Planning application
The Royal Belfast Academical Institution College Square East, Belfast, BT1 6DL
Works: Extension Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Construction of a new South Wing of the RBAI Campus to include multi-purpose dining hall, 15 general classrooms, a drama suite, a 25m swimming pool, a Board Room suite, living accommodation for the School Steward with PV panels on roof and new, small extension to the Soane Building, to provide improved accessibility and upgraded WC facilities, with associated refurbishment and re-modelling of first and second floor classrooms to the southern end of the Soane Building, the development of landscaped zones including the under-croft area at the Common Hall and new boundary treatment at Durham Street and demolition of the existing dining hall, swimming pool, school steward's house and W-Block.
As published by the council, reference LA04/2024/0344/F
Application record
- Reference
- LA04/2024/0344/F
- Type
- Full
- Status
- Determined
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 20 Feb 2024
- Validated
- 20 Feb 2024
- Decided
- 22 Nov 2024
- Ward
- Central
- Postcode
- BT1 6DL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Feb 2024
Received by Belfast
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22 Nov 2024
Decision issued: Granted
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6 Aug 2026
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Agent on file, a planning consultancy registered in Co Down
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