Stop Proposed Apartment Block on Bangor Road, Holywood!!
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Kevin
11 years ago
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We should aspire to better. If anything, the space deserves an icon that truly represents the town. Anything but another low grade building as everyone drives past. The gateway to Holywood should attract, not detract.
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Kevin
11 years ago
Habinteg are happy to portray themselves as a socially conscious organisation. I believe that that they are more interested in raising their profile as a business, than answering to their civic responsibility. They are becoming too big, and should be monitored. This organisation is losing grasp of their own ethics.
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Brett Templeton
11 years ago
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A building of no merit whatsoever designed to comply with the rules (just) with no thought given to it's location or the effect on it's neighbours. Habinteg (and their architect) should be ashamed.
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Brett Templeton
11 years ago
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It's nothing to do with "Toffs". It's about architectural merit on a sensitive site. There have been some abominable choices in Holywood - public, private and charity. It's time someone said 'stop'. This area, in particular, is being overloaded with cheaply designed and constructed buildings which, once in place, will blight the place forever. I agree - housing is much-needed. It was much needed too when they threw up cheap terraces in Belfast in the 19th Century and concrete housing estates in the 1960s. We're still looking at them and fixing the harm done by their sub-standard design and construction. We need to aspire to better. This isn't it.
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Amanda brobyn
11 years ago
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This is not the right location for such a development. Holywood has a distinct look and feel and this will remove that, adding a concrete theme instead, which may well be best suited to others parts of the province. It will block stunning views and ruin such a beautiful town.
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Lynn Stevenson
11 years ago
this will make an already heavily congested traffic area a lot worse
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mark judge
11 years ago
very unsightley
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Nicole
11 years ago
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Holywood is a vibrant town that beautifully marries the lifestyles of many; from families to young professionals. It's a town that prides itself on being 'The best kept town' for the past couple of years. Not only will this building diminish this picturesque setting but will also create an uninviting image of the town! I can see no benefit to this building.
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Glenn rodgers
11 years ago
Will look like shit
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Anonymous
11 years ago
What a stupid place for more housing, traffic is already horrendous in Holywood.
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Jemima Eastwood
11 years ago
This will be an eyesore
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Lucy McVeigh
11 years ago
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Unattractive and will only add to the already bad congestion at Croft Road, Bangor Road and the dual carriageway traffic lights. Outrageous proposal.
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Sarah drysdale
11 years ago
This is an eyesore and of no benefit to the surrounding residential area
We should aspire to better. If anything, the space deserves an icon that truly represents the town. Anything but another low grade building as everyone drives past. The gateway to Holywood should attract, not detract.
Habinteg are happy to portray themselves as a socially conscious organisation. I believe that that they are more interested in raising their profile as a business, than answering to their civic responsibility. They are becoming too big, and should be monitored. This organisation is losing grasp of their own ethics.
A building of no merit whatsoever designed to comply with the rules (just) with no thought given to it's location or the effect on it's neighbours. Habinteg (and their architect) should be ashamed.
It's nothing to do with "Toffs". It's about architectural merit on a sensitive site. There have been some abominable choices in Holywood - public, private and charity. It's time someone said 'stop'. This area, in particular, is being overloaded with cheaply designed and constructed buildings which, once in place, will blight the place forever. I agree - housing is much-needed. It was much needed too when they threw up cheap terraces in Belfast in the 19th Century and concrete housing estates in the 1960s. We're still looking at them and fixing the harm done by their sub-standard design and construction. We need to aspire to better. This isn't it.
This is not the right location for such a development. Holywood has a distinct look and feel and this will remove that, adding a concrete theme instead, which may well be best suited to others parts of the province. It will block stunning views and ruin such a beautiful town.
this will make an already heavily congested traffic area a lot worse
very unsightley
Holywood is a vibrant town that beautifully marries the lifestyles of many; from families to young professionals. It's a town that prides itself on being 'The best kept town' for the past couple of years. Not only will this building diminish this picturesque setting but will also create an uninviting image of the town! I can see no benefit to this building.
Will look like shit
What a stupid place for more housing, traffic is already horrendous in Holywood.
This will be an eyesore
Unattractive and will only add to the already bad congestion at Croft Road, Bangor Road and the dual carriageway traffic lights. Outrageous proposal.
This is an eyesore and of no benefit to the surrounding residential area
what an ugly building!