Retail Projects


14-storey Building at Junction of Great Victoria Street and Amelia Street, Belfast


MBA won an appeal for the redevelopment of the Brennan’s Bar site involving a replacement public house and bookmakers shop with offices above. The key issues were scale and massing of the 14-storey building and impact on the Crown Bar, one of Belfast’s most famous listed buildings.

19-storey Building at Pilot Street, Belfast


We obtained consent for a 19-storey building in North Belfast comprising 124 apartments and 2 restaurants and bars. The key planning issues were scale and massing, car parking and impact on the setting of Belfast City Centre and a number of listed buildings.

12-storey Building at Nelson Street, Belfast


MBA secured consent for a 12-storey building at Nelson Street comprising 238 apartments. The key issues were loss of social housing land, design, scale and massing.