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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64 approved · 2 refused · 1 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Lands south and east of MT Wholesale, No.2 Houston Business Park , Doagh Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 5RZ
Received 18 Jun 2026Lands to south west of Kingfisher Country Estate hotel building Paradise Walk, Templepatrick, BT39 0DD
Received 30 Jun 2026Public Footpath 0.15m north of Edmund Rice College, 96-100 Hightown Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 7AU
Received 8 Jul 2026Lands within the southwest portion of the former Craighill Quarry east of Ballyeasten Road and south of Craighill Park, Ballyclare
Received 5 Aug 2026Lands within the southwest portion of the former Craighill Quarry, east of Ballyeaston Road and south of Craighill Park, Ballyclare.
Received 4 Sept 202634 Crosshill Road, Crumlin, BT29 4BQ
Received 30 Sept 202627 Hartley Hall Crescent, Greenisland, Carrickfergus, BT38 8ZZ
Received 14 Aug 2026Lands 40m south of 6 Caulside Drive, New Park Industrial Estate, Antrim, BT41 2DU
Received 4 Sept 2026237 Carnmoney Road, Glengormley, Newtownabbey, BT36 6JR
Received 3 Aug 2026300m North of No.41 Drumsough Road, Randalstown, Antrim, BT41 2NW
Received 21 Jul 2026Public footpath approximately 26 metres north east of 57 Ballynure Road, Ballyclare, BT39 9AG
Received 8 Jul 202640m approx. east of 85 Magheralane Road, Randalstown, BT41 2NT (accessed off Connaught Road)
Received 14 Sept 202621 Glebe Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 6UW
Received 16 Sept 2026Approximately 20m SE of 183 Portglenone Road, Randalstown, accessed from Mucklerammer Road
Received 17 Aug 202619 Abbots Gardens, Newtownabbey, BT37 9QZ
Received 1 Sept 202670m south of 2 Mayfield Link, Newtownabbey, BT36 4AW
Received 13 Aug 2026Public footpath along Ballymena Road, approximately 16 metres SW of 208 Meadow Lands, Antrim, BT41 4EZ
Received 8 Jul 202642 Glenkeen Avenue, Jordanstown, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, BT37 0PH
Received 3 Jul 202625m North of 11 Park Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 4QF
Received 7 Jul 2026233 Bush Manor, Antrim, BT41 2UR
Received 22 Jun 2026NH&SCT, Whiteabbey Hospital, 34 Station Road, Newtownabbey, BT37 9RH
Received 21 Aug 202676 Longlands Park, Newtownabbey, BT36 7NG
Received 23 Jul 2026Lands incorporating the existing Balloo Hire Centre, including lands to the east and to the rear of no. 72 - 76 Nutts Corner Road, Crumlin, BT29 4SJ
Received 4 Aug 202660 Ballypalady Road, Templepatrick, BT39 0BT
Received 30 Jun 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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