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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 Ards and North Down Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
59 approved · 3 refused · 4 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Jun 2026 to 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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165 Movilla Road, Newtownards, BT23 8RL
Received 23 Jun 202616 Hanover Dale, Bangor, BT19 7NU
Received 5 Aug 2026Lands immediately North of 155a Movilla Road, Newtownards
Received 18 Sept 20263 Golf Road, Helen's Bay, Bangor, BT19 1TL
Received 24 Jul 202640 Heathermount Court, Comber, BT23 5NT
Received 28 Jul 202615 Demesne Park, Holywood, BT18 9NE
Received 3 Aug 2026Lands at 21 Bridge Road South Helen's Bay
Received 15 Jul 20266 Darragh, Whiterock, Killinchy
Received 18 Jun 2026NE of No.43 Prince Regent Park, Newtownards, BT23 7FT
Received 8 Sept 202684 Abbey Street, Bangor, BT20 4JB
Received 23 Jun 2026Seacourt Print Workshop 75 Main Street, Bangor, BT20 5AF
Received 8 Jul 202610 Dromena Gardens, Newtownards, BT23 4PX
Received 8 Jul 20264 Breckenridge, Donaghadee, BT21 0QJ
Received 6 Jul 2026Lands South of 37-77 Court Street and 1-11 Canal Row, situated within Bawn Wall and bounded by the canal, Newtowards
Received 23 Sept 2026Royal Hotel and Windsor Bar, 22-28 Quay Street, Bangor, T20 5ED
Received 23 Sept 2026Cross Island House, 1 Cross Island, Comber, Newtownards, BT23 6EW
Received 29 Sept 202615 Lochinver Avenue,Holywood, BT18 0NQ
Received 13 Aug 2026Cordners,13 Conway Square, Newtownards, BT23 4DA
Received 25 Aug 20262 Victoria Road Bangor BT20 5EX
Received 25 Sept 2026Lands to the rear of 15 and 17 Ballymaconnell Road, Bangor including lands to the west of 1 Portview
Received 16 Jun 2026509 Ballycrochan Road, Bangor, BT19 7PY
Received 25 Jul 202611 Larch Hill, Holywood, BT18 0JN
Received 7 Aug 2026Between 2 and 2a Ardminnan Road, Portaferry, BT22 1QH
Received 29 Jun 2026Wren Kitchens, Bloomfield Shopping Centre, South Circular Road, Bangor, BT19 7HB
Received 23 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 Ards and North Down 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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