Holyland (Belfast)
The Holylands, The Holy Land or The Holyland is a residential area of inner-south
History
The Holyland street network was built up to its present layout in the 1890s by Belfast's oldest firm of property consultants, Brown McConnell Clark.
Population
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The demographic makeup of the Holyland has dramatically changed in recent[
Anti-social behaviour
These shifts in student numbers have led to an increase in
In February 2005, in response to these issues, the
In January 2006 a team of community safety wardens were appointed to work in the Holyland area, in a novel approach to issues such as anti-social behaviour and community development. The initiative was launched by Belfast City Council and government agencies, the Police, the city's universities and colleges and other relevant bodies. At a meeting in 2009, it was reported that safety wardens deal with more than one thousand incidents of anti-social behaviour each year. The pilot ended in June 2009, and the scheme was extended to include other areas of Belfast.[4][5]
Statistics revealed at local policing board meetings throughout 2009 illustrate that levels of burglary, car crime and violent assaults continue to rise in the area despite increased police patrols. CCTV has been introduced in the area under a pilot scheme monitoring street disturbance.[9]
Many solutions have been proposed to the problem. In 2019, Adam McGibbon, former Vice President of Queen's University Students' Union, proposed that the authorities should regulate the private rented sector and compulsorarily purchase homes for social housing, providing much-needed affordable housing and reducing the student density in the area.[10] In 2020–2021, Queen's University started fining students for their off-campus behaviour.[11]
References
- ^ https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/holyland-anti-social-behaviour-worst-21802982
- ^ Moore, Sue. "Your Place & Mine – Greater Belfast". BBC. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
- ^ Wojtas, Olga; Noel McAdams (18 February 2005). "Belfast bids for silent nights". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
- ^ "Update on Roll-Out of City-Wide Community Safety Warden Scheme" (PDF). Minutes – Health & Environmental Services Committee. Belfast City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
- ^ "Roll-out of City-wide Community Safety Warden Scheme" (PDF). Minutes – Health and Environmental Services Committee. Belfast City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
- ^ "Five in court after city trouble". BBC News. 19 March 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
- ^ "Parties everywhere, says Belfast Holyland resident after police dish out £11k Covid fines". Belfasttelegraph.
- ^ "Holyland resident forced out a second night by Easter holiday partying". 31 March 2021.
- ^ McGarrigle, Heather (12 March 2010). "Harassed locals hope Holy Land CCTV is answer to their prayers". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
- ^ McGibbon, Adam (19 September 2019). "Opinion: How to solve the Holyland problem once and for all". BelfastLive. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ "Queen's University students get fines of more than £50,000 for breaking Covid rules - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk". Belfasttelegraph.