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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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85 Dundrum Road, Newcastle, BT33 0LN
Received 23 Jul 202628A Newtown Road, Rostrevor, Newry
Received 17 Aug 2026Lands adjacent to No. 14 Crohill Road, Newry, Co. Down, N.Ireland BT34 2LF
Received 15 Sept 2026Site between No's 35 & 39 Foughilletra Road, Jonesborough, BT35 8JE
Received 23 Sept 2026Upon lands adjacent & approximately 107m NE of 37 Upper Fathom Road, Cloughoge, Newry, BT35 8NY
Received 14 Sept 2026270m WNW of 21 Castlewellan Road Clough Downpatrick BT30 8RD
Received 30 Jul 20261 Town Hall, Bank Parade, Newry, BT35 6HR
Received 9 Sept 2026Lands NE of No.12 Forkhill Road Newry
Received 12 Aug 202618 St. Marys Street, Newry, BT34 2AA
Received 20 Sept 20264 Cullyhanna Road, Newry, BT35 0JB
Received 14 Aug 202659 Ribadoo Road, Ballyward, Castlewellan, BT31 9SY
Received 27 Jul 20261 Town Hall, Bank Parade, Newry, BT35 6HR
Received 10 Sept 2026Lands Approximately 118m South East of No.12 Leode Road, Newry, BT34 5TJ
Received 8 Oct 2026On lands at and immediately south east of no.73 Drumaroad Hill, Ballynahinch, BT24 8NR
Received 5 Oct 202653 Lisdoonan Road, Saintfield, Ballynahinch, BT24 7HL
Received 26 Aug 2026Lands approximately 30m N of No. 45 Tullynavall Rd, Cullyhanna, BT35 0PZ.
Received 23 Jul 2026Lands approximately 38m east of no. 22 Seafields, Warrenpoint
Received 9 Sept 2026Lands approximately 60m south east of 39 Anthonys Road Ballymartin BT34 4PN
Received 28 Jul 2026Gap site between No.35 and No.37 Church Road, Forkhill
Received 16 Jul 202618 High Street, Ballynahinch, BT24 8AB
Received 28 Aug 202686 Lismore, Crossmaglen, Newry, BT35 9ET
Received 2 Sept 2026Approx 35m North East of 38 Drumaroad Hill, Drumaroad, Castlewellan, BT31 9PD
Received 29 Jul 202643 Brackenagh East Road, Brackenagh East, Ballymartin, BT34 4PT (Lands 220m south of No. 41 Brackenagh East Road, Ballymartin, BT34 4PT)
Received 6 Aug 2026Land immediately SE of 72 Magheratimpany Road, Ballynahinch, BT24 8PA
Received 19 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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