A New Sports Centre at St Mary’s Christian Brother’s Grammar School
Investing in the Future of St Mary’s
Welcome to our public consultation website for the proposed development of a new Sports Centre at St Mary’s CBGS, Glen Road, Belfast.
Investing in the Future of St Mary’s CBGS
St Mary’s CBGS is bringing forward proposals for a purpose-built Sports Centre that would provide modern facilities for physical education, sport, and wellbeing activities.
The proposed Sports Centre would be constructed on part of the existing all-weather playing field, adjacent to the Edmund Rice Building, within the school grounds.
The proposed Sports Centre forms part of the school’s long-term masterplan to improve facilities for its over 1,100 pupils and staff.
About the School
Founded in 1866, St Mary’s Christian Brothers Grammar School is a voluntary grammar school that currently educates over 1,100 boys. It relocated to its current site on Glen Road in 1968 and has since grown to meet the needs of the local community. The school is committed to continual improvement of its facilities, with the proposed Sports Centre representing the next major step in that journey.
About the Consultation Team
The applicant is supported by a consultancy team which includes Turley, the Planning and Communication Consultants, and Knox Clayton acting as the project architects.
Pre-application Community Consultation
We are currently undertaking pre-application community consultation to hear your views on the proposals. During this period, we will be running a range of in-person, digital and remote consultation mechanisms, to ensure we accurately capture the views of those living near to the proposed development.
Site location (in red) in context with the wider school grounds (in blue). Click to enlarge.
Explore our proposals
If you would like to order a printed hard copy of our proposals, please call us on our Freephone hotline 0808 1688 296. We can also share a proposal pack via email. To order one, simply send an email requesting a digital information pack to contact@stmaryscbgsconsultation.com
Give us a call
If you would like a member of the team to explain our proposals over the phone, you can call our Freephone consultation hotline on 0808 1688 296. A member of the team will call you back and will be able to answer any questions you have about the development.
Chat to our Team
You can use the live chat function on this website to talk to a member of the project team who will be available Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm to respond to your queries.
Join our public information event
We will be hosting a public information event at St. Marys Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, 147a Glen Road, BT11 8NR, from 3-7pm on Thursday 7th August 2025.
Members of the project team will be on hand to listen to your comments and answer your questions.
Download a Consultation Pack
Next Steps
This pre-application community consultation has been developed to meaningfully engage with pupils, parents, staff, local residents, and all interested parties as part of the Pre-Application Community Consultation (PACC) process.
Following the completion of the consultation period, all feedback received will be carefully reviewed and considered. The design team may make refinements to the proposals in response to the comments received.
A full planning application for the proposed Sports Centre will then be submitted to Belfast City Council. The application will be accompanied by a Pre-Application Community Consultation Report summarising all feedback and how it has informed the proposals.
The Council will consider the application in full before making a decision. Subject to planning approval, it is anticipated that work on the new Sports Centre will commence at pace.
