Planning application
Lands to the northeast of Olympic House, east of Queen’s Road and south of Belfast Metropolitan College, Belfast.
Works: Extension
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Erection of Purpose-Built Managed Student Accommodation development with additional use of accommodation by further or higher education institutions outside term time, comprising 4 no. blocks of accommodation with building heights ranging from 5 to 9 storeys and up to 35,850sqm gross external floorspace, café, associated communal facilities including landscaped courtyards, internal bin stores and cycle stores, pv array, disabled parking, public realm provision, associated site works and extension of Titanic Boulevard to form new junction with Hamilton Road.
As published by the council, reference LA04/2024/0681/F
Application record
- Reference
- LA04/2024/0681/F
- Type
- Full
- Status
- Determined
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 18 Apr 2024
- Validated
- 18 Apr 2024
- Decided
- 5 Dec 2024
- Ward
- Sydenham
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Apr 2024
Received by Belfast
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5 Dec 2024
Decision issued: Granted
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13 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
133 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About full applications applications
How this application type works
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go: siting, design, access and landscaping are all fixed at this stage. It is the standard route for new buildings, conversions and changes of use. The statutory target is eight weeks for smaller schemes and thirteen weeks for major development, though complex cases often take longer by agreement.
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