Recent Planning Applications and Business Development Proposals – Belfast City Centre
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Recent Planning Applications and Business Development Proposals – Belfast City Centre A-Z by street Location Proposal Image Abercorn Basin Use: Residential Concept Titanic Quarter Units: 253 Abercorn The Abercorn Tower was proposed on land to the north of Tower Abercorn Basin as part of the Titanic Quarter masterplan. The masterplan proposes a building of up to 30-storeys comprising approximately 253no. apartments. Planning Status: Approved Project Status Proposed Academy Use: Residential Concept Street Units: 90 81-87 81-87 Academy Street & 2-6 Exchange Street comprises a surface carpark and a former warehouse building built in Planning the 1950s and refurbished in 1991 by Lyons Architects to Status: form a showroom and office space. Approved Lacuna Academy Street Ltd submitted a planning Project Status: application in December 2017 proposing to develop a 19 Proposed storey residential building comprising 105 units (42no. one bed and 63no. two bed) and ground floor café unit. Start Date: 2019 An amended proposal was submitted in August 2018 proposing a 16 storey residential building comprising 90 Completion: units (30no.one bed and 60no. two bed) and ground floor 2021 café unit. The amended proposal also involves public realm improvements to the surrounding streets. The ‘build to rent’ scheme is designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and it is expected that Five Nine Living will manage the building. Manson Architects have been appointed to this project by Lacuna Academy Street Ltd and Watkin Jones Group. The application was recommended approval by Belfast Planning Committee in October 2018 and April 2019. Page 1 of 33 Airport Road Use: Other West A proposed c£15m cruise ship facility at lands known as Cruise Ship D3, Airport Road West, Belfast. Terminal Belfast Harbour submitted a planning application in March 2016 proposing a “multi-purpose facility for berthing of Planning cruise ships, and for lay-by and transient storage of project Status: cargo, break bulk and dry bulk during cruise ship off Approved season”. The development comprises the construction of a 340m long quay with mooring dolphins and associated Project Status: dredging. An access road from Airport Road West will serve Proposed a modular terminal building and parking for coaches, taxis and visitor cars. Start Date: 2019 Construction was proposed to commence September 2016 and complete by April 2017, however the planning Completion: application was not approved until March 2019. 2020 Construction is now expected to commence during 2019. Albert Square Use: Office Concept 1-5 Three-storey building originally built as two separate buildings. Planning Status: Stargime acquired Graham House in December 2015 and Approved propose to redevelop the site to provide up to 80,000 ft2 of grade A office accommodation. Project Status: Proposed Stargime submitted a planning application in July 2017 proposing to develop an 11no. storey office building with a ground floor restaurant/cafe unit. The application was recommended approval at the August 2018 Planning Committee. Amelia Street Use: Office 2 A five storey red brick building; designed as a four storey Blackstaff linen warehouse by W.J. Barre for Watson Valentine & Co. Chambers Ltd and built 1864-1865. The current modern fifth floor was reportedly designed by Coogan & Co. Architects in 1990. Planning Hastings Hotel Group submitted a planning application in Status: February 2019 proposing to refurbish the building for office Approved use. The application was approved in August 2019. Project Status: Lambert Smith Hampton placed the building on the market Proposed in November 2019 with offers invited in the region of £2milliom. Ann Street Use: Residential 24 Additional Uses: Retail Units: 6 Planning A four storey building built during the 1970s and recently Status: known as Lesley Court. The ground floor retail unit is let to Pending Decision L’Occitane. Scotco NI Ltd submitted a planning application Project Status: (LA04/2018/1546/F) in June 2018 proposing to convert the Proposed vacant upper floors to 6no. apartments, including elevation changes. Page 2 of 33 Bedford Street Use: Office Concept 17 Additional Uses: Retail Bedford Square Bedford Square phase 2 is a proposed 213,000ft2 office Phase 2 development designed by Todd Architects for McAleer & Rushe. The scheme comprises refurbishment and extension of the listed Ewarts warehouse building for office Planning accommodation. A two storey link bridge will connect to a Status: new-build 17 storey building comprising basement car Approved parking, ground floor retail and office accommodation above. Project Status: Construction The revised proposals comprise refurbishment and extension of