will keep on happening until councillors stop sitting on their hands.
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We can't disagree with this. The demolition of Havelock House has been enabled by @belfastcc's members through: 1⃣ Their failure to introduce local heritage protections 2⃣ Their complete passivity in the face of Lotus Property.
Councillors on @belfastcc Planning Cttee have decided its too difficult to oppose demolition so they've washed their hands of Havelock House ... effectively telling the public to stop making a fuss and forget about our shared history & sustainable future
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BBT is dismayed that the demolition of Havelock House is going ahead. It has a unique place in Belfast’s social history. Reusing the city’s buildings should be a priority for Belfast’s future and in tackling the city’s declared climate crisis.
Less than 36 hours to go. Most cities would kill for a building which was part of its linen boom, had secret wartime use and was a pioneering TV station. Think of the tourism! Its impending demolition really sums up Belfast's totally lack of imagination. (1/2)
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The situation is a real indictment of @belfastcc's councillors. We've all seen how excitable they can get whenever a flag or Irish language sign is damaged. But they are completely silent when our built heritage is being taken right in front of our eyes. (2/2)
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Less than 36 hours to go. Most cities would kill for a building which was part of its linen boom, had secret wartime use and was a pioneering TV station. Think of the tourism! Its impending demolition really sums up Belfast's totally lack of imagination. (1/2)
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Unfortunately, you can't deal with unreasonable people.
The demolition of UTV’s former headquarters in Belfast will go ahead on Monday despite pleas from heritage campaigners for a delay https://t.co/LsJF04DH8a
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What's the definition of Kafkaesque gaslighting in a #Belfast context..? tfw when the property developers agree to meet you to discuss your concerns... but only AFTER they've demolished the building @AineGroogan @CarlJWhyte @Briansmyth99 @MatthewOToole2
We have discovered that @MCEnewsfeed is still accusing us of rejecting an in-person meeting with @lotus_property. The meeting was rejected because: 1⃣ The earliest date offered was Jan 9 2⃣ Lotus plans to demolish the building on Jan 8
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We have discovered that @MCEnewsfeed is still accusing us of rejecting an in-person meeting with @lotus_property. The meeting was rejected because: 1⃣ The earliest date offered was Jan 9 2⃣ Lotus plans to demolish the building on Jan 8
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The discovery is unlikely to sway @lotus_property and @belfastcc at this point. But it raises the question of how much research @CommunitiesNI do on historic buildings before they deny them listed status. This is the another major discovery we've made that they missed. (End)
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Due to the wartime secrecy around radar, we're lucky to have found any details. In fact, we have to thank the @News_Letter for our information. The paper slipped up and detailed the factory in a feature about wartime industries in October 1945! (5/6)
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