Greggs

Planning approval was obtained to change the use of the ground and first floor of an existing retail unit in Belfast City Centre for use as a café by Greggs. Consent was also obtained for Greggs to display their advertising on the subject premises.

Issues Encountered

• Listed Building status
• Conservation Area

Our Involvement

We prepared three planning applications to obtain the necessary, separate permissions required to allow Greggs to trade from the subject premises; a change of use, listed building consent and advertising consent. This included a detailed policy assessment and Design and Access Statement to address the various planning policy issues. We also arranged political support of the proposal through a process of lobbying relevant Councillors. The applications were subsequently approved in June 2016.