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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Lands immediately to North East of 13 Drakesbridge Road, Crossgar, Downpatrick, BT30 9EW
Received 11 Sept 202615 no.15 Old Warrenpoint Road, Newry, BT34 2TD
Received 23 Sept 202619 Moyra Drive, Ballynahinch, BT24 7AF
Received 9 Oct 20263 Woodvale, Bessbrook, Newry, BT35 7FD
Received 20 Aug 2026B & Q Warehouse Unit 5, Damolly Retail Park, Newry, BT35 6PR
Received 20 Aug 20264 Ballycloughan Road, Saintfield, BT24 7HW
Received 14 Aug 2026Camlough, Camlough Wood, Camlough Mountain, Camlough, County Armagh, BT35 7JR, NGR E: 305500 N: 324720
Received 18 Aug 2026Warde Groupage Ltd 19 Tandragee Road, Newry, BT35 6QE
Received 6 Oct 202625 Tollymore Road, Newcastle, BT33 0JL
Received 29 Jul 202610 The Mall and 90 Hill Street, Newry, BT34 1BX
Received 27 Jul 20262 The Valley Mullaghbawn Newry BT35 9ST
Received 1 Sept 202650m SE of No 13 New Line, Crossgar, BT30 9EP
Received 17 Aug 2026Lands Adjacent and 35m North-East of No. 18 Outleckan Road, Belleeks, Newry, BT35 7QU
Received 24 Jul 202645 Conway Park, Mullaghbawn, BT35 9TS
Received 7 Aug 202610 The Mall and 90 Hill Street, Newry, BT34 1BX
Received 18 Aug 2026300m SE of 21 Cargabane Road Newy BT34 1SB
Received 30 Sept 202649 Saintfield Road, Ballynahinch, BT24 8UZ
Received 23 Jul 2026St. Marks High School, 35 Upper Dromore Road, Warrenpoint, BT34 3PN
Received 29 Jul 20262 College Green, Kilkeel, Newry, BT34 4HE
Received 2 Sept 202632 A Greencastle Street, Kilkeel, KILKEEL, BT34 4BH
Received 1 Oct 2026Site approx 125m ESE of 177 Rathfriland Road, Dromore, BT25 2EG
Received 20 Aug 20262 John Mitchel Place, Newry, BT34 2BP
Received 4 Sept 2026The Square Lower, Bridge Street, Kilkeel, BT34 4A
Received 1 Sept 2026The 'Rocket House' Adjacent and north east of 147 Kilkeel Road, Annalong., Newry, BT34 4TL
Received 11 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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