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The
Planning (NI) Order 1991 (Article 50) provides the Department with
the power to designate an area of special architectural or historic
interest as a Conservation Area.
Since
1975 the Department has designated 59 Conservation Areas in Northern
Ireland. They range in scale from city and town centres to villages
and relatively small residential parks and streets.
In
April 1998 the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) launched the Townscape
Heritage Initiative (THI), focused on Conservation Areas. The THI
aims, in partnership with the public, private and voluntary sectors,
to secure the long-term future of the built heritage.
The 59
Conservation Areas are listed below.
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