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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Northern Ireland · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
64 approved · 2 refused · 1 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Former Monkstown Orange Hall, 70 NE of 29 Knockagh Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 5BW
Received 3 Sept 202630 Carnbeg Dale, Antrim, BT41 4RE
Received 28 Aug 2026Lands bound by Stiles Way and Birch Hill Road, including No. 2 Birch Hill Road, Antrim, BT41 2QH
Received 10 Jul 2026Site 60m East of 31 Moyra Road, Doagh, Ballyclare, BT39 0SQ
Received 9 Jul 2026Approx. 30M North of 31A Craigmore Road, Randalstown. BT41 3HD
Received 27 Jul 2026Toome Lock, 5 approx. 20m NW of 10 Railway Road, Antrim, BT41 3TE
Received 6 Oct 2026Lands approximately 30m east of No. 51 Trenchill Road, Ballyclare, BT39 9JJ
Received 1 Jul 2026Public footpath approximately 37 metres north west of 576 Antrim Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 4RF
Received 8 Jul 2026Lands within the southwest portion of the former Craighill Quarry, east of Ballyeaston Road and south of Craighill Park, Ballyclare.
Received 4 Sept 2026Lands at 285-291 Shore Road, Newtownabbey
Received 27 Aug 2026Public Footpath approximately 39 metres north west of 2 West Crescent, Newtownabbey, BT37 9DT
Received 8 Jul 202690m NE of 50 Ballylagan Road, Ballyclare, BT39 9QR
Received 23 Jun 2026Public footpath approximately 26 metres north east of 57 Ballynure Road, Ballyclare, BT39 9AG
Received 8 Jul 202612 Whappstown Road, Moorfields, Ballymena, BT42 3NX
Received 24 Sept 2026Lands approx. 50m NE of no. 5 Junction Road, approx. 60m NW of 36 Milltown Road and approx. 70m SE of No. 7b Junction Road, Milltown, Antrim.
Received 17 Jul 2026Lands 50M to the North West of No.29 Orkney Street, Antrim, BT41 2TQ (sites 341 & 342)
Received 2 Oct 2026Site approx. 50m NE of 7 Lower Size Hill Road, Ballyclare, BT39 9RP
Received 7 Aug 2026McDonald’s Restaurants Ltd, 5 Longwood Road, Newtownabbey, BT37 9UL
Received 22 Jul 2026Bolan Investments Ltd, Glenwell House, 10-12 Glenwell Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 7RF
Received 22 Sept 202630 Aylesbury Rise, Newtownabbey, BT36 7ZA
Received 24 Aug 2026Translink Newtownabbey Bus Depot, Monkstown Avenue, Monkstown Industrial Estate, Newtownabbey
Received 21 Jul 2026Carnmoney Primary School, 275 Carnmoney Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 6JS
Received 25 Jun 2026735 - 739 Shore Road, Jordanstown, Newtownabbey, BT37 0PY
Received 25 Jun 202612 Oriel Court, Antrim, BT41 4JT
Received 29 Sept 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Northern Ireland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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