Planning application
LA04/2026/1227/NMC
Airbus WPU, Airport Road West, Belfast, BT3 9ED
Proposal
Non-Material Change to approval LA04/2019/2850/F- minor adjustments including slightly increased office area, changes to office elevations, change to roof profile of autoclave bay, addition of roof access stair to east elevation (of Phase 1A), and increase in comms room to east elevation (of Phase 1A).
As published by the council, reference LA04/2026/1227/NMC
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Jul 2026
Received by Belfast
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15 Jul 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
The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development. Extensions of time are common.
What happens while it is decided
The process from here
This application is with Belfast for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.
The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development, though extensions of time are common. Comments carry most weight while the case is undecided, so check the council portal for the deadline if you want to respond.
About amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
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LA04/2026/0137/F Granted
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LA04/2025/1890/F Awaiting decision
Click Oil, 84 Heron Road, Belfast, BT3 9EA
Part retrospective permission for retention of warehouse for storage and distribution including ancillary office use, erection of unmanned petrol station, above ground tanks and associated works. Prospective single storey rear extension to existing warehouse, underground fuel tank and associated works including a new canopy, two wash bays, lighting columns, re-siting of existing fuel pump, landscaping, boundary treatments, control gates and amended access.
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LA04/2026/1029/NMC Granted
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LA04/2026/1216/NMC Awaiting decision
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LA04/2026/0744/NMC Granted
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LA04/2026/1126/NMC Granted
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LA04/2026/1153/NMC Awaiting decision
1-21 Castlereagh Road Ballymacarret Belfast BT5 5FB
NMC to approval LA04/2023/2763/F. Alterations include amendments to internal layouts, window alterations,balcony amendments, alterations to approved materials.