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Belfast Metropolitan College Tower Street Belfast BT5 4FH.

Granted Belfast LA04/2022/1998/F Full

Works: New dwelling Demolition Major scheme

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Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings and erection of social-led, mixed tenure residential development comprising of 20 no. dwelling houses and 10 no. apartments with car parking; provision of public open space and community hub; and associated site works and access arrangements from Tower Street.

As published by the council, reference LA04/2022/1998/F

Application record

Reference
LA04/2022/1998/F
Type
Full
Status
Determined
Decision
Granted
Received
25 Oct 2022
Validated
4 Nov 2022
Decided
28 Apr 2023
Ward
Ballymacarrett
Postcode
BT5 4FH

Site history

Applications at this address on the Belfast register

This site has had 2 applications since 2022: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • LA04/2023/3318/NMC Awaiting decision

    Belfast Metropolitan College Tower Street, Belfast, BT5 4FH

    NMC - LA04/2022/1998/F The following presentational amendments are proposed to stamped 'approved' PSD drawing (Belfast CC Ref 21A) - 1. 'Road 1' that accesses site from Tower Street to be coloured red to the back of the existing footway at the entrance. 2. The manhole and gully within the private parking area for the apartments to be relocated to the public carriageway.

    Submitted 26 May 2023 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 25 Oct 2022

    Received by Belfast

  2. 4 Nov 2022

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 28 Apr 2023

    Decision issued: Granted

  4. 29 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • LA04/2023/3318/NMC Awaiting decision

    Belfast Metropolitan College Tower Street, Belfast, BT5 4FH

    NMC - LA04/2022/1998/F The following presentational amendments are proposed to stamped 'approved' PSD drawing (Belfast CC Ref 21A) - 1. 'Road 1' that accesses site from Tower Street to be coloured red to the back of the existing footway at the entrance. 2. The manhole and gully within the private parking area for the apartments to be relocated to the public carriageway.

    Submitted 26 May 2023 Amendments

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

66 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Belfast granted permission on 28 April 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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