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59 approved · 3 refused · 4 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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18-20 Victoria Avenue, Newtownards, BT23 7EB
Received 19 Aug 202644 Ballyeasborough Road, Portavogie, BT22 1AB
Received 9 Sept 202622 Upper Gransha Road, Bangor, BT19 7QF
Received 25 Jun 20261 Hazelwood Glen, Comber, BT23 6AU
Received 3 Aug 2026Approximately 60m northwest of 31a Ballygowan Road, Comber, Newtownards
Received 3 Aug 2026Lands approx. 70m NE of 12 Drumreagh Road, Ballygowan, BT23 6LJ
Received 1 Sept 2026Lands adjacent to 61 High Street Donaghadee
Received 9 Sept 2026Lands to the rear of 38 High Street, Donaghadee
Received 28 Jul 202627 Newtownards Road, Donaghadee, BT21 0PZ
Received 5 Aug 20261d Bar Hall Road, Portaferry, Newtownards, BT22 1RQ
Received 24 Jul 2026Lands to rear of 38 High Street Donaghadee with access adjacent to 11-13 New Street Donaghadee
Received 18 Aug 202616 Ballymacormick Road, Bangor, BT19 6AA
Received 14 Aug 202669 Whinney Hill, Holywood, BT18 0HG
Received 13 Aug 2026Immediately north of 54 Lisbane Road and immediately east of 37A Blackstaff Road, Ballycranbeg, Kircubbin
Received 7 Jul 202657 East Street Donaghadee BT21 0DH
Received 16 Jun 2026Ballykeel Windmill 'The Martello Tower'. Approx 8m North of 1 Martello Terrace, Martello Terrace, Holywood, BT18 9BE.
Received 6 Oct 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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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.
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