Planning application
209 Airport Road West, Belfast, BT3 9ED
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
6 No. Illuminated signage. 2 No. Illuminiated signage internally fixed.
As published by the council, reference LA04/2026/0395/A
Application record
- Reference
- LA04/2026/0395/A
- Type
- Advertisement
- Status
- Under Consideration
- Received
- 2 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 13 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Sydenham
- Postcode
- BT3 9ED
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Mar 2026
Received by Belfast
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13 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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22 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 8 May 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
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
RPP Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Belfast
Active · incorporated 1984 · Belfast
51 applications on PlanIndex · across 10 councils · 94% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
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This application is with Belfast for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Belfast decided advertisement consent applications in a median of 89 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About advertisement consent applications
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