the Ewarts Warehouse Building to provide Start Date: office accommodation. The building’s elevation to Bedford Sep 2018 Street and Franklin Street will be retained along with the domed corner tower, floor structures, internal cast iron Completion: columns and feature staircase. A four storey extension is 2021 proposed with a two storey bridge link to a proposed new- build office building adjacent. The new building comprises basement car parking, ground floor retail space and 16no. office floors above. The revised proposal was approved in April 2017. Remedial works within the existing listed building commenced during autumn 2018 in advance of the main underpinning / piling works. Deloitte announced in January 2019 that it has selected Bedford Square as the location of its new head office in Belfast. The firm will occupy 100,000ft2 on completion in 2021. Bedford Street Use: Hotel 29-33 Additional Uses: Office, Cafe A terrace of red brick warehouses built in the 1870s at 29 – Planning 33 Bedford Street. The terrace comprises approximately Status: 13,300ft2 across four storeys. Pre-Application Colliers placed the 0.34 acres site (comprising the terrace Project Status: and car parking to the rear) on the market during summer Proposed 2017 with offers invited in excess of £2m. The site sold in October 2017 for an undisclosed sum. A public information event took place in June 2018 for proposals to convert the existing four storey terrace to office accommodation and develop a new office building on land to the rear (c.80,000ft2). A public information event is took place for proposals to convert the existing four storey terrace to offices use with a cafe at ground floor and construction of a new apart-hotel building to the rear. Further information can be obtained from Clyde Shanks Planning. Berry Street Use: Office Concept 22-24 Additional Uses: Retail 22-24 Berry Street is located adjacent to CastleCourt. The Planning three-storey building was sold in 2015. An outline planning Status: application submitted in 2015 proposed demolition of the Approved existing building and development of a residential building with a ground floor retail unit. Project Status: Proposed A planning application submitted in August 2016 proposes to demolish the existing building and develop a 7-storey office building with ground floor retail unit. This application was approved in June 2017. CPS Property placed the building on the market in May 2018 with a sale price of £250,000 advertised. Page 3 of 33 Bradbury Place Use: Student Accommodation 30-44 Additional Uses: Retail Units: 156 Planning Rojem Properties Belfast Ltd and Rapport Architects Status: submitted a revised planning application in December 2017 Pending Decision proposing to develop a 6 – 8 storey purpose-built managed student accommodation building comprising 112no. en- Project Status: suite cluster bedrooms and 73no. studios over a ground Proposed floor reception, retail unit, car parking and cycle storage. The application was amended in December 2018 to reduce the height of the building to 5 storeys at Bradbury Place and 6 storeys at Albion Lane. The revised scheme proposes 100no. en-suite cluster bedrooms and 56no. studios (156 total) over ground floor retail. Bruce Street Use: Office 17-21 A four storey red brick former warehouse building designed by James Hanna. The site was previously occupied by Planning residential properties built during the 1870s and Status: demolished c.1906. Approved Andras House and Philip Rodgers Design submitted a Project Status: planning application in August 2018 proposing to change Proposed the use of the vacant building from retail to office use. The application was approved in December 2018. Start Date: 2020 Andras House and Philip Rodgers Design submitted a planning application in October 2019 proposing to re- Completion: instate windows to rear and side elevations and add two 2020 metal canopies to entrance doors. Brunswick Use: Residential Concept Street Additional Uses: Retail 5-7 Units: 96 The Brunswick The Brunswick is a proposed 12 storey residential building comprising 96no. apartments over a ground floor retail unit. Designed by RPP Architects for Killultagh Estates. Planning The site was previously occupied by Brunswick House; an Status: eight-storey building acquired by Killultagh Properties in Pre-Application March 1998 from the Trustees of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. Project Status: Proposed Killultagh Estates and RPP Architects submitted a planning application in June 2015 proposing to demolish the existing Start Date: building and develop a 9-storey office building with ground 2018 floor retail unit. The application was approved in August 2017. Completion: 2020 The adjacent building, Frances House, was acquired by Killultagh Estates in August 2017. Demolition of Brunswick House commenced