17/08/2016

Plans Approved To Develop Boutique Hotel In Belfast

Plans to develop a 'boutique travel hotel' in Belfast city centre's Bank Square have been approved.

Belfast City Council's Planning Committiee gave the go-ahead for a four-storey hotel with 17 bedrooms and a ground floor restaurant to be built beside the Mourne Seafood Bar and Kelly's Cellars.

Permission was also granted for a four storey extension to the Holiday Inn Express hotel on University Street to provide 60 new bedrooms.

Chair of the Planning Committee, Councillor Peter Johnston, said: "We are pleased to see Belfast's tourism infrastructure being further boosted by these two developments as our city's popularity as a visitor destination continues to grow."

(CD)

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