Understanding planning · 13 min read
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59 approved · 3 refused · 4 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
A boundary map is not available for this authority yet. Use council conservation-area and Article 4 guidance above where linked.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
Department for Infrastructure conservation area guides. Contact the council for current designations.
Vacant site North of Balloo Road, West of Bangor Grammar sports pitches and to the rear of 1-13 Rowan Glen, Balloo Road, Bangor, BT19 7UU
Received 18 Aug 202658 Abbey Street, Bangor, BT20 4JB
Received 2 Aug 2026Land adjacent Units 6/7, 68 Balloo Road, Bangor, BT19 7PG
Received 27 Jul 2026Seacourt Print Workshop 75 Main Street, Bangor, BT20 5AF
Received 8 Jul 202639 Loughries Road Newtownards BT23 8RW
Received 31 Aug 2026238 Donaghadee Road Newtownards BT23 7QP
Received 10 Sept 202645 Glen Road, Holywood, BT18 0HB
Received 21 Sept 2026Ballywalter Health Centre, Fowler Way, Ballywalter, BT22 2PY
Received 22 Jun 202657 Demesne Road, Holywood, BT18 9EX
Received 29 Jun 2026The Watch House, 24 The Point, Groomsport, BT19 6JN
Received 26 Aug 20265 Old Quay Road, Holywood, BT18 0AA
Received 17 Sept 2026Lands at 52-62 Main Street and East of 20 Well Road, Ballywalter, BT22 2PQ
Received 4 Sept 2026Lands at 111 Quarry Heights and 24 North Road, Newtownards, BT23 7AN
Received 6 Aug 202624 Ballyvester Road, Donaghadee, BT21 0LL
Received 8 Oct 2026Lands to West of Nos. 110 & 110A-110D Movilla Road; North of Nos. 6-10 (evens) Cloverhill Park Nos 1 3 & 10 Cloverhill Crescent Nos 5 7 & 8 Deanswood Crescent Nos 12-26 (evens) Edenvale Crescent Nos 58 & 87 Stratheden Heights Nos 7 8 10 & 12 Kensington Park & Nos 2 2A & 4 Earlswood Drive; East of Nos 15-27 (odds) Cronstown Cottage Avenue; South of No 8 Cronstown Lane & North of Phase Two of "Rivenwood" Newtownards
Received 2 Jul 202616 Jordan Avenue, Bangor, BT20 4UP
Received 24 Sept 20262 Old Cultra Road, Holywood, BT18 0AE
Received 27 Aug 2026The Old School House, 1 Tullynakill Road, Newtownards, BT23 6EJ
Received 24 Sept 2026Former Juvenile Justice Services Centre site (169 Rathgael Road) and surrounding lands which lie to the north of the Rathgael Road and west of the Rathgael Road/Balloo Road/Newtownards Road roundabout junction Bangor
Received 25 Sept 2026Lesley Bloomfield Shopping Centre and Retail Park South Circular Road, Bangor, BT19 7HB
Received 4 Aug 20261 Old Bangor Road, Newtownards, BT23 7PU
Received 5 Aug 2026Crangarra, 3 Ailsa Road, Holywood, BT18 0AS
Received 14 Aug 20261 Cuan View, Portaferry, BT22 1JP
Received 3 Aug 2026Lands East of 9/10 Turnstone and South of 11-23 Lapwing Park, Newtownards, BT23 8GE
Received 25 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage