Ministerial Advisory Group

In September 2007 DCAL established the Ministerial Advisory Group (MAG) for architecture and the built environment in Northern Ireland. MAG’s primary role is to advise the Minister responsible for DCAL on the implementation and development of the A+BE policy. The following Chair and  members were appointed.

Chair              Professor Barrie Todd MBE

Members       Arthur Acheson

                       Andrew Gault

                       Ian McKnight

                       Marcus Patton OBE

                       Emily Smyth

                       Professor Tom Woolley

                       Alan Strong

Collectively they bring to MAG a range of expertise in architecture, architectural conservation, landscape architecture, procurement, sustainable development and town planning.

The post of Chair will be vacant from 31 August 2010 and currently there is one vacancy in the membership.

The Chair and Members of MAG are Ministerial appointments.

A Call-off List of expert advisors was recruited in February 2009 to support the MAG in the key area of design review and on an ad-hoc basis to assist in other areas where the MAG requires additional specialist expertise. Expert advisors are not members of MAG.

Applications are invited from professionally qualified individuals working in the architecture and built environment professions. Further information on the posts including essential criteria and terms of appointment Application forms and can be obtained by contacting us using the following details:-

Telephone: 028 90 515157            

E-Mail:         governancesupport@dcalni.gov.uk

Website:      www.dcalni.gov.uk/public_appointments

Or by writing to: Governance Support Unit, Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, Causeway Exchange, 1-7 Bedford Street, Belfast BT2 7EG

All completed application forms must be returned in hard copy to the above address by 5.00pm on 7 May 2010. CVs will not be accepted. Interviews are expected to take place in late June 2010.

The Work of MAG

MAG Responses to Public Consultations

Comments on the Public Consultation Document Relating To Draft Planning Policy Statement {PPS}21 Sustainable Development in the Countryside. March 2009 (pdf 318KB)  

Response on the Consultation on Reform of the Planning System in Northern Ireland 02 October 2009 (pdf 175KB)

Response to the Consultation on Criteria for Listing Proposed Revisions to Annex C of Planning Policy Statement 6 05 July 2010 (pdf 118KB) response_to_the_consultation_on_criteria_for_listing_proposed_revisions_to_annex_c_of_planning_policy_statement_6___05_july_2010.pdf

MID TERM REPORT

In June 2009, half way through MAG's initial term of appointment a report detailing MAG's activities was published entitled 'Raising Expectations' (pdf 419KB)

Design Reviews