Planning

Your views on our Draft Planning Application Validation Checklist

The Planning Application Validation Checklist will set out the information, plans or evidence which must be submitted with your planning application from April 2025. We are asking for your views on our Draft Planning Application Validation Checklist. The survey closes on Monday 10 February 2025.

Complete the survey

Planning Portal for Northern Ireland

On the Planning Portal you can submit and pay for all planning applications, view, comment on and track live planning applications online and report breaches of planning control online.

Current planning applications

Planning service

Belfast Planning Service is responsible for delivering planning functions in Belfast.

Applying for planning permission

Information about how to make a planning application in Belfast and the information required, how we make planning decisions, planning fees and forms and details about VU.CITY.

Building Control

Information about building control regulations, improvements and dangerous structures in Belfast.

Local Development Plan

We are responsible for developing a Local Development Plan for Belfast to create a clear vision of how the council area should develop.

Development plan and policy

This section covers development plan and policy including the Local Development Plan, Regional Planning Policy, Supplementary Planning Guidance and Monitoring.

Planning enforcement

We are responsible for investigating breaches of planning controls. You can make a complaint about a breach of planning control using the Planning Portal.

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