A new community hub has been approved at a former Catholic girls' school in Ardoyne.
Belfast City Council’s Planning Committee has now fully granted permission for an application by the Flax and ABC Trust to transform the now derelict St Gemma's, closed in 2013, for a “community-led” mixed use regeneration scheme.
It involves the demolition of the existing school buildings off Oldpark Road, and the erection of a community hub with a revised design and layout, alongside a previously approved plan for three retail units, two retail service units, and 54 residential units in a mix of 30 houses and 24 apartments.
