Planning application
LA03/2025/0897/A
Unit 6B Longwood Retail Park, Newtownabbey, BT37 9UH, (previously part of DW Sports and now being split into 3 units).
Proposal
2no. Shop signs, 2no. Non illuminated totem signage and 2no. Permanent vinyl applied to glazing
As published by the council, reference LA03/2025/0897/A
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Dec 2025
Received by Antrim and Newtownabbey
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29 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About advertising applications
How this application type works
Advertisement consent controls signs, hoardings and other adverts. The council may only judge two things: amenity, meaning the effect on the appearance of the building and area, and public safety, chiefly whether a sign distracts road users or obstructs sight lines. Other planning considerations, such as competition between businesses, do not apply.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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LA03/2025/0716/F Granted
Unit 6 Longwood Retail Park, Newtownabbey, BT37 9UF
Proposed subdivision, partial change of use and reconfiguration of Unit 6 to provide 3 no. units, to accommodate bulky goods retail (6a) and leisure swim facility (6b) on the ground floor and the use of the first floor (6c) as leisure, including alterations to external elevations
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LA03/2026/0446/S54 Awaiting decision
Unit 4c, Longwood Retail Park, Newtownabbey, BT37 9UH
Site for 4no retail units,1no retail & leisure unit & 1 no DIY store with mezzanine floor & garden centre with associated car parking, landscaping & general site work (proposal includes demolition of 3 no existing retail units) (variation of condition 3 of LA03/2019/0489/F regarding "bulky goods" floorspace restriction to allow the floorspace within Unit 4c to be used for the sale of bulky and non-bulky goods)
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LA03/2026/0180/A Granted
Unit 4a, Longwood Retail Park, Newtownabbey, BT37 9UF
5no shop signs
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LA03/2026/0491/F Awaiting decision
Public Footpath approximately 26 metres north east of Abbey Trading Estate, Longwood Road, Newtownabbey, BT37 9UQ
Proposed installation of telephone kiosk on public footpath
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LA03/2026/0492/A Awaiting decision
Public Footpath approximately 20 metres north east of Abbey Trading Estate, Longwood Road, Newtownabbey, BT37 9UQ
1 Digital Advertisement Unit
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LA03/2025/0809/F Granted
Land adjacent to Danske Bank (Unit 25) at Lesley Abbeycentre Shopping Centre Longwood Road, Newtownabbey, BT37 9UH
Retention of extension to existing shopping centre to include one retail unit, new lobby entrance, reconfigured car parking/road layout, new paving and associated site works
Other advertising applications
In Antrim and Newtownabbey
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LA03/2026/0225/A Granted
Adam H Erwin 23 Ballymena Road, Antrim, BT41 4JG
Retention of 1 no. totem, 1no. shop sign and 2 no. wayfinding signs
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LA03/2026/0284/A Granted
175 M&S Foodhall 175 Airport Road, Aldergrove, BT29 4DW
1 Totem Sign & 1 Totem Insert
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LA03/2026/0498/A Awaiting decision
Public footpath directly north of Edmund Rice College, Hightown Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 7AU
1no Digital Advertisement Unit
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LA03/2026/0512/A Awaiting decision
Public footpath approximately 16 metres south west of 208 Meadowlands, Antrim, BT41 4EZ
1 Digital Advertising Unit
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LA03/2026/0504/A Awaiting decision
Public footpath approximately 39 metres north west of 2 West Crescent, Newtownabbey, BT37 9DT
1 Digital Advertisement Unit