Northern Ireland’s Environment Minister, Alex Attwood, has announced the appointment of six new members, and the re-appointment of the chairman and eight existing members to the Historic Monuments Council for a five-year term, effective from 1 February 2012.
Welcoming the appointments, Alex Attwood said: ‘Our Built Heritage is a great part of our lives and a major element in economic growth, tourist numbers and spend. The Historic Monuments Council can help inform government how to maintain built heritage and positively develop the asset’.
Established in 1971, the Historic Monuments Council is a statutory advisory council which provides advice to the Department of the Environment on the exercise of its powers under the Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects (NI) Order 1995. This includes the conservation and preservation of monuments in state care, scheduling of monuments, maritime archaeology, industrial and defence heritage and the identification of Areas of Significant Archaeological Interest in the context of Development Plans.
The new appointees are: Mrs Lesley Black, Mr Cormac Bourke, Mr Nick Brannon, Mr William Darby, Miss Kathleen Laverty, and Mrs Sarah Witchell.
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