Apollo Road development gets planning permission at Belfast City Council
A new leisure development has been approved at a site off the Boucher Road in South Belfast.
Permission has been granted by the Belfast City Council Planning Committee to an application for change of use from office space and storage at Adelaide Business Centre, 2-6 Apollo Road, Belfast, BT12.
It will be developed into a leisure complex with bowling alleys, a restaurant, an indoor golf course, a children’s soft play area, a VR zone, amusements and on-site parking. The applicant is Paddy Simpson, the Barley Fields, Derry.
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At the August meeting of the Planning Council at City Hall, held on Tuesday (August 12), elected representatives unanimously approved the application.
The site is currently occupied by a large single storey warehouse building comprising a mix of offices and storage and distribution uses. The proposal will reconfigure the existing car park to provide 187 spaces, including 12 disabled spaces, which will surround the building.
Council planning officers recommended the application for approval. There were no objections from any of the statutory consultees, except for Northern Ireland Water, who recommended refusal due to sewage network capacity issues. There were no third party representations.
The council planning officer wrote in a report on the application: “It has been demonstrated there is no sequentially preferable site to accommodate the proposal, and the use proposed will support the day and night time offering within the city for visitors.
“The proposal involves alterations to the existing elevations, which will reflect the proposed use, and are in keeping with the surrounding context of the area. Sufficient parking has been provided and the Department for Infrastructure Roads Division at Stormont have no objections.”
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