Department for Communities

The Department for Communities (DFC) is one of nine Northern Ireland departments, which has strategic responsibility for equality, anti-poverty, sports, arts and culture, languages, finding employment, historic environment, housing, regeneration, benefits and pensions, community and voluntary sector development, social legislation and child support. Previously known as Department for Social Development; Department of Employment and Learning; Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment; Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland; Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure; and the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister.

Causeway Exchange
1-7 Bedford Street
Belfast
DFC
UK

Website: https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/
Tel: 028 9082 9000

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Title	Year	Status
Annex A - specific wheelchair housing design standards	2019	Current
Applying the conservation principles. Guidance for the sustainable management of the historic environment in Northern Ireland	2023	Current
Briefing and design reviews	2021	Current
Building preservation notices - a good practice guide for district councils	2017	Current
Conservation principles. Guidance for the sustainable management of the historic environment in Northern Ireland	2023	Current
Criteria for the scheduling of historic monuments and the listing of buildings of special architectural or historic interest, with associated procedures	2019	Current
De-listing: removing a building from the list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest	2021	Current
Design guide for travellers' sites in Northern Ireland	2020	Current
Development and archaeology. Guidance on archaeological works in the planning process	2019	Current
Future places - using heritage to build resilient communities	2017	Current
Guidance for the thermal upgrade of traditional buildings	2023	Current
Guidance for urban centres and green spaces	2020	Current
Guidance on setting and the historic environment	2018	Current
Guidance on sustainability appraisal and strategic environmental assessment for the historic environment	2018	Current
Historic buildings council for Northern Ireland 2013-2016. Nineteenth report	2016	Current
Historic buildings council for Northern Ireland 2016-2020. Twentieth report	2020	Current
Historic buildings of local importance - a guide to their identification and protection	2017	Current
Historic environment record of Northern Ireland	2019	Current
Historic monuments of Northern Ireland. Scheduled historic monuments	2019	Withdrawn
Historic monuments of Northern Ireland. Scheduled historic monuments	2020	Current

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