Planning: Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the office is closed to the public

Due to the current Covid-19 outbreak the Planning Office will be closed to the public until further notice. However, planning services continue to operate in terms of application submissions, and processing and issuing. We cannot, however, at present facilitate any office-based duty planner appointments, file viewings, or register viewings. Should you require assistance, please email our general planning email account on planning@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk or telephone 028 9182 4006 --- between 9am and 3pm --- and we will endeavour to assist you with your query as far as practicable.

Planning applications recently advertised

Planning applications in Ards and North Down advertised and re-advertised this week.

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Information on the Northern Ireland Planning Portal

Delegated Applications - recommendations accepted by Planning Committee members

Local development applications, where the recommendation by Planning Service was accepted by Planning Committee members, determined by the Head of Planning Amended. Revised Scheme of Delegation published 01 July 2020.

Next Planning Committee

The meeting scheduled for Tuesday 7th December has been postponed until January with a provisional date of 18th January 2022. While the Planning Committee does not ordinarily sit in the month of January it is provisionally proposed to hold a Planning Committee on 18th January 2021 subject to the receipt of forthcoming advice. The Schedule will be published BELOW on Wednesday 5th January 2022. The deadline for the submission of speaking rights will close at 5pm on Tuesday 11th January.

Local Development Plan

Details of the Preferred Options Paper Consultation open from the 17th May to 9 August 2019 available here. --- Please note the LDP Timetable and the Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) were agreed on 17 July 2020. The agreed updated Timetable and SCI shall be advertised in the local press wb 30th August and wb 7th September 2020.