Planning application
InnBelfast (Former Wellington Park Hotel) Botanic Inn 21-27 Malone Road & 6 Wellington Park, Belfast, BT9 6RU
Works: Demolition Major scheme
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Demolition of existing hotel and public house and erection of Purpose Built, Managed Student Accommodation (PBMSA) development comprising c.580 units with communal facilities, internal and external communal amenity space and ancillary accommodation
As published by the council, reference LA04/2026/0849/PAN
Application record
- Reference
- LA04/2026/0849/PAN
- Type
- Proposal of Application Notice
- Status
- Determined
- Decision
- Granted As published: Acceptable
- Received
- 8 May 2026
- Validated
- 19 May 2026
- Decided
- 4 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Windsor
- Postcode
- BT9 6RU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 May 2026
Received by Belfast
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19 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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4 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Acceptable
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22 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
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Belfast granted permission on 4 June 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.
About this record
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