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Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
237Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
97%Approval rate · 66 approved or refused records
2Refused applications

64 approved · 2 refused · 1 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Jun 2026 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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More application records

  1. DeterminedLA03/2026/0505/F

    Proposed installation of telephone kiosk on public footpath

    Public footpath approximately 81m south east of 1 Chestnut Hill, Shore Road, Newtownabbey, BT37 0SS

    Received 8 Jul 2026
  2. Consultation OpenLA03/2026/0481/F

    Erection of industrial unit to facilitate car body repair workshop

    Approx. 30m north of 650 Antrim Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 4RG

    Received 6 Jul 2026
  3. Consultation OpenLA03/2026/0600/A

    11 Shop signs

    SPAR, 197 Jordanstown Road, Newtownabbey, BT37 0LU

    Received 18 Aug 2026
  4. ValidLA03/2026/0623/DC

    Proposed office building, production building, plant room and car parking area (Discharge of Condition 2 from planning approval LA03/2021/0124/F regarding the submission of a final Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP)

    14 Crosshill Road, Crumlin, BT29 4BQ

    Received 1 Sept 2026
  5. ValidLA03/2026/0560/F

    Demolition of existing house and construction of a part single storey, part storey and a half replacement dwelling and associated site works, to be accessed off an existing shared lane.

    33 Carntall Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 5SQ

    Received 4 Aug 2026
  6. DeterminedLA03/2026/0601/O

    Dwelling and garage on a farm

    50M SW of 7 Ballynoe Lane, Antrim, BT41 2RA

    Received 19 Aug 2026
  7. Consultation OpenLA03/2026/0592/LBC

    Removal and alterations of existing roof lanterns

    Holywell Hospital, 60 Steeple Road, Antrim, BT41 2RJ

    Received 17 Aug 2026
  8. Consultation OpenLA03/2026/0527/F

    Extension and alterations to dwelling

    26 Kings Road, Newtownabbey, BT37 0DA

    Received 16 Jul 2026
  9. DeterminedLA03/2026/0492/A

    1 Digital Advertisement Unit

    Public Footpath approximately 20 metres north east of Abbey Trading Estate, Longwood Road, Newtownabbey, BT37 9UQ

    Received 8 Jul 2026
  10. DeterminedLA03/2026/0487/F

    Proposed change of use from existing offices, call centre and workshop to a health recovery facility with internal and external alterations.

    Unit 8, Antrim Business Park, 25 Randalstown Road, Enkalon Industrial Estate, Antrim, BT41 4LD

    Received 8 Jul 2026
  11. DeterminedLA03/2026/0437/DC

    6 No. Apartments (Renewal of previous planning approval LA03/2018/0026/F) (Discharge of condition 4 of planning approval LA03/2023/0570/F regarding the submission of a landscape management and maintenance plan)

    Lands opposite and 10m Northeast of 3 Main Street, Ballyclare, BT39 9AB

    Received 22 Jun 2026
  12. Decision PendingLA03/2026/0521/F

    Proposed installation of telephone kiosk on public footpath

    Lands approximately 35m south east of Steeple Nursery School, Antrim, BT41 1AF

    Received 14 Jul 2026
  13. ValidLA03/2026/0681/RM

    Infill dwelling and garage

    Lands between 180 and 182 Ballycorr Road, Ballyclare, BT39 9UG

    Received 18 Sept 2026
  14. DeterminedLA03/2026/0649/NMC

    Non-material change to planning approval LA03/2022/0812/F (Demolishment of existing former police station. Proposed residential development consisting of 3 apartment blocks with 20no. 1- and 2-bedroom apartments and associated car parking (Amended Plans)). Amendments to Building 3 as previously approved including amendments to window fenestration, reduction in footprint and massing, amendment to internal layout to meet lifetime homes standards, TCI Bands and DPI Standards

    Former PSNI Station, Ballynure Road, Ballyclare

    Received 7 Sept 2026
  15. Consultation OpenLA03/2026/0522/A

    1no digital advertisement unit

    Lands approximately 35m south east of Steeple Nursery School, Steeple Road, Antrim, BT41 1AF

    Received 14 Jul 2026
  16. DeterminedLA03/2026/0514/F

    Proposed installation of telephone kiosk on public footpath

    Public footpath approximately 45 metres south of St Comgalls PS, Oriel Road, Antrim, BT41 4JG

    Received 9 Jul 2026
  17. DeterminedLA03/2026/0582/DC

    Proposed replacement of existing garden centre with a single dwelling and removing all commercial buildings (Discharge of Condition 8 from approval LA03/2022/0700/F regarding submission of programme of archaeological work)

    24a Donegore Hill, Muckamore, BT41 2HW

    Received 13 Aug 2026
  18. Consultation OpenLA03/2026/0472/F

    Alterations and extension to dwelling.

    23 BALLYHILL LANE BALLYHILL UPPER CRUMLIN BT29 4YP

    Received 2 Jul 2026
  19. Consultation OpenLA03/2026/0577/F

    Replacement bungalow with integral garage

    41 Ballynadrentagh Road, Aldergrove, Crumlin, BT29 4AR

    Received 12 Aug 2026
  20. Consultation OpenLA03/2026/0714/DC

    Reinstatement of slipway, piling works to embankment and new path (Discharge Condition 2 from planning approval LA03/2025/0404/F regarding the submission of a Programme of Archaeological Work (POW)).

    Toome Lock 5, approximately 20m NW of 10 Railway Road, Toome, BT41 3TE

    Received 5 Oct 2026
  21. Consultation OpenLA03/2026/0634/O

    Dwelling and garage on a farm.

    Lands approximately 115m northwest of No. 51A Ballymena Road, Doagh, Ballyclare, BT39 0QR

    Received 3 Sept 2026
  22. Consultation OpenLA03/2026/0501/F

    Proposed installation of telephone kiosk on an area of hardstanding

    Lands approximately 28 metres south east of 1 Crescent Corner, Carnmoney Road North, Newtownabbey, BT36 5PB

    Received 8 Jul 2026
  23. ValidLA03/2026/0679/F

    Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of 4no detached dwellings

    111 Templepatrick Road, Ballyclare, BT39 9RQ

    Received 18 Sept 2026
  24. DeterminedLA03/2026/0489/F

    Proposed installation of telephone kiosk on public footpath

    Public Footpath at the Shore Road entrance to Glas na Braden Glen approximately 20 metres west of 12 Merville Mews, Newtownabbey, BT37 9SP

    Received 8 Jul 2026

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