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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 adjacent to No. 17 Drumalt Road Silverbridge Dorsey
Received 11 Aug 2026Lands 160m West & 140m WNW of No 64 Augnnahoory Road Kilkeel
Received 29 Sept 2026Lands immediately south of No.38 Green Road, Bessbrook, Newry, BT35 7EG
Received 25 Sept 20261 Town Hall, Bank Parade, Newry, BT35 6HR
Received 9 Sept 2026232 Kilkeel Road, Annalong, BT34 4TW
Received 7 Sept 2026Opposite and 30m North of 52 Blaney Road, Crossmaglen, BT35 9AH
Received 28 Sept 2026Lands 53m N of 51 Ringhaddy Road Killinchy BT23 6TU
Received 12 Aug 202660m S of 2 Drumlough Cross, Rathfriland, Newry, BT34 5DU
Received 16 Sept 2026Queen Street House 53 Dominic Street, Newry, BT35 8BN
Received 9 Sept 202650 Old Court, Strangford, Downpatrick, BT30 7NG
Received 10 Sept 202617 Main Street, Dundrum, BT33 0LU
Received 27 Aug 2026Southeast and adjacent to 63A Castlewellan, Carnacavill Road, Newcastle, County Down, BT30 0JX
Received 18 Sept 2026116 Saintfield Road, Crossgar, BT24 7JS
Received 10 Sept 202616 Freeduff Road, Cullyhanna, BT35 0JJ
Received 14 Aug 202649 Ballyloughlin Road, Newcastle, BT33 0QG
Received 16 Sept 2026Lands 330m West of 15 Loughross Road, Crossmaglen, Co. Armagh, BT35 9AS
Received 25 Sept 202647 Merchants Quay, Newry, BT35 8HE
Received 10 Sept 2026Lands approximately 95m S of 99 Ballylone Road Ballynahinch BT24 8XX
Received 28 Jul 2026Rockmount Filling Station 32 Rathfriland Road, Newry, BT34 1JZ
Received 3 Sept 2026St. Malachys Primary School 33 Lower Square, Castlewellan, BT31 9DN
Received 30 Sept 202635 Mourne Park, Castlewellan, BT31 9BZ
Received 23 Aug 2026Lands 60m south of No 6 Buskhill Road, Newry, BT34 1SD
Received 9 Jul 2026St. Marys Primary School 5 Aghlisnafin Road, Castlewellan, BT31 9JP
Received 22 Jul 202618 St. Marys Street, Newry, BT34 2AA
Received 20 Sept 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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