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

LA04/2026/1538/FFullPending Decision

Proposal

Demolition of the existing hotel and public house and erection of a four to six-storey Purpose Built Managed Student Accommodation (PBMSA), with additional use of the accommodation outside term time, comprising 556 no. units, ground-floor retail units, communal facilities, internal and external communal amenity space and ancillary accommodation

Received
28 September 2026
  1. Received28 Sep
  2. Validated28 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided
14 weeks typical decision time in Belfast97% of full applications approved

This is a full 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 4,324 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 111 days. It was submitted on 28 September 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
LA04/2026/1538/F
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
Full
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
CONSULTATION(S) ISSUED

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
28 September 2026
Date Submitted
28 September 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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