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Northern Ireland · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Mid and East Antrim Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
55 approved · 2 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jun 2026 to 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land 70m north of the Ecos Hub Kernohan's Lane Ballymena BT43 7QA
Received 11 Sept 2026Former bank building and adjacent High Street car park 21–23 High Street, Carrickfergus, BT38 7AL
Received 10 Jul 2026Former Danske Bank and adjacent car park 21–23 High Street, Carrickfergus, BT38 7AL
Received 10 Jul 202620 Thomas Street, Ballymena, BT43 6AX
Received 22 Jun 202645 Metres North of No. 36 Grange Road Toomebridge BT41 3QB
Received 27 Aug 2026Vacant industrial land north of Nos 2-34 Montague Avenue, west of Nos 21-51 Toome Road and 1-5 Riverside Terrace, south of Ballee Burn and east of Railway Line, Ballymena
Received 10 Jul 202643 Sallagh Park Central, Larne, BT40 1NU
Received 19 Jun 2026116 Moorfields Road, Ballymena, BT42 3HJ
Received 31 Jul 202611m south east of no. 40 Ballybracken Road, Ballyclare, BT39 9QZ
Received 31 Jul 202673-75 Ballymoney Street, Ballymena, BT43 6AN
Received 24 Jul 202639 Killyglen Road, Larne, BT40 2HR
Received 3 Sept 2026Rear of 25-27 Upper Station Road Greenisland Carrickfergus BT38 8RQ
Received 21 Sept 202615 and 15a Ballyclosh Lane Ballymena BT43 5PG
Received 16 Jun 2026Ultimate In Fashion 13 Wellington Street Ballymena BT43 6AB
Received 26 Jun 202634a Grange Road, Antrim, BT41 3QE
Received 1 Oct 20261&2 Old School Gate Woodtown Road Ballymena BT43 5FP
Received 29 Jun 20268 CENTURIPE AVENUE TOWN PARKS BALLYMENA BT43 7AY
Received 29 Jun 2026116 Cloughwater Road, Ballymena, BT43 6SZ
Received 29 Sept 2026To the rear of 18 Garvaghy Road, Portglenone
Received 27 Jul 202679 LONGMORE ROAD LOUGHLOUGHAN BROUGHSHANE BT43 7HP
Received 29 Jun 2026Lands adjacent to The Old Parish Church 50 Ballymena Road, Portglenone, Co Antrim, BT44 8BL
Received 17 Jun 202635m SW of 6 Main Bentra Road, Carrickfergus, BT38 9SY
Received 13 Aug 2026Adjacent to 7 Harberton Park, Ballymena, BT43 6NF
Received 6 Oct 2026Carrickfergus Town Hall, Museum and Civic Centre 11 Antrim Street, Carrickfergus, BT38 7DG
Received 10 Jul 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 Mid and East Antrim 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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