A vacant pub in North Belfast will be demolished to make way for social housing.
Belfast councillors approved the plan to erect seven red brick terraced houses at the site of the Sportsman, which partially sits on the corner site on the junction at 475-487 Crumlin Road and Brompton Park, at Ardoyne. The application is from Oakland Homes.
The neighbouring bookmakers will be retained. The site previously received planning approval for a new building with 16 apartments above a new pub and bookies in 2016, but the permission period for building ran out early last year.
