We detected 9 new independent hospitality venues opening in Belfast from public planning and licensing registers, while they are still fitting out. Suppliers who sell to new venues reach them here first, months before the doors open.
Each row is a real opening detected from public registers. Addresses are redacted here; subscribers get them in full, with the applicant and the stage. The register reference links to the council’s own public record so every row can be checked.
| Lead time | What is opening | Location | Register ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 months ahead | New hot food takeaway | •• University Street, Belfast, BT7 ••• | LA04/2026/0813/F 1 May 2026 |
| 5.2 months ahead | New hot food takeaway (change of use from ground and first floor coffee shop) | •• Castle Place, Belfast, BT1 ••• | LA04/2026/0488/F 13 Mar 2026 |
| 3.3 months ahead | New pub / bar | •• Chichester Street, Belfast, BT1 ••• | LA04/2026/0319/F 20 Feb 2026 |
| opening soon | New café (change of use from coffee shop) | Ground floor •• Lisburn Road & •• Elmwood Avenue, Belfast, BT9 ••• | LA04/2026/1232/F 5 Jul 2026 |
| opening soon | New restaurant (change of use from offices on ground floor) | •• Lanyon Place, Belfast, BT1 ••• | LA04/2026/1140/F 22 Jun 2026 |
| opening soon | New pub / bar | •• Fountain Street, Belfast, BT1 ••• | LA04/2026/0472/F 9 Mar 2026 |
| opening soon | New restaurant (change of use from retail units) | Units 26 to 28 (levels 01 to 03) Ann Street, within Victoria Square Complex, at •• Victoria Square, Belfast, County Antrim, BT1 ••• | LA04/2026/0281/F 11 Feb 2026 |
| opening soon | New restaurant | Imperial House, •• Donegall Square East, Belfast, BT1 ••• | LA04/2026/0166/F 2 Feb 2026 |
| opening soon | New pub / bar | •• Castle Street, Belfast, BT1 ••• | LA04/2026/1490/F 24 Aug 2026 |
Validated against the Food Standards Agency register. Detected from Idox / planning-register data for Belfast.
One email when a new hospitality venue is detected in Belfast. No account, no card. If you supply new venues, this is the earliest you will ever hear.
One supplier per category, per region. When your category in Belfast is taken, it closes.
Claim your category →Public UK planning and premises-licensing registers for Belfast. We detect the genuine new independent openings inside the noise and hand them to you clean, weeks or months before anyone else notices.
On the openings we have confirmed against the Food Standards Agency register, the gap from filing to trading has been one to seven months, typically three to five. Enough time to quote and win the account first.
Suppliers to new hospitality venues in Belfast: EPOS, insurance, food and drink wholesale, kitchen and extraction fit-out, drinks, signage, waste and hygiene.