Planning application
1st Floor 338-340 Upper Newtownards Road Belfast, BT4 3EX
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of Use of First Floor from Class A2(b) Professional Services to Class B1(a) Office and stock room
As published by the council, reference LA04/2026/1128/F
Application record
- Reference
- LA04/2026/1128/F
- Type
- Full
- Status
- Consultation Open
- Received
- 17 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 17 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Knock
- Postcode
- BT4 3EX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Jun 2026
Received by Belfast
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22 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 12 August 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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Studiorogers Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
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