Planning application
29 High Street, Belfast, BT1 2AA
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Retrospective Change of Use from retail (use class A1) to hot food takeaway on Ground Floor (sui generis)
As published by the council, reference LA04/2025/1205/F
Application record
- Reference
- LA04/2025/1205/F
- Type
- Full
- Status
- Consultation Open
- Received
- 18 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 25 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Central
- Postcode
- BT1 2AA
Site history
Applications at this address on the Belfast register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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LA04/2025/1333/F Granted
29 High Street, Belfast, BT1 2AA
Proposed Change of Use of upper floors from Office (Class B1a) to Short Term Let (Sui Generis)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Jul 2025
Received by Belfast
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25 Jul 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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6 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 19 September 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Belfast took a median of 106 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
24 documents on file for this application
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