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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.
142 approved · 14 refused · 7 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Craigall Quarry (288937E, 414367N), 840m east-southeast of Quarry Offices, 84 Cullyrammer Road, Kilrea, Coleraine, BT51 5YF and lands to the north east of Craigall Quarry
Received 26 Nov 2024Mourne Park House Mourne Park Kilkeel Newry BT34 4LB
Received 15 Jun 2020Lands 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 9 May 2017Lands 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 31 May 2019Lands 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 27 Oct 2016Lands extending from north of Doagh Road (opposite No.0141 Doagh Road) to the Templepatrick Road Ballyclare Immediately West of the cemetery Huntingdale and Dennisons Industrial Estate.
Received 23 Jan 2019Former Ebrington Barracks Derry
Received 26 Sept 2018Lands SE of Comber By-Pass
Received 24 May 2017Land at D3 adjacent to the RSPB Reserve Airport Road West Belfast BT3 9DY
Received 9 May 2025Lands 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 18 Dec 2023Land North of 53 Dunnalong Road, Bready, Tyrone, BT82 0DW
Received 27 Jan 2025Aughrim Mucklagh Gortoorlan and Snugborough Ballyconnell Co Cavan
Received 24 Jul 2017Lands bounded by the River Lagan to the east Corporation Street to the west Dock Street and Corry Link to the north and the elevated M3 Cross Harbour Bridge/Motorway to the south City Quays Clarendon Dock Belfast BT1 3AL
Received 16 May 2017To 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 2024Buildings 45/46 & 49 Ebrington Square, to the rear of 8-18 Browning Drive, Derry/Londonderry BT47 6GZ
Received 23 Feb 2024Land to the south of Windyhill Road, land to the west of Dunhill Road and land to the east of Ballinteer Road Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Received 7 Jul 2023Lands 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 24 Aug 2017Carrickaduff Meenbog and adjacent townlands Co Donegal
Received 12 Dec 2016Lands: 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 16 Jun 2017Land approximately 920 metres north west of 33 Craigmore Road Coleraine Co. Londonderry
Received 6 Aug 2021First Broughshane Presbyterian Church 52 Main Street Broughshane
Received 19 May 20177 Airport Road Belfast BT3 9DY
Received 16 Apr 2019Meenamullan Road and is approximately 4km southwest of Killeter.
Received 14 Dec 2021Lands approximately 920 metres north west if 33 Craigmore Road Coleraine Co. Londonderry.
Received 6 Aug 2021Records 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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