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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 · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Newry, Mourne and Down District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Jul 2026 to 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Castlewellan Forest Park Forest Park View, Castlewellan, BT31 9BU
Received 31 Jul 202625 Violet Hill Avenue, Newry, BT35 6DT
Received 1 Oct 202612a Camlough Road, Newry, BT35 6JP
Received 20 Aug 2026Lands to North Of 78 Armagh Road, Newry, BT35 6PW and South Of towpath to Bessbrook River' Newry Canal and East Of Damolly Retail park
Received 21 Aug 2026Gordon Chemists 59-61 Main Street, Ballynahinch, BT24 7AB
Received 28 Jul 2026Between 5 and 7 Carlingford Street, Crossmaglen, BT35 9DG
Received 7 Aug 2026Site approximately 140m south east of 14 Oldtown Road, Cullyhanna
Received 14 Sept 2026178 Concession Road, Culloville, Newry, BT35 9JB
Received 14 Jul 20261 Greenan Vale, Newry, BT34 2BH
Received 8 Sept 2026Site 50m west of No.22 Kirkland Road, Toye, Downpatrick BT30 9PQ
Received 5 Aug 20263 Railway Cottages, Newcastle, BT33 0LP
Received 18 Sept 2026Land 125m south of 11 Eshwary Hill, Eshwary, Camlough, BT35 7HZ
Received 26 Aug 2026Lands approximately 73m NW of No.22 Seafields, Warrenpoint (Plot 17 under approved application LA07/2021/2056/F)
Received 28 Aug 2026Land immediately south of 23 Bettys Hill Road, Ballyholland BT34 2LZ
Received 27 Jul 20261 Liska Road, Newry, BT35 8NH
Received 23 Sept 202664 Upper Dromore Road, Warrenpoint, Newry, BT34 3PN
Received 21 Sept 2026Between 9 & 11 Tullydonnell Road, Silverbridge, BT35 9NA
Received 1 Sept 2026Lands to the east of 12 Cumran Park, Clough, BT30 8TG
Received 23 Jul 2026Site adjacent and south west of No 3 Ballykeel Road, Cabra, BT34 5RH
Received 2 Sept 202640m South of No. 121 Castlewellan Road Cabra Rathfriland
Received 18 Sept 202665 Ballynagross Road, Downpatrick, BT30 7EQ
Received 25 Jul 202690 M South East of No. 5 Ballydoo Road, Mayobridge
Received 17 Sept 20265 Carrick Close Burren Newry BT34 3AT
Received 21 Sept 20265 Donard Park, Newcastle, BT33 0WR
Received 4 Aug 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 Newry, Mourne and Down District 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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