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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 · Regional authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Department for Infrastructure. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
140 approved · 14 refused · 7 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Dec 2016 to 12 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Lands South of Comber By-pass Comber Co Down
Received 16 May 2018Land to the rear of 152 Trewmount Road in the townland of Turleenan Moy Dungannon Co Tyrone and overhead electrical transmission line from Trewmount Road Moy to the townlands of Crossreagh and Crossbane Co Armagh.
Received 8 Oct 2021Lands at 169 Rathgael Road/School Avenue Bangor
Received 12 Dec 2016To The East Of The Westlink (A12); South Of (Nos.127-9) And Including Grosvenor Road; At Intersection Of Grosvenor Road And Stanley Street; At The Intersection Of Durham Street And Grosvenor Road; At The Intersection Of Fisherwick Place And Howard Street; At Great Victoria Street (between Nos. 1-3 To 27-45); At Glengall Street (between Nos. 3-21); At The Junction Of Hope Street, Bruce Street And Great Victoria Street; At The Junction Of Durham Street, Linfield Road, Sandy Row And Hope Street; At Sandy Row From 2 Hurst Park To 85-87 Sandy Row, Gilpins Site; To North Of Former Whitehall Tobacco Works At Linfield Road, Weavers Court Business Park/ Linfield Industrial Estate, Blythefield Primary School And Charter Youth Club; At Weavers Court Business Park And Railway Track Lands Surrounding Arellian Nursery And Bounded By Utility Street/Bentham Drive/Egmot Gardens/ Felt Street (to North); Prince Andrew Park And Abingdon Drive (to South); Beit Street, Roosevelt Rise,Roosevelt Square
Received 20 Sept 2024Lands SouthEast of Comber by-pass.
Received 2 Apr 2019Ebrington Barracks Ebrington Derry BT48
Received 17 Oct 2018Lands SouthEast of Comber by-pass.
Received 26 Jul 2017Lands in the town lands of Carnbuck Magheraboy and Moneyneagh easVsouth-east of the village of Corkey Co. Antrim.
Received 11 Nov 2022To The East Of The Westlink (A12); South Of (Nos.127-9) And Including Grosvenor Road; At Intersection Of Grosvenor Road And Stanley Street; At The Intersection Of Durham Street And Grosvenor Road; At The Intersection Of Fisherwick Place And Howard Street; At Great Victoria Street (between Nos. 1-3 To 27-45); At Glengall Street (between Nos. 3-21); At The Junction Of Hope Street, Bruce Street And Great Victoria Street; At The Junction Of Durham Street, Linfield Road, Sandy Row And Hope Street; At Sandy Row From 2 Hurst Park To 85-87 Sandy Row, Gilpins Site; To North Of Former Whitehall Tobacco Works At Linfield Road, Weavers Court Business Park/ Linfield Industrial Estate, Blythefield Primary School And Charter Youth Club; At Weavers Court Business Park And Railway Track Lands Surrounding Arellian Nursery And Bounded By Utility Street/Bentham Drive/Egmot Gardens/ Felt Street (to North); Prince Andrew Park And Abingdon Drive (to South); Beit Street, Roosevelt Rise,Roosevelt Square
Received 7 Oct 202439-41 Main Street and 2 Atlantic Avenue Portrush
Received 16 Apr 2018Lands approx 550m South of 99 Dublin Road Antrim BT41 4PN
Received 30 Apr 2018Lands: To The East Of The Westlink (A12); South Of (Nos.127-9) And Including Grosvenor Road; At Intersection Of Grosvenor Road And Stanley Street; At The Intersection Of Durham Street And Grosvenor Road; At The Intersection Of Fisherwick Place And Howard Street; At Great Victoria Street (between Nos. 1-3 To 27-45); At Glengall Street (between Nos. 3-21); At The Junction Of Hope Street, Bruce Street And Great Victoria Street; At The Junction Of Durham Street, Linfield Road, Sandy Row And Hope Street; At Sandy Row From 2 Hurst Park To 85-87 Sandy Row, Gilpins Site; To North Of Former Whitehall Tobacco Works At Linfield Road, Weavers Court Business Park/ Linfield Industrial Estate, Blythefield Primary School And Charter Youth Club; At Weavers Court Business Park And Railway Track Lands Surrounding Arellian Nursery And Bounded By Utility Street/Bentham Drive/Egmot Gardens/ Felt Street (to North); Prince Andrew Park And Abingdon Drive (to South); Beit Street, Roosevelt Rise,Roosevelt Square
Received 12 Sept 2024Lands bounded by Nos. 31-101 Royal Avenue Church Street William Street Writers Square Nos. 40 to 16 Donegall Street No. 2 Waring Street 1-21 Bridge Street Nos. 2-18 High Street Nos. 1-27 Lombard Street Nos. 33 to 55 Rosemary Street North Street and Nos. 2-14 Lower Garfield Street Belfast
Received 19 Jul 2018Craigall Quarry, Cullyrammer Road, Kilrea
Received 30 Nov 2023Land located at Tattymoyle, Ramaley Road, Co.Tyrone, appoximately 5.5km south-west of Fintona
Received 18 Dec 2023Former Ebrington Barracks Site Ebrington Derry/Londonderry
Received 4 Mar 2019North West Regional Science Park The Innovation Centre Bay Road Londonderry BT48 7TG
Received 21 Jun 2017Lands bounded by Nos. 31-101 Royal Avenue Church Street William Street Writers Square Nos. 40 to 16 Donegall Street No. 2 Waring Street 1-21 Bridge Street Nos. 2-18 High Street Nos. 1-27 Lombard Street Nos. 33 to 55 Rosemary Street North Street and Nos. 2-14 Lower Garfield Street Belfast
Received 19 Jul 2017Lands to the West of L1045 Killeshandra Road, Clontygrigny and Callaghs, Ballyconnell, Co Cavan.
Received 17 Apr 2023Lough Neagh within the Mid Ulster District Council Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council Armagh Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council and Lisburn and Castlereagh Council Areas
Received 16 Mar 20177 Airport Road Belfast BT3 9DY
Received 23 Mar 2018Lands: East Of Westlink (A12); South Of (Nos.127-9) an including Grosvenor Rd; At Intersection Of Grosvenor Rd/Stanley St; At Intersection Of Durham St/Grosvenor Rd; Intersection Of Fisherwick Pl/Howard St; Grt Victoria St(btw Nos. 1-3 to 27-45); Glengall St (btw Nos. 3-21); At Junction Of Hope St Bruce St And Grt Victoria St; At Junction Of Durham St Linfield Rd Sandy Rw And Hope St; At Sandy Rw From 2 Hurst Pk To 85-87 Sandy Rw; To N Of Former Whitehall Tobacco Works Linfield Rd Weavers Ct Business Pk/ Linfield Industrial Est Blythefield Primary School And Charter Youth Club; Weavers Ct Business Park And Railway Track Lands Surrounding Arellian Nursery Bounded By Utility St/Bentham Dr/Egmot Gds/ Felt St (to North); Prince Andrew Pk And Abingdon Drive (to South); Beit St Roosevelt Rse Roosevelt Sq.
Received 7 Feb 2022Land immediately adjacent to and south east of Copelands Link Roundabout at the Comber Bypass
Received 21 Jun 2017Lands extending from north of Doagh Road (opposite no. 141 Doagh Road) to the Templepatrick Road Ballyclare immediately west of the cemetery Huntingdale and Denisons industrial estate.
Received 6 Nov 2018Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Department for Infrastructure, 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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