Northern Ireland

Councils across Northern Ireland are urging the Executive to provide more financial support to help high streets, hospitality organisations and the cultural sector to get back to business. 

Belfast City Council has given consent for a major city centre scheme involving proposals to redevelop the former El Divino Nightclub site, next to the River Lagan, with 154 flats and a ground-floor retail unit.

Housing developer the Braidwater Group has submitted one of the largest residential-led planning applications ever considered by Belfast City Council, with proposals for a new sustainable urban village on the western outskirts of the capital.

A £700 million investment package settled on this week by the Northern Ireland Executive will target infrastructure, regeneration and tourism projects across the province.