Ards and North Down explained

Ards and North Down
Native Name:Irish: Na hArda agus an Dún Thuaidh
Settlement Type:District and borough
Coordinates:54.562°N -5.637°W
Subdivision Type:Sovereign state
Subdivision Name:United Kingdom
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Northern Ireland
Established Title:Incorporated
Established Date:1 April 2015
Named For:Borough of Ards and the Borough of North Down
Seat Type:Administrative HQ
Seat:Bangor Castle
Government Footnotes:[1]
Government Type:District council
Governing Body:Ards and North Down Borough Council
Leader Title:Executive
Leader Name:Committee system
Leader Title1:Control
Leader Title3:MLAs
Leader Title4:MPs
Area Rank:
Population Rank:
Timezone1:GMT
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:BST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+1
Postal Code Type:Postcode areas
Postal Code:BT
Area Code Type:Dialling codes
Area Code:028
Iso Code:GB-AND
Blank1 Name:GSS code
Blank1 Info:N09000011

Ards and North Down is a local government district in Northern Ireland. It was created on 1 April 2015 by merging the Borough of Ards and the Borough of North Down. The local authority is Ards and North Down Borough Council.

Geography

The new district is in the East of Northern Ireland, covering the Ards Peninsula, most of Strangford Lough and the southern shore of Belfast Lough. It had an estimated population of in . The original name of the new district was recommended on 17 September 2008.[2]

Council

See main article: Ards and North Down Borough Council. Ards and North Down Borough Council replaces Ards Borough Council and North Down Borough Council. The first election for the new district council was originally due to take place in May 2009, but on April 25, 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until 2011.[3] The first elections took place on 22 May 2014 and the council acted as a shadow authority until 1 April 2015.

At a meeting of the shadow authority on 15 December 2014, councillors voted in favour of changing the council's name to East Coast Borough Council, and to submit an application to the Department of the Environment to change the name with effect as of 1 April 2015.[4] However, the council's website launched on 1 April 2015 refers to the new council as "Ards and North Down Borough Council", and this name has continued in use.

Freedom of the Borough

The following have received the Freedom of the Borough of Ards and North Down.

Individuals

Military Units

Organisations and Groups

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Council . Ards and North Down Borough Council . 27 July 2024.
  2. Web site: Provisional Recommendations of the Local Government Boundaries Commissioner for Northern Ireland . LGBC . 2008-09-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080920060547/http://www.lgbc-ni.org/index/provisional_recommendations.htm . 2008-09-20 .
  3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7367253.stm Northern Ireland elections are postponed, BBC News, April 25, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008
  4. Web site: Northdown Borough Council - New name signifies a new beginning for local Council . 2016-01-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150112051636/http://www.northdown.gov.uk/Events/New-name-signifies-a-new-beginning-for-local-Counc . 2015-01-12 .
  5. Web site: Snow Patrol announce one-off Northern Ireland gig to celebrate Gary Lightbody's Freedom of Borough award . Cochrane . Amy . 7 July 2022 . The Belfast Telegraph . 12 July 2022 .
  6. Web site: Freedom of the Borough - The Irish Guards . Ards and North Down Borough Council . 27 June 2022 . en.
  7. Web site: Video of Freedom of the Borough Event 2018 . Ards and North Down Borough Council . 18 July 2021.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Ards and North Down".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.