City Quays 5 development to include restaurant with terrace

Plans for a 10-storey Grade A office building, to include a restaurant with a terrace, within the £275million City Quays regeneration area in Belfast Harbour are set for approval.

City Quays 5 is being brought forward by Belfast Harbour for a site located to the rear of the multi-storey car park next to the M3 motorway. The listed Belfast Harbour Office is located opposite the site which is currently in use as a surface level car park.

Alongside Grade A offices there will be space for retail, restaurant, community and cultural uses at ground floor and a seventh floor licenced restaurant with external terrace.

and would be of a high-quality design and is targeting BREEAM Outstanding.

Belfast City Council’s senior urban design officer offered no objection to the proposal which is supported by “generous levels of open space and would have very good access to City Quays Gardens”.

There were no objections from consultees other than from NI Water which has concerns about insufficient waste-water capacity

Turley is acting as planning consultant.

“The proposed building would be supported by generous levels of open space and would have very good access to City Quays Gardens, an area of new open space being constructed opposite the site to the north,” a report from Belfast City Council planners said.

“Having regard to the development plan and material considerations, it is recommended that planning permission is granted subject to conditions and a Section 76 planning agreement.”

The harbour previously said the investment programme in “port infrastructure and real estate projects is delivering Belfast Harbour’s vision to be an economic hub for the region, a world leading regional port, upholding the highest environmental standards and adopting innovative Smart technology and digital infrastructure”.