Planning application
81 Locan Street, Belfast, BT12 7NF
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Proposal
Change of use from House of Multiple Occupancy to short term let accomodation
As published by the council, reference LA04/2025/2019/F
Application record
- Reference
- LA04/2025/2019/F
- Type
- Full
- Status
- Under Consideration
- Received
- 24 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 24 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Beechmount
- Postcode
- BT12 7NF
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Nov 2025
Received by Belfast
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22 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 19 January 2026, 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 101 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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Simpson Design (NI) Ltd Agent, a design practice
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
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