Flags are being banned from new-build housing developments across Northern Ireland due to legal clause in contracts
Flags are being banned from new-build housing developments across Northern Ireland due to legal text increasingly being inserted into the small print of homeowner contracts.
Flags and emblems remain contentious in Northern Ireland's divided communities, with Stormont politicians grappling with disputes for many years but failing to find consensus. "The developer wants the development to look a certain way and that's one of the covenants they will put in to ensure it continues to look a specific way," she said.
Ms Burns, who has worked at the law firm for 18 years, said the flags covenant has been around "for a while" but added: "Certainly I have noticed it more of late. She said a breach of a covenant could eventually lead to court action being pursued, but cases rarely go that far. Prof Dominic Bryan, who co-chaired Stormont's Commission on Flags, Identity, Culture and Tradition, said he was not aware of the details of the flags covenants on some private properties.
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