Planning application
68 Donegall Street, Belfast, BT1 2GT
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from vacant retail (class A1) unit to hot food takeaway (sui generis). (amended description).
As published by the council, reference LA04/2025/1379/LBC
Application record
- Reference
- LA04/2025/1379/LBC
- Type
- Listed Building Consent
- Status
- Determined
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 15 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 15 Aug 2025
- Decided
- 5 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Duncairn
- Postcode
- BT1 2GT
Site history
Applications at this address on the Belfast register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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LA04/2025/1378/F Granted
68 Donegall Street, Belfast, BT1 2GT
Change of use from vacant retail (class A1) unit to hot food takeaway (sui generis).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Aug 2025
Received by Belfast
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5 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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22 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Fleming Mounstephen Planning Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Co Down
Active · incorporated 2007 · Co Down
42 applications on PlanIndex · across 8 councils · 100% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
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Belfast granted permission on 5 March 2026, 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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