The Council is exploring ways of changing waste collection to improve the level of recycling and the quality of materials collected at the kerbside.
This consultation is an opportunity to give your views on the options being considered.
The survey should take around 15...More
We’re developing a Masterplan for the Inner North West area of the city centre. Our aim is to guide the future development of the Inner North West area.
We already consulted on the masterplan and received some interesting, positive and useful feedback. Partly because of this...More
In May 2012 Belfast was the first city in Northern Ireland to join the World Health Organisation Global Network of Age-friendly Cities and Communities.
In 2017 we came to the end of our first age-friendly plan and began the process of assessing our acheivements, identifying...More
Redevelopment proposals for Springfield Dam and Park
We have developed new proposals for the Springfield Dam and Springfield Park – connecting both to form one large park - and would like to hear your views.
What do we hope to achieve?
We want to create a...More
Belfast City Council is planning to erect a permanent memorial at Plot Z1, also known as the 'Baby Public' plot in the City Cemetery. The memorial will be in memory of up to 8,000 bodies buried on site, many of whom are stillborn babies or those who died shortly after birth.
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This survey is our first step in understanding the needs of our customers and residents when dealing with, or contacting, Belfast City Council.
During the coming year, we will develop a new customer focus strategy with the aim of delivering improved services to you. We want to...More
You are being asked to complete this survey as you benefited from funding provided under the Belfast City Council’s District Council Good Relations Programme (DCGRP) in 2017-2018. The Good Relations Unit delivers its work through this programme each year. The purpose of the survey is to find out...More
Building Control will be carrying out this survey of former Licensee Forum Attendees to seek permission to continue to contact them after 25th May 2018. More
Under the Local Government Act (NI) 2014, councils in Northern Ireland are required, every year, to set one or more improvement objectives and to ensure arrangements are in place to deliver those objectives. This is referred to as our “Duty to Improve”.
As part of this duty, we must...More
We have developed a Masterplan to guide the future development of the Inner North West area of Belfast city centre, and we would like to hear the views of the public on our proposals.
The area covers 42.4 acres and is located in the city centre.
The masterplan looks at the...More
We’ve developed a strategy for an area east of the River Lagan described as the East Bank. Our aim is to inform planning and investment decisions that will impact the long-term development of this area.
We’ve already consulted on the strategy and received some interesting, positive and...More
We’re consulting on a proposal to designate Belfast as a ‘holiday resort’ under Article 6 of the Shops (Sunday Trading &c.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.
This would allow large shops to extend their Sunday trading hours on up to 18 Sundays in any calendar year between 1 March and 30...More
The Northern Fringe is considered as the significant last phase of the Gasworks site, having previously been safeguarded for a now abandoned road proposal. It is hoped that the proposed Masterplan will allow for the completion of the Gasworks site providing meaningful social, economic and...More
Our £105 million Leisure Transformation Programme is our 10-year investment into improving our leisure centres, programmes and services. This is a unique opportunity to improve the health and wellbeing of our city, by delivering a quality service that meets the needs of our communities.
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As part of our £105 million Leisure Transformation Programme, Templemore Baths will benefit from a £17 million investment. We've been awarded £5 million funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards this project to restore the building to its former glory and extend to provide new facilities....More
The European Capital of Culture Bid is about you, about us, about everyone in the region. We want to create a bid which truly reflects the lives of all citizens living in this place.
Help us make this everyone’s bid and tell us a yarn by answering the five questions in our survey:
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We’ve developed a strategy for an area east of the River Lagan described as the East Bank, and we’d like to hear your views on our proposals. Our aim is to inform planning and investment decisions that will impact the long-term development of this area.
The area comprises 43 acres...More
We’re working to develop a new park and playground located between Old Golf Course Road and Upper Dunmurry Lane. Through this investment we hope to create an attractive area of open community space which families and children can enjoy.
In December 2016 we asked local people for their...More
Belfast aims to be a welcoming and inclusive city for all. To help achieve this aim and to meet other best practice guidance and legal requirements, we want to develop and implement a linguistic diversity policy.
Our draft Linguistic Diversity Policy outlines our approach to promoting...More
In partnership with the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) Belfast City Council are planning to deliver a project designed to enhance the existing heritage in City Cemetery and people’s ability to access and enjoy it. As part of this project we are proposing to develop a new visitor/education centre,...More
We take our responsibilty for heritage protection seriously and are keen to protect the rich and varied built heritage of the Malone Park Conservation Area. We're concerned that the character may be eroded by alterations, individually and cumulatively, even if they are small in scale, by...More
We take our responsibilty for heritage protection seriously and are keen to protect the rich and varied built heritage of the Adelaide Park Conservation Area. We're concerned that the character may be eroded by alterations, individually and cumulatively, even if they are small in scale, by...More
The Age-friendly Belfast vision is that Belfast will be a city where older people live life to the fullest.
In 2013, Belfast was the first city in Northern Ireland to join the World Health Organisation's Global Network of Age-friendly Cities. An Age-friendly city is defined as an...More
Belfast City Council is conducting market research on its award-winning St George’s Market, and we’d like to hear from you.
Whether you go every week, you’ve only visited it once or you’ve never been before, we want to hear your views. The survey will take no more than ten minutes of...More
Plot Z1 in City Cemetery is the resting place of almost 8,000 people, the vast majority of them babies. There are multiple burials in each grave, mainly from the period 1945–96.
While records show that the plot was also used for adult burials, it was primarily used for the burial of babies...More
We’re consulting on a proposal to designate Belfast as a ‘holiday resort’ under Article 6 of the Shops (Sunday Trading &c.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.
This would allow large shops to extend their Sunday trading hours on up to 18 Sundays in any calendar year between 1 March and 30...More
We’re developing the new Local Development Plan (LDP) which is the land use plan for Belfast up to 2035. The Plan will guide investment and set out policies and proposals for the use, development and protection of land across the city. Once adopted the plan will be used to determine...More
We're developing the Draft Local Development Plan (LDP) which is the land use plan for Belfast up to 2035. The plan will guide investment and set out policies and proposals for the use, development and protection of land across the city. Once adopted, the plan will be used to...More
The Belfast Agenda is Belfast’s first community plan. This high level plan sets out a new shared vision and bold ambitions for Belfast‘s future. It describes the quality of life outcomes we want for all residents and outlines the priorities we need to be focusing on over the next four years...More
We're developing the Draft Local Development Plan (LDP) which is the land use plan for Belfast up to 2035. The plan will guide investment and set out policies and proposals for the use, development and protection of land across the city. Once adopted, the plan will be used to...More