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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 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
33 approved · 0 refused · 1 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Jun 2026 to 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Building to rear and 10 metres east of 18C Downpatrick Street, Rathfriland, Newry BT34 5DG
Received 15 Sept 202625 M South West of 40 Greenisland Road Portadown Craigavon BT621XA
Received 23 Jun 2026268 Churchill Park, Portadown, Craigavon, BT62 1EX
Received 6 Aug 2026Lands 95m northwest of No.209 Castleblaney Road, Keady, Armagh, BT60 3HY
Received 11 Aug 2026Site approximately 45 metres north west of number 3 Carbet Meadows, Portadown, Craigavon, BT63 5GH (sites 36-45)
Received 26 Jun 2026Lands at Primrose Hill immediately north of 9 and 10 Primrose Hill, west of 16-22 Pineview Court & 1-7 Pineview Heights and south of 56-68 Chestnut Brae, Gilford, Craigavon, BT63 6EW
Received 9 Jul 2026Unit 68 - 69, The Boulevard,1 Cascum Avenue, The Boulevard Outlet Park, Banbridge, BT32 4GJ
Received 17 Jun 202647 Demesne Avenue, Lurgan, Craigavon BT66 7BN
Received 27 Jul 2026236 Banbridge Road, Lawrencetown, BT63 6DW
Received 25 Sept 2026Lands at and immediately south and west of 1 Clare Road, Clare, Tandragee, BT62 2EY
Received 24 Aug 2026Site approximately 40 metres west of number 33 Tullyraine Road, Banbridge, BT32 4PR
Received 4 Aug 2026Lands approximately 55m southwest of No.26 Kilmore Road Lurgan, BT67 9BP
Received 19 Jun 2026Lands between 43 and 45 Darkley Road, Armagh, BT60 3AX
Received 10 Jul 2026Immediately adjacent and west of 14 Coolmillish Road, Markethill, Armagh BT60 1QA
Received 26 Jun 202693 Newry Road Newry Road, Armagh, BT60 1ES
Received 17 Sept 2026Lands to the north and rear of no.35a-39 Larchwood and adjacent to and west of St. Patrick’s College, Scarva Road, Banbridge (with access from Scarva Road).
Received 16 Jul 202615 metres SW of 91 Blackskull Road, Dromore BT25 1JN
Received 11 Sept 2026Land between 12 and 14 Drumatee Road, Markethill, Armagh, BT60 1QE
Received 21 Jul 2026Adjacent to and north of 24 Shanecrackan Road, Markethill, BT60 1TS
Received 1 Jul 2026Unit 2, 115 Milltown Road, Milltown, Dungannon, BT71 7LZ
Received 17 Jul 2026Gate House, St Luke's Hospital, Loughgall Road, Armagh, BT61 7NQ
Received 1 Jul 2026The Old Courthouse, 7 Main Street, Markethill, Armagh, BT60 1PH
Received 24 Jun 2026Lands 30m northwest of 134 Summerisland Road, Ardress, Craigavon, BT62 1SJ
Received 24 Aug 2026Lands 10m south west of No. 1 Hillsborough Rd, Dromore BT25 1AZ
Received 29 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 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon 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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