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  1. DeterminedLA04/2017/1090/RM

    City Quays 3 - erection of 16 storey office accommodation (74 metres maximum height) comprising 23,976 sq metres of gross floorspace, associated access, public realm and other ancillary development.

    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 2017
  2. DeterminedLA04/2019/1725/DC

    Discharge of Condition 28 (archaeological programme of works) of planning permission Z/2010/1284/O which was for a major mixed-use development

    Land 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 2019
  3. Consultation OpenLA11/2020/0255/TBA

    Proposed Development at the existing Barnesmore Windfarm site, Keadew Upper and Cullionboy, Co. Donegal: (i) Decommissioning and removal of 25 no. existing wind turbines and reinstatement of the redundant site infrastructure including site roads of 600m in length; (ii) Construction and erection of up to 13 no. wind turbines each with maximum overall ground to blade tip heights of up to 180 metres and associated crane hardstandings and wind turbine foundations; (iii) Upgrade of the existing site access roads and provision of 188m of new site access road; (iv) Upgrade of the existing Golagh 110 kV electrical substation and compound to include for an expansion of the footprint to accommodate an EirGrid control building, a new IPP control building, car parking, grid transformer, 110kV cable chair, outdoor electrical plant and equipment, security boundary and perimeters fencing, wastewater holding tanks, groundwater well and the removal of the existing overhead line connection and demolition of the existing IPP control building; (v) Upgrade works associated with the existing 110kV grid connection including the undergrounding of a 1.15 km section of the existing 110 kV overhead power line, the construction of a new cable interface tower on the existing Golagh Tee 110kV overhead line, underground cable connection in the existing site access track from the new cable interface tower to the upgraded Golagh Substation and removal of the existing angle mast and end mast towers; (vi) 1 no. permanent meteorological mast up to 30 m in height, including a foundation, underground power and communication cabling and security fencing; (vii) Temporary Contractors Construction Compound; (viii) Site drainage network; (ix) Internal wind farm underground power and communications cabling;

    Townlands of Keadew Upper Cullionboy and Clogher County Donegal.

    Received 22 Apr 2020
  4. ValidSPD/2024/0086/TBA

    The construction, operation and decommissioning of the Codling Wind Park (CWP) Project, an 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.

    The 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 2024
  5. DeterminedLA11/2019/0270/DC

    Discharge of condition 22, (verification of remedial works associated with previously undiscovered contamination). of planning approval A/2015/0001/O.

    Former Ebrington Barracks Site Ebrington Derry/Londonderry

    Received 1 Apr 2019
  6. Consultation OpenSPD/2025/0007/DC

    Discharge of Condition 4 (Survey of black guillemots) of planning permission Ref: LA04/2016/0421/F for the Construction of a new multi-purpose facility at D3 for the berthing of cruise ships, and for lay-by and transient storage of project cargo, breakbulk and dry bulk during cruise ship off season

    Land at D3 adjacent to the RSPB Reserve Airport Road West, Belfast, BT3 9DY

    Received 27 Mar 2025
  7. DeterminedLA04/2021/2739/DC

    Discharge of Condition 23 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) for Construction Phases 1-3 on Planning Permission Ref: LA04/2017/1388/F for the Belfast Transport Hub.

    Lands: 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 2021
  8. DeterminedLA03/2018/0041/DC

    Discharge of Condition No. 18 (Archaeological Programme of Works) of planning permission U/2014/0096/F

    Hard rock quarry located at lands immediately north-east of Hightown Landfill (Old cell) 59 Upper Hightown Road Newtownabbey BT14 8RR

    Received 4 Jan 2018
  9. DeterminedSPD/2023/0015/DC

    Discharge of Condition 16 (Programme of Archaeological Work (PoAW) in respect of the route of the associated works to the 400kV overhead line only) of Planning Permission Ref: O/2013/0214/F for the Carrying out of associated works required for the erection of a single circuit 400kV overhead line (North South Interconnector).

    Lands 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 2023
  10. Consultation OpenSPD/2024/0060/TBA

    Offshore wind farm comprising of both offshore and onshore infrastructure.

    Offshore windfarm in the Irish Sea off the coast of Counties Dublin, Meath and Louth and onshore infrastructure in County Dublin.

