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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Department for Infrastructure. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
147 approved · 14 refused · 7 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 approximately 100m north of M3 Cross Harbour Bridge and bounded by the River Lagan to the east Donegall Quay and Clarendon Dock to the north Corporation Square and Clarendon Quay to the west
Received 15 May 2017Land W of Monagh By-Pass S of Upper Springfield Rd and 30-34 Upper Springfield Rd and W of Aitnamona Crescent and St Theresa's Primary School N and E of 2-22 Old Brewery Lane Glanaulin 137-143a Glen Rd and Airfield Heights and St Mary's CBG School Belfast.
Received 24 Jul 2019Townlands of Keadew Upper Cullionboy and Clogher County Donegal.
Received 22 Apr 2020The offshore wind farm (OWF), consisting of a generating station with wind turbine generators (WTGs) located in the maritime area, in the Irish Sea approximately 13-22 km off the County Wicklow coast. Offshore transmission infrastructure will connect the generating station to the shore. This includes the offshore export cables which will cross the nearshore area of Wicklow County Council, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and Dublin City Council, arriving at the landfall location on the southern shoreline of the Poolbeg Peninsula, Ringsend, Dublin 4. Onshore transmission infrastructure will be installed on the Poolbeg Peninsula. The onshore transmission infrastructure will include onshore export cables routed underground from the landfall to a new onshore substation located to the north of Pigeon House Road, Dublin 4, and an onward connection to the existing Poolbeg 220 kV electrical substation at Pigeon House Road, Ringsend, Dublin 4.
Received 20 Nov 2024Former Ebrington Barracks Site Ebrington Derry/Londonderry
Received 1 Apr 2019Land at D3 adjacent to the RSPB Reserve Airport Road West, Belfast, BT3 9DY
Received 27 Mar 2025Lands: 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 6 Dec 2021Hard rock quarry located at lands immediately north-east of Hightown Landfill (Old cell) 59 Upper Hightown Road Newtownabbey BT14 8RR
Received 4 Jan 2018Lands Between The Proposed New NIE Substation At The Rear Of 152 Trewmount Road Moy Co Tyrone In The Townland Of Turleenan To The Townlands Of Doohat Or Crossreagh And Crossbane Co Armagh On The Border With The Republic Of Ireland.
Received 21 Dec 2023Offshore windfarm in the Irish Sea off the coast of Counties Dublin, Meath and Louth and onshore infrastructure in County Dublin.
Received 30 Aug 2024Lands: 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&Abingdon Dr (to South); Beit St Roosevelt Rse Roosevelt Sq & Invena Close to west); Donegall Rd to south & west; lands to south of utility str north or railway line and west of Donegall St & BMXTrack/Open Space at lands to south of westlink west of railwa
Received 11 Dec 202356 Upper Botera Road Cavanacaw Omagh BT78 5LH
Received 19 Sept 2016Windsor Park Donegall Avenue Belfast BT12 6LW
Received 17 Jan 2017Lands: 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 6 Dec 2021To 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 11 Oct 2024Hard rock quarry located at lands immediately north-east of Hightown Landfill (Old cell) 59 Upper Hightown Road Newtownabbey BT14 8RR
Received 16 Jan 201857 Castle Street, Ballycastle
Received 17 Feb 2026Lands approx 550m South of 99 Dublin Road Antrim, BT41 4PN
Received 24 Feb 2023Lands adjacent to the north west of Ballyclare including lands bounded by Cogry Road/Rahee Road north of Ross Avenue/Clare Heights and north east and west of Ballyclare Rugby Club
Received 14 Dec 2018Lands between 13-39 Quay Road, Ballycastle
Received 9 Oct 2023Construction of an underground gas pipe line and associated infrastructure comprising: a new 85 bar High Pressure (HP) cross-country gas transmission pipeline approximately 78km in length and varying between 300-400mm diameter; New Intermediate Pressure (IP) gas pipelines (approximately 107km and varying between 250-315mm diameter) laid primarily in the public road 7 Above Ground Installations (AGI) and 8 District Pressure Governors (DPG); temporary ancillary development comprising temporary construction compounds temporary pipe storage areas and temporary construction accesses.
Received 14 Feb 20187 Airport Road Belfast BT3 9DY
Received 3 Jan 2019Lands south of Windyhill Road, north of Farrenlester Road, west of Cranmore Park, Fernhill Crescent, Lismurphy Avenue, Greenmount Crescent, Greenmount Road, Broomhill Park, Wheatfield Avenue, south of Churchland Lane, and east of Ballinteer Road, with ancillary grid infrastructure running south on Bushtown Road, Coleraine, County Derry/Londonderry
Received 31 Jul 2025High Pressure (HP) gas transmission pipeline (approx. 78km in length) between the proposed Above Ground Installation (AGI) opp. 64 Derryhale Rd Derryhale Portadown and 300m NW 371 Belfast Rd Tullykenneye Fivemiletown. Intermediate Pressure (IP) gas pipelines approximately 107 km in length from HP line to serve Cookstown Magherafelt Coalisland and Omagh Enniskillen and Derrylin. AGI sites: (i) opp. 64 Derryhale Rd Derryhale; (ii) 150m N of 39 Moss Rd Derrycoose; (iii) 50m W of 27 Old Moy Road Donnydeade; (iv) opp 10 Culnagrew Rd Culnagrew (v) 150m S of 59 Dergenagh Road Dergenagh (vi) 200m N of 23 Ballymagowan Road Tullybroom; (vii) 300m NW 371 Belfast Rd Tullykenneye.
Received 31 Dec 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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