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City Hall
City Hall is open but public tours are not available.
Community centres
Our community centres are open for bookings in line with current coronavirus (COVID-19) public health advice.
You can make a booking enquiry by emailing or calling each community centre directly.
Belfast Castle
Belfast Castle (link opens in new window) is open but the Cellar Restaurant is closed.
Malone House
Malone House (link opens in new window) is closed to the public.
Cecil Ward Building
Cecil Ward Building is closed including Consumer Advice Services, Belfast Planning Service and Bereavement Services Office, except on Monday and Friday for Ukraine Refugee Support.
Parks
Our ParkLife Saturday clubs are postponed.
Currently there are restrictions on marriage and civil partnership ceremonies.
We have allocated two rooms in City Hall to accommodate couples who are having ceremonies while still maintaining social distancing.
Some of our Environmental Health Services are suspended, but you can use our email addresses for any urgent queries. We will monitor these during office hours and deal with queries on a priority basis. We are unable to carry out visits to premises, unless it is an emergency, and will always consider the safety of staff and members of the public.
For Houses in Multiple Occupation, email nihmo@belfastcity.gov.uk
For other urgent queries including:
email envhealth@belfastcity.gov.uk. For emergencies outside normal working hours, call 078 5049 9622.
Pest control
Our pest control service is operating on a limited basis. The full pest control service will resume on Monday 30 May 2022. Read more about our pest control service
Building Control inspections, licences and permits
You can:
Planning Service
Find out more information about changes to waste services and what to do with coronavirus waste
Our recycling centres are open seven days a week.
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The Public Health Agency (PHA) is also continuing to provide a wide range of important information and guidance on its website (link opens in new window).
Businesses must review their risk assessments and put in place measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Read an example of a COVID-19 risk assessment (link opens in new window)
Our environmental health officers can investigate complaints about health and safety in:
We can inspect and enforce health and safety law in these premises. If you’re concerned about health and safety, including COVID-19 control measures in these premises, you should email envhealth@belfastcity.gov.uk.
If you’re concerned about unsafe work practices in workplaces such as manufacturing and construction, you should contact the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (link opens in new window).
We are working with community, voluntary and statutory providers in Belfast to make sure that our residents’ needs are supported throughout the pandemic.
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