East Belfast: Belfast Property Doomed ?

People from all over Belfast  and North Down will recognise the pictures below of this local prominent landmark. This imposing landmark sat proudly on the hill of the Kings Road in East Belfast until it was raised to the ground.

One can only speculate as to why the developers wanted to demolish it rather than incorporate it into their plans, having viewed the objections to its demolition.

In a new age there has to be a balance struck between the old and the new, character and style, advancement and culture, individual desires balanced with communities and were money is not the sole consideration.

Even our bestowed politicians are now in on the game, but when the game is played, when they have stopped playing I spy a small space of land and then grant planning permission for 20 apartments on it, are the hearts of our communities going to be destroyed? Some would argue that East Belfast is slowly being destroyed.

A ballyhack.co.uk user recently asked all DUP, UUP & Alliance politicians who are on the Planning Committee in Belfast City Council to meet with him and to date not one, that's right, not one has yet got back to him. It was Les Dawson that once said, there's no point in telling politicians to go hell, cause they're building it for us, is he right?

Are our politicians failing us? 

Are too many of our homes being bought for development?

Is there over development in the East Belfast and North Down?

Should the heritage we have, like here, at 100 Kings Road, be lost for ever?

Should planning laws be tightened?

Are our politicians failing us, is there a conflict of interest?