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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59 approved · 3 refused · 4 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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31 Kensington Park, Bangor, BT20 3RF
Received 15 Jul 202664 Princess Gardens, Holywood, BT18 0PW
Received 19 Aug 2026Lands to and South of Nos 37-77 Court Street and Nos 1-11 Canal Row, situated within Bawn Wall and bounded by the Canal, Newtownards
Received 20 Jul 20261D Bar Hall Road Portaferry BT22 1RQ
Received 24 Jul 20263 Clanbrassil Terrace, Cultra, BT18 0AP
Received 12 Aug 2026Robins Nest Gift & Coffee Emporium 14 New Street Donaghadee BT21 0AG
Received 1 Sept 202690 Thornleigh Gardens, Bangor, BT20 4NP
Received 7 Jul 20264a Rowreagh Road, Newtownards, BT22 1AS
Received 24 Sept 202647-67 Court Street (including lands to rear), Newtownards, BT23 7NX
Received 29 Sept 202648 Princess Gardens, Holywood, BT18 0PW
Received 11 Sept 20263 Newtownards Road, Bangor, BT20 4BW
Received 23 Jun 202620 Bailie Road, Bangor, BT19 7QW
Received 8 Aug 202620 Belair Avenue, Newtownards, BT23 4UD
Received 16 Jul 2026Lands to rear Of 38 High Street, Donaghadee with access adjacent to 11-13 New Street, Donaghadee
Received 7 Aug 202616 Hillcrest Avenue, Newtownards, BT23 7AW
Received 26 Jun 2026Lands to the NW of Kiltonga Industrial Estate SW of Belfast Road and South of Milecross Road Newtownards
Received 24 Jun 20265 Tarawood, Holywood, BT18 0HS
Received 26 Jul 2026Land at Craigantlet Quarry 73 Holywood Road, Newtownards, BT23 4TQ
Received 4 Sept 2026Lands to the South of Newtownards Road and to the SW of Little Enler Crescent and to the NW of Little Enler Place, Comber
Received 21 Sept 202649 Ardmillan Road, Killinchy, BT23 6QW
Received 17 Aug 2026Pickie Fun Park, Marine Gardens, Bangor, BT20 3JR
Received 10 Jul 20261 Orchard Drive, Killinchy, BT23 6QT
Received 1 Sept 20265 and 9 High Street, Donaghadee, BT21 0AA
Received 22 Sept 202613G Blackabbey Road, Greyabbey, BT22 2RH
Received 16 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 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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