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Belfast City Council planning applications

Data as of 5 November 2026

Belfast City Council decided more than 1,500 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 7% of those it approved or refused, about the same as the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 126 days to decide one.

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Search by reference or address on Belfast City Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).

Recent major decisions

Figures for Belfast City Council

Decisions: the twelve months to 5 November 2026, from Belfast City Council’s published planning register. Appeals: decided from 6 November 2023 to 5 November 2026, from the appeal body’s casework.
Applications decided more than 1,500
Share refusedof those approved or refused 7%middle UK council 9%
Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date 126 daysmiddle UK council 55 days
Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings Not enough typed decisions
Appeals decidedin the last three years more than 100
Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits 49%about one in two
Officer reports and decision notices searchable back to 2019
Local Plan policies held more than 110plan adopted 2023

How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.