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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64 approved · 2 refused · 1 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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1 Lenamore Drive, Newtownabbey, BT37 0PQ
Received 8 Jul 2026Lands approximately 100m east of No's 23, 25, 27, 29a and 29 Dublin Road, Antrim and accessed from Bridge Street, Antrim (opposite No.11 Bridge Street)
Received 3 Jul 2026Site 350m Approx. South West of 28 Kilmakee Road, Templepatrick
Received 27 Aug 202660M NE of 40 Loughview Road, Aldergrove, Crumlin, BT29 4RE
Received 6 Oct 2026Junction One Retail and Leisure Park, Ballymena Road, Antrim
Received 5 Aug 20265 Dunadry Manor, Antrim, BT41 2RY
Received 19 Jun 2026Lands at and immediately adjacent to 50 Moira Road, Crumlin, BT29 4JL
Received 25 Jun 2026Public footpath approximately 15 metres north west of 11 River View, Mill Road, Ballyclare, BT39 9FF
Received 8 Jul 2026Antrim Castle Gardens And Clotworthy House, 20 Randalstown Road, Antrim, BT41 4LH
Received 1 Jul 2026Lands at Jubilee Road 30m to the south of Nos 18, 32 and 34 Mossfield Crescent, Coggrey Ballyclare, 50m to the north west of 42 Readers Crescent and 11 Readers Avenue, Ballyclare, BT39 9DX
Received 15 Sept 202628 The Square, Ballyclare, BT39 9BB
Received 8 Sept 202667 Whitehouse Park, Newtownabbey, BT37 9SH
Received 17 Sept 202618 Ballycraigy Road, Antrim, BT41 1PL
Received 9 Sept 20264 Taylorstown Road, Moneyglass, Toome, BT41 3PU
Received 2 Oct 202648 Ballycraigy Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 4SX
Received 25 Sept 2026Lands approximately 28 metres south east of 1 Crescent Corner, Carnmoney Road North, Newtownabbey, BT36 5PB
Received 8 Jul 20265 St. Patricks Gardens, Templepatrick, Ballyclare, BT39 0AD
Received 23 Jun 2026Lands located approximately 90m NE of Kingfisher Country Estate Hotel Building, 10 Paradise Walk, Templepatrick, BT39 0DD
Received 4 Sept 20262 Longlands Avenue, Newtownabbey, BT36 7NE
Received 17 Jul 2026Public footpath approximately 39 metres north west of 2 West Crescent, Newtownabbey, BT37 9DT
Received 8 Jul 2026Unit 6,7 and 8 Craigstown Road Industrial Estate, 86a Craigstown Road, Randalstown, BT41 2PN
Received 10 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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