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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38 approved · 1 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Former City Of Belfast School Of Music 99 Donegall Pass, Belfast, BT7 1DR
Received 24 Jun 20266 Bladon Drive, Belfast, BT9 5JL
Received 17 Sept 2026Wilmont House, Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park, 243 Upper Malone Rd, Dunmurry, Belfast, BT17 9LA
Received 2 Jul 202622 Cambourne Park Cambourne Park, Belfast, BT9 6RL
Received 28 Aug 2026120 Serpentine Road, Greencastle, Newtownabbey, BT36 7JG
Received 18 Aug 2026Gable end of 109 Cregagh Road, Belfast, BT6 8PZ
Received 27 Jul 202645 Maryville Park, Belfast, BT9 6LP
Received 12 Aug 202619 Kerrykeel Gardens, Belfast, BT11 9HR
Received 20 Jun 202654 Fruithill Park, Belfast, BT11 8GF
Received 21 Jul 2026Gable Wall of No. 86 Broadway, Belfast, BT12 6HX.
Received 6 Oct 202650 Maryville Park, Belfast, BT9 6LP
Received 9 Jul 2026176-186 Sandy Row, Belfast, BT12 5EY
Received 22 Jun 2026Gable end of 58 Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast, BT4 3BA
Received 27 Jul 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, Belfast
Received 24 Jul 202681-87 Academy Street & 2-6 Exchange Street, Belfast, BT1 2LS
Received 10 Aug 202611 Thornberry Avenue, Belfast, BT14 8EH
Received 9 Sept 2026Fermanagh House, 20A Ormeau Avenue, Belfast, BT2 8NJ
Received 6 Jul 202638 Balmoral Avenue, Belfast, BT9 6NX
Received 22 Jul 20263 Glensharragh Avenue, Belfast, BT6 9PD
Received 5 Oct 2026Site situated approximately 83m South-West of House of Sport, Malone Road, Belfast within the grounds of Queen's University Malone Playing Fields
Received 21 Sept 2026Footpath to the front of Caffe Nero, 42E Botanic Avenue, Belfast, BT7 1JR
Received 30 Sept 202622 Myrtlefield Park, Belfast, BT9 6NE
Received 24 Jun 20261-21 Castlereagh Road Ballymacarret Belfast BT5 5FB
Received 25 Jun 2026Ground floor 90 Lisburn Road & 56 Elmwood Avenue, Belfast, BT9 6AG
Received 5 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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