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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64 approved · 2 refused · 1 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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130m East of 57 Lylehill Road, Templepatrick, Ballyclare, BT39 0ES
Received 2 Jul 2026Ballyclare Bus station Park & Ride, 10A Mill Road, Ballyclare, BT39 9DR
Received 17 Jun 202640m NE of 25 Oldwood Road, Randalstown, Antrim, BT41 2NB
Received 30 Sept 2026Public footpath approximately 45 metres south of St Comgalls PS, Oriel Road, Antrim, BT41 4JG
Received 9 Jul 2026Lands approx. 40m west of 78 Nutts Corner Road, Crumlin, BT29 4SJ
Received 3 Jul 2026Approx 70m northeast of 21 Glebe Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 6UW
Received 20 Aug 202643 The Burn Road, Doagh, Ballyclare, BT39 0QH
Received 15 Jul 2026Site adjacent to Fern House, Antrim Area Hospital, Bush Road, Antrim, BT41 2RL
Received 12 Aug 2026Translink Antrim Bus Depot, 36 Station Road, Antrim, BT41 4JP
Received 29 Jun 202618 Dermont Way, Newtownabbey, BT36 4AG
Received 7 Jul 2026Public footpath approximately 22 metres south of Abbey Presbyterian Church, Jordanstown Road, Newtownabbey, BT37 0LG
Received 8 Jul 2026Approx. 70.5m SE of 5 Dunadry Manor, Dunadry, Antrim, BT41 2RY and accessed from Belfast Road
Received 20 Aug 20261-5 Farmley Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 7TR
Received 4 Sept 202620 Greenvale Road, Antrim, BT41 1SE
Received 1 Jul 2026121 Meadow Lands, Antrim, BT41 4EX
Received 17 Jun 2026Public footpath approximately 3m north of 90 Main Street, Crumlin, BT29 4UU
Received 16 Jul 202642 Ballyclare Road, Templepatrick, BT39 0BL
Received 20 Jul 2026111 Magheralane Road, Randalstown, BT41 2PD
Received 1 Sept 202631 Craigmore Road, Randalstown, Antrim, BT41 3HD
Received 20 Aug 2026Mortgage IQ, 645 Shore Road, Newtownabbey, BT37 0ST
Received 14 Sept 202620 Tardree Road, Kells, Ballymena, BT42 3PE
Received 21 Jul 2026607 Shore Road, Jordanstown, Newtownabbey, BT37 0ST
Received 28 Aug 202610 Old Larne Road, Ballynure, Ballyclare, BT39 9QB
Received 28 Jul 2026Public Footpath at the Shore Road entrance to Glas na Braden Glen, 20 metres west of 12 Merville Mews, Newtownabbey, BT37 9SP
Received 8 Jul 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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