City centre

We’re working hard to make Belfast city centre a great place to live, work, visit, study and invest.

Our city centre has experienced challenges in recent years, including: 

• the impact of Covid-19
• changing work habits
• the fire at Bank Buildings, and
• economic pressures.

These have all changed how we use and view the city centre.

Our city centre has the ability to unlock growth for Belfast, introducing new spaces to live, work and play.

Along with our partners in the Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), we support local businesses and enterprises. We work with statutory partners in areas where we don’t have the relevant powers, including roads and traffic management, because partnership is key to growing and developing our city.

You can read about what we’re doing to improve our city centre - from making sure it’s clean, green, safe and welcoming, to ensuring there’s plenty for you to see and do.

• Regeneration and investment plans for Belfast city centre
• Strategies and plans for specific areas
• Tackling dereliction and vacancy
• Improving connectivity through Active Travel
• Major projects in 2024
• Supporting vulnerable people
• Clean streets 
• Enhancing green spaces 
• What’s on in Belfast city centre
• Encouraging city centre living
• Selling Belfast to investors (link opens in new window)
• Help and support for city centre businesses
• Attracting visitors to Belfast