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Inn Belfast Hotel (former Wellington Park Hotel) & Botanic Inn 21-27 Malone Road & 6 Wellington Park, Belfast, BT9 6RU

LA04/2026/1495/DCAConservation Area ConsentPending Decision

Proposal

Demolition of the Inn Belfast Hotel (former Wellington Park Hotel) complex and the Botanic Inn public house, including their attached extensions and associated ancillary buildings and structures. The demolition works are required to facilitate the comprehensive redevelopment of the site for purpose-built managed student accommodation comprising 556 units, communal facilities, internal and external amenity spaces and associated site works.

Received
25 August 2026
  1. Received25 Aug
  2. Validated25 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided
14 weeks typical decision time in Belfast99% of conservation area consent applications approved

This is a planning application for demolition at Inn Belfast Hotel (former Wellington Park Hotel) & Botanic Inn 21-27 Malone Road & 6 Wellington Park, Belfast, BT9 6RU. Belfast has handled 154 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 112 days. It was submitted on 25 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 869 applications in total for the BT9 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
LA04/2026/1495/DCA
Address
Inn Belfast Hotel (former Wellington Park Hotel) & Botanic Inn 21-27 Malone Road & 6 Wellington Park, Belfast, BT9 6RU
Postcode
BT9 6RU
Local Authority
Belfast
Application Type
Conservation Area Consent
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
VALID

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address
5 Ballygowan Road Hillsborough BT26 6HX
Agent
Ryan Watt
Agent Address
Hamilton House, 3 Joy Street Belfast BT2 8LE

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
25 August 2026
Date Validated
25 August 2026
Date Submitted
25 August 2026

Planning Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
54.581320, -5.939083
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Belfast

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    25 Aug

    Demolition of the Inn Belfast Hotel (former Wellington Park Hotel) complex and the Botanic Inn public house…

    This applicationPendingConservation Area ConsentLA04/2026/1495/DCA
  2. 2026
    25 Aug

    Demolition of the existing hotel and public house and erection of a four to six-storey Purpose Built Managed…

    PendingListed building consentFiled alongsideLA04/2026/1539/LBC

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