The go-ahead has been given to revised plans for Belfast's biggest and tallest hotel.

Planning permission had previously been granted for the conversion of the former Windsor House into the Grand Central Hotel, with 200 bedrooms plus serviced apartments and offices.

The revised plans will see the hotel expanding to 304 rooms.

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Councillor Johnston said: "The development of the Grand Central is very much a cornerstone of the regeneration of this part of the city centre in general and the Linen Quarter in particular. With the construction of two brand new hotels, in Brunswick Street and Hope Street already well underway, these developments, along with others for which we already have granted planning permission, are providing valuable jobs in our construction, tourism and hospitality industries, as well as meeting the needs of our expanding city centre, as laid out in the Belfast Agenda."

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