Planning application
Unit 10, The Glenand Centre, 5 Blackstaff Road, Belfast, BT11 9DT
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Retrospective Change of Use of Existing Unit from Light Industrial to Gym and Personal Training Facility
As published by the council, reference LA04/2026/1476/F
Application record
- Reference
- LA04/2026/1476/F
- Type
- Full
- Status
- Consultation Open
- Received
- 19 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 19 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Falls Park
- Postcode
- BT11 9DT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Aug 2026
Received by Belfast
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9 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 14 October 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 106 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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NI Planning Permission LTD Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Belfast
Active · incorporated 2017 · Belfast
44 applications on PlanIndex · across 9 councils · 88% 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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