Our responsibilities
The next Planning Committee meeting is on Tuesday 5 February and the schedule of planning applications will be published on the Council’s website www.ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk/planning on 23 January.
We are responsible for delivering planning functions in Ards and North Down. This involves:
- receiving and making decisions about most planning applications
- enforcing planning control where there are breaches of planning permission
- making tree preservation orders
- protecting and preserving built heritage
- producing a local development plan outlining how land should be used and developed in the future
Enforcement
Our enforcement strategy explains:
- how we investigate written complaints about planning breaches
- enforcement action we can take