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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59 approved · 3 refused · 4 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Section of the North Down Coastal Path, located approximately 50m NE of 117 Station Road and approximately 130m East of Seahill Waste Water Treatment Works, running along the northern boundary of Royal Belfast Golf Club, Station Road, Holywood, BT18 0BP.
Received 14 Jul 2026Phase 3, Rivenwood Boulevard, Newtownards
Received 16 Jul 202617 Demesne Park, Holywood, BT18 9NE
Received 17 Sept 20263 (The Square) Portaferry Road Cloughey BT22 1HR And lands adjoining 5,7 and 9 Portaferry Road, BT22 1HP and 2,12,18 and 22 Mill Lane Cloughey, BT22 1HT
Received 4 Aug 202610 Cranley Green Bangor BT19 7FE
Received 11 Sept 202613 Portaferry Road, Newtownards, BT23 8NN
Received 30 Sept 2026Lands at 111 Quarry Heights and 24 North Road Newtownards BT23 7AN
Received 26 Jun 2026Lands to the NW of Kiltonga Industrial Estate SW of Belfast Road and South of Milecross Road Newtownards
Received 8 Aug 2026243 Bangor Road, Seahill, Holywood, BT18 0JQ
Received 19 Jun 20263 The Square, Portaferry Road, Cloughey, BT22 1HR and lands adjoining 5,7 and 9 Portaferry Road, BT22 1HP and 2,12,18 and 22 Mill Lane Cloughey, BT22 1HT
Received 19 Aug 2026Phase 3, Rivenwood Boulevard, Newtownards
Received 16 Jul 20261 Torgrange, Holywood, BT18 0NG
Received 21 Jul 20266 Whinney Hill, Holywood, BT18 0HW
Received 5 Aug 202669 North Road, Newtownards, BT23 7AS
Received 24 Jun 2026T G Eakin Ltd 15 Ballystockart Road, Comber, BT23 5QY
Received 7 Jul 2026Lands To Rear Of No.38 High Street Donaghadee With Access Adjacent To Nos. 11-13 New Street Donaghadee.
Received 8 Sept 202614 Teal Rocks, Newtownards, BT23 8GL
Received 16 Jun 202629 Dunleath Drive Ballywalter BT22 2TE
Received 31 Aug 202623b Craigboy Road, Donaghadee, BT21 0LP
Received 1 Oct 202647-67 Court Street (including lands to rear), Newtownards, BT23 7NX
Received 29 Sept 202639 HIgh Street, Newtownards, BT23 7HS.
Received 5 Oct 20268 Silverstream Crescent, Bangor, BT20 3NF
Received 31 Jul 2026Phase 3, Rivenwood Boulevard, Newtownards
Received 16 Jul 2026237 Bangor Road, Newtownards, BT23 7PH
Received 3 Aug 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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