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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Northern Ireland · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Belfast City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
38 approved · 1 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Jun 2026 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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20 Westway Drive, Belfast, BT13 3NQ
Received 5 Aug 2026Belfast City Airport Sydenham Bypass Belfast BT3 9JH Northern Ireland
Received 24 Aug 2026256 North Queen Street, Belfast, BT15 3DJ
Received 31 Jul 20261st Floor 338-340 Upper Newtownards Road Belfast, BT4 3EX
Received 17 Jun 2026135 Forthriver Crescent, Belfast, BT13 3ST
Received 10 Aug 2026Unit 7-8, 133-137 Lisburn Road, Malone Lower, Belfast, BT9 7AG
Received 22 Jun 2026Lands East of Meadowhill, North of Glencolin Court, North and East of Glencolin Rise, East of Glencolin Grove, North and West of Glen Road Rise, and North of Glen Road Grove
Received 24 Jul 2026Páirc Nua Chullan, Stewartstown Road, Belfast. BT17 0LE
Received 24 Jun 2026lands at former Good Shepherd Centre, Nos. 511 and 511a Ormeau Road, Belfast
Received 25 Aug 2026Brow Holdings Ltd 1 Prince Regent Road, Belfast, BT5 6SA
Received 12 Aug 20263 Edenderry Village, Belfast, BT8 8LG
Received 29 Jul 2026Land of the former Mount Masonic Hall, 45 Park Avenue Belfast BT4 1SH.
Received 25 Sept 2026Lands at Cabin Hill, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast.
Received 6 Jul 2026Lands at Clarence Court (10-18 Adelaide Street), to include part of building fronting Alfred Street, and Franklin Street, Belfast BT2 8GB
Received 18 Sept 2026Stranmillis University College Campus Stranmillis Road, Belfast, BT9 5DY
Received 29 Jun 202643 Houston Park, Belfast, BT5 6AT
Received 9 Sept 202614 Brown Street, Belfast, BT13 2GN
Received 17 Aug 2026117 Fortwilliam Park, Belfast, BT15 4AS
Received 19 Aug 2026511 Former Good Shepherd Centre Ormeau Rd, Belfast, BT7 3GS
Received 24 Sept 2026Mckennas Bar 903 Crumlin Road, Belfast, BT14 8AB
Received 16 Jun 20261a Malone Park, Belfast, BT9 6NH
Received 3 Sept 2026Nos 59 & 61 High Street, Belfast, BT1 2AB
Received 6 Jul 2026Former Visteon Factory Blacks Road, Belfast BT10
Received 27 Aug 20263 Thornhill Parade, Belfast, BT5 7AT
Received 6 Jul 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Northern Ireland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Belfast City Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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