Belfast Council has voted to refuse an application to build what would have been Northern Ireland’s largest student accommodation block, after protest from local North Belfast residents.
At the Belfast City Council meeting of its Planning Committee this week, a proposal to reject a council officer’s recommendation to approve a 795 unit building was successful, but without unanimous backing from the chamber.
The proposed development site, at lands bounded by Library Street, Stephen Street, Little Donegall Street and Union Street, in the Carrick Hill area, currently comprises a vacant brownfield site used for car parking behind Belfast Central Library.
