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The Royal Belfast Academical Institution College Square East, Belfast, BT1 6DL

Granted Belfast LA04/2025/1757/DC Discharge of Condition

Relates to LA04/2024/0344/F

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

Proposal

Discharge Condition 3 of LA04/2024/0344/F- Material samples.

As published by the council, reference LA04/2025/1757/DC

Application record

Reference
LA04/2025/1757/DC
Type
Discharge of Condition
Status
Determined
Decision
Granted As published: Condition Partially Discharged
Received
17 Oct 2025
Validated
17 Oct 2025
Decided
8 Dec 2025
Ward
Central
Postcode
BT1 6DL

Site history

Applications at this address on the Belfast register

This site has had 4 applications since 2024: 4 approved, 0 refused.

  • LA04/2024/0432/DCA Granted

    The Royal Belfast Academical Institution College Square East, Belfast, BT1 6DL

    Demolition of the school steward's house. The proposed demolition forms part of the overall RBAI Campus Vision proposal which is the subject of a related planning application (ref. LA04/2024/0344/F) and listed building consent application (ref. LA04/2024/0321/LBC) (amended description).

    Decided 21 Nov 2024 Heritage and listed buildings
  • LA04/2024/0344/F Granted

    The Royal Belfast Academical Institution College Square East, Belfast, BT1 6DL

    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.

    Decided 22 Nov 2024 Full applications
  • LA04/2024/0321/LBC Granted

    The Royal Belfast Academical Institution College Square East, Belfast, BT1 6DL

    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 and W-Block (amended description)

    Decided 21 Nov 2024 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Oct 2025

    Received by Belfast

  2. 8 Dec 2025

    Decision issued: Condition Partially Discharged

  3. 22 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • LA04/2024/0344/F Granted

    The Royal Belfast Academical Institution College Square East, Belfast, BT1 6DL

    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.

    Decided 22 Nov 2024 Full applications

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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Documents

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

5 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Belfast granted permission on 8 December 2025, 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.

About condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

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  • The Royal Belfast Academical Institution College Square East, Belfast, BT1 6DL

    LA04/2024/0321/LBC Submitted 20 Feb 2024 0m away

    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 and W-Block (amended description)

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings Extension Demolition 38 docs

  • The Royal Belfast Academical Institution College Square East, Belfast, BT1 6DL

    LA04/2024/0432/DCA Submitted 7 Mar 2024 1m away

    Demolition of the school steward's house. The proposed demolition forms part of the overall RBAI Campus Vision proposal which is the subject of a related planning application (ref. LA04/2024/0344/F) and listed building consent application (ref. LA04/2024/0321/LBC) (amended description).

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings Demolition 12 docs

  • The Royal Belfast Academical Institution College Square East, Belfast, BT1 6DL

    LA04/2024/0344/F Submitted 20 Feb 2024 89m away

    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.

    Granted Full applications Extension Demolition 83 docs

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    LA04/2026/0903/LBC Submitted 18 May 2026 110m away

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    Granted Heritage and listed buildings 15 docs

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  • LA04/2025/0423/DC Granted

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