McClelland, Andrew
(2017)
Inventorying Armagh: Max Lock, civil society, and
the diffusion of planning ideas into Northern
Ireland in the 1960s.
Planning Perspectives, 32 (3).
pp. 401-423.
ISSN 0266-5433
Abstract
The cathedral city of Armagh is one of the most historically and architecturally
significant on the island of Ireland. This article explores the preparation of an
inventory of Armagh’s architectural heritage by the London architect-planner
Max Lock in 1964, commissioned by the Northern Ireland Committee of the
National Trust. The inventory represents one aspect of the initial response of
civil society to impending change in the built environment in the mid-1960s
and formed part of efforts to ensure parity with Great Britain in land-use
planning legislation. The inventory facilitates a wider discussion on state-civil
society relations in Northern Ireland, the values and ideas guiding change
within historic settlements, and the place promotional advantage that the
local council sought to derive from Armagh’s history and heritage. Utilizing
Ward’s typology of diffusion, it is argued that Northern Ireland represents an
unusual ‘within-UK’ example of the transference of planning ideas and
practices, with its historical experience of devolution offering valuable
contemporary insights into the increasingly diffuse and fragmented
governance space within the UK.
Repository Staff Only(login required)
 |
Item control page |
Downloads per month over past year
Origin of downloads
Altmetric
Altmetric