9 apartments at TSL House, 38A Bachelors Walk, Lisburn
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by Lisburn And Castlereagh Planning Committee on 11 May 2026.
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
What was proposed
The application sought change of use of nine vacant office units to nine residential apartments, with parking, amenity space and a bin store.
“LA05/2024/0566/F – Change of use of nine vacant commercial office units to nine residential apartments with associated parking amendments, amenity space, bin store and boundary treatment at TSL House, 38A Bachelors Walk, Lisburn (Cont’d)”
Minutes
Concerns over tenure and behaviour
Members raised concerns about anti-social behaviour and queried whether the scheme was entirely social housing, and were told it was mixed tenure.
“Councillor D J Craig advised that while the application met all relevant policies, he had concerns about anti-social behaviour at social housing developments in the city centre. Councillor Craig recognised that this concern fell outside of the remit of the Planning Committee and advised that he would support the Officers recommendation; • Councillor P Catney queried whether the development was entirely for social housing.”
Minutes
The committee approved unanimously
The committee unanimously adopted the officer's recommendation to approve, subject to conditions and an informative on reduced parking.
“Having considered the information provided within the report of the Planning Officer, the Committee agreed unanimously to adopt the recommendation to approve subject to conditions and an informative highlighting to any prospective occupant that there will be restrictions to the available parking.”
Minutes
Sources
- Lisburn And Castlereagh Planning Committee minutes, 11 May 2026
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of Lisburn And Castlereagh's committee minutes. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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- Council
- Lisburn And Castlereagh
- Date
- Monday 11 May 2026
- Recommendation
- Officers recommended approval
- Committee decided
- Approved
- Vote
- Unanimous
- Minutes
- The council's minutes
- Meeting
- Agenda and papers (council website)
- Application
- The application (council website)
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This committee's year
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