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Lindsay House 8 - 14 Callender Street, Belfast, BT1 5BN

Awaiting decision Belfast LA04/2025/1841/DCA Conservation Area Consent

Works: Loft or dormer Demolition Windows or glazing

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Proposal

Change of use from fast food unit, restaurant, retail and office to hotel with associated restaurant/bar areas, lobby/reception area and other areas ancillary to hotel use at ground floor level, 76no. bedrooms on 1st to 4th floor level and ancillary rooftop store. Includes demolition of all internal walls and partitions at ground floor level and demolition of sections of building at the rear, replacement of windows, reconfiguration and replacement of shopfronts, creation of new openings for windows and removal of rooflights.

As published by the council, reference LA04/2025/1841/DCA

Application record

Reference
LA04/2025/1841/DCA
Type
Conservation Area Consent
Status
Under Consideration
Received
31 Oct 2025
Validated
31 Oct 2025
Ward
Central
Postcode
BT1 5BN

Site history

Applications at this address on the Belfast register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025.

  • LA04/2025/1839/F Awaiting decision

    Lindsay House, 8 - 14 Callender Street, Belfast, BT1 5BN

    Change of use from fast food unit, restaurant, retail and office to hotel with associated restaurant/bar areas, lobby/reception area and other areas ancillary to hotel use at ground floor level, 76no. bedrooms on 1st to 4th floor level and ancillary rooftop store. Includes demolition of all internal walls and partitions at ground floor level and demolition of sections of building at the rear, replacement of windows, reconfiguration and replacement of shopfronts, creation of new openings for windows and removal of rooflights.

    Submitted 31 Oct 2025 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 31 Oct 2025

    Received by Belfast

  2. 22 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 26 December 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 102 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

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O'Toole & Starkey Ltd Agent, registered in Belfast

Active · incorporated 2018 · Belfast

96 applications on PlanIndex · across 11 councils · 96% granted

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Documents

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

34 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Belfast for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Belfast decided heritage and listed building applications in a median of 106 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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