    Received 30 Aug 2024
  11. DeterminedSPD/2023/0993/DC

    Partial Discharge of Planning Condition 24 (Contaminated Land Remediation Strategy ) in respect of the discovery of a new contamination on lands at the former BMX Track site on Planning Permission Ref: LA04/2017/1388/F for the Belfast Transport Hub.

    Lands: 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 2023
  12. DeterminedLA10/2016/0976/DC

    Discharge of Condition No.17 of Planning Approval K/2012/0373/F

    56 Upper Botera Road Cavanacaw Omagh BT78 5LH

    Received 19 Sept 2016
  13. DeterminedLA04/2017/0120/DC

    Compliance with Condition 12 of Planning Approval Z/2012/1359/F - Windsor Park Stadium.

    Windsor Park Donegall Avenue Belfast BT12 6LW

    Received 17 Jan 2017
  14. DeterminedLA04/2021/2734/DC

    Discharge of Planning Condition 17 (Noise Management Plan) for Construction Phases 1 - 3 on planning permission ref: LA04/2017/1388/F.

    Lands: 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 2021
  15. DeterminedSPD/2024/0078/DC

    Discharge of Condition 11 (Travel Plan) for Planning permission LA04/2017/1388/F for the Belfast Transport Hub.

    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 11 Oct 2024
  16. DeterminedLA03/2018/0070/DC

    Discharge of Condition No. 17 (Works Method Statement) of Planning Permission U/2014/0096/F - Hightown Quarry and inert landfill

    Hard rock quarry located at lands immediately north-east of Hightown Landfill (Old cell) 59 Upper Hightown Road Newtownabbey BT14 8RR

    Received 16 Jan 2018
  17. Consultation OpenLA01/2026/0214/DCA

    Demolition works to front & rear elevations, interior elements of main building & stone outbuilding and demolition of flat roof extension immediately adjacent to the shop, mono pitch extension to rear of outbuilding and other ad hoc structure to rear yard area of no.57 to enable extension of neighbouring museum facilities.

    57 Castle Street, Ballycastle

    Received 17 Feb 2026
  18. WithdrawnSPD/2023/0952/DC

    Discharge of Condition No.9 (Archaeological Programme of Works) of Planning Permission Ref: LA03/2015/0262/F South Antrim Solar Farm

    Lands approx 550m South of 99 Dublin Road Antrim, BT41 4PN

    Received 24 Feb 2023
  19. DeterminedLA03/2018/1116/RM

    Northern Section of Ballyclare Relief Road and Associated Works (Further Environmental Information received in December 2019 including supporting documents and amended drawings).

    Lands 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 2018
  20. DeterminedLA01/2023/1043/DCA

    Careful removal, storage and rebuilding of existing sections of stone wall and piers either side of the existing vehicular site entrance from Quay into the development site, to accommodate a new wider site access road and visibility splays. The sections of wall are to be carefully relocated on the site and rebuilt as existing.

    Lands between 13-39 Quay Road, Ballycastle

    Received 9 Oct 2023
  21. DeterminedLA08/2019/0229/DC

    Discharge of Condition 19 (acoustic properties of the AGIs) of Planning Permission LA08/2016/1328/F

    Construction 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 2018
  22. DeterminedLA04/2019/0011/DC

    Request for extension of working hours previously agreed in CEMP relating to planning permission LA04/2015/0301/F

    7 Airport Road Belfast BT3 9DY

    Received 3 Jan 2019
  23. Consultation OpenSPD/2025/0018/F

    Installation of ground-mounted solar PV modules with associated infrastructure including access, inverter/transformers, substation, internal access tracks, fencing, cabling, CCTV, temporary construction compounds, drainage, landscaping, habitat enhancement and decommissioning. Horizontal Directional Drilling will be used to cross the Black Burn watercourse and cable infrastructure will remain in situ post operation. The solar farm will occupy approximately 102 hectares and operate for 40 years. An underground cable (approx. 2.2 km) will connect the site to Coleraine Substation’

    Lands 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 2025
  24. DeterminedLA08/2019/0022/DC

    Discharge of Condition 5 (works affecting A5WTC preferred route) of planning permission LA08/2016/1328/F

    High 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 2018

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