Belfast Stories Public Consultation 2024

Belfast Stories

In 2030, Belfast Stories will open in Belfast city centre on the 5,000 square metre site where North Street and Royal Avenue meet including the Art Deco former Bank of Ireland buildings.

Belfast Stories brings together three threads as one – a public space, visitor attraction and creative hub.

• A public space – a place for everyone to gather, helping us to express our unique identities and share them with others.
• A visitor attraction which clearly communicates the spirit of the city - its past, its present and its future.
• A creative hub where writers, musicians, artists and film makers can meet to create and collaborate.

The landmark development was announced in December 2021 and is the flagship project in the tourism and regeneration strand of the Belfast Region City Deal programme of investment.

As part of this public consultation, members of the public are being asked to share their views on the concept designs and provide feedback on what Belfast Stories could mean for them.

Public consultation

At the end of 2022 we asked you what you thought about our early plans before any design work started. Details from that public consultation are available here.

Since then, we’ve appointed our design teams – and now we want to hear your views on these early concept designs and discuss how we’ve taken your previous feedback on board.

The aims of this consultation are to:

• continue to promote the project, raise awareness and gain buy-in.
• make sure that Belfast Stories is for everyone - including completion of an equality impact assessment (EQIA) and a rural needs impact assessment (RNIA).
• gain feedback on current design thinking and plans, so what we hear and learn can inform the next phase of the project.

As well as this online consultation hub we will also be facilitating a series of events and activities throughout the consultation. These events and activities are open to all and have been designed to ensure that we gather as many different perspectives as possible. Details of these events are available on this page and also on our social media.

A consultation document outlining full details is available here.

You can feedback on the Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) and the Rural Needs Impact Assessment (RNIA).

You can also ask for a printed copy of the survey or document, and we will try to make it available in other formats or languages if you require them. To discuss this, please get in touch.