A BAN on Orangemen marching through a nationalist area of west Belfast will remain after the Parades Commission said there was no new information to trigger a review.
The Orange Order had asked the body to reconsider its decision not to allow a parade tomorrow to pass through a peaceline gate at Workman Avenue, which is close to the Springfield Road.
Up to 17 bands and 950 participants are expected to take part in the annual parade.
In the past the commission allowed a small group of Orangemen to march through the gate, before rejoining with the main body at a nearby Invest NI site.
It is understood a request for a review was received yesterday.
But in a statement last night, a commission spokesman said it had “determined that there is no fresh information sufficient to trigger a review”.
In its determination issued this week, the commission said it had received complaints about insignia displayed last year which referred to murdered UDA leaders John Gregg and Rab Carson and other loyalists.
It "concluded that its decision must reflect poor conducts in previous years including last year, the increased perception of a paramilitary parade and its impact on victims and survivors and the failure to enter dialogue about the dispute”.
Nationalist residents met with the Parades Commission last week to outline their concerns.
It is understood they have also engaged with a mediator appointed by the commission.
Several people from the area were killed by loyalists during the Troubles.
Restrictions have also been placed on a planned protest, with the number taking part limited to 100.
There was serious rioting across loyalist parts of Belfast in September 2005 after the Parades Commission banned a similar parade from passing through Workman Avenue earlier in the year.
The Orange Order has reacted angrily to the latest determination, describing it as “outrageous and ill-judged”.
“It is clear that the Parades Commission has once again rewarded the intransigence of republicans,” a statement said.
“Only last year senior republicans breached their protest determination and have subsequently yet again been rewarded for their wrongdoing.
“The Parades Commission continues to demonstrate that it is not part of the solution, but is increasingly part of the problem around parading in Northern Ireland.”
DUP leader Arlene Foster, who met parade organisers yesterday, said she was "of the view that the Parades Commission have been unjustified and completely misguided" in their decision.
She said she was particularly concerned at the commission's claim that "what they describe as recent developments in public policy as outlined in the Fresh Start Agreement mean that the gates cannot be opened without cross-community support".
"This is not the case... It would appear the Parades Commission have simply decided to use irrelevant considerations to justify this decision."
She said she intended to write to the commission but appealed to marchers "to recognise the fact that while we may not agree with the determination it is currently the Parades Commission who determine these matters until such times as the law is changed".
