R T U Ltd, 3 Cloughfern Avenue, Cloughfern, Newtownabbey, BT37 0UZ

1. 16 Dec 2025

   Received by Antrim and Newtownabbey

2. 27 Apr 2026

   Decision issued: Granted

3. 29 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Antrim and Newtownabbey granted permission on 27 April 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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• Translink Newtownabbey Bus Depot, Monkstown Avenue, Monkstown Industrial Estate, Newtownabbey

  LA03/2026/0534/F Submitted 21 Jul 2026 200 yards away

  96% historically approved · decision due ~16 Sep

  Provision of 37no. electrical vehicle (‘ev’) charging units (26no. HYC 50 EV units, 7no. HYC 200 ev units and 4no. eva-22d-se van charger ev units); erection of 1no. transformer kiosk, 2no. combined low voltage (‘lv’) switch room and transformer room buildings, and amendments to section of boundary wall; provision of associated site infrastructure (including: parking bollards; bus wheel stops; armco barriers; 1no. cctv camera mounted to existing lighting column; relocation of 4no. existing 12metre high lighting columns; and relocation and upgrade of 1no. existing 12metre high lighting column;); alterations to existing bus parking area, including reduction and relocation of existing hydrogen bus heater battery plugs, removal of existing storage building to facilitate modification of existing pedestrian walkway, reconfigured bus parking bays and provision of fenced service yard and bus turning area; and all associated site works.

  Awaiting decision Full applications 62 docs
  Small domestic

• Lands 50m north of the junction of Doagh Road and Monkstown Avenue and opposite 1-14 Hillcrest Villas, accessing onto Monkstown Avenue and Doagh Road, Newtownabbey.

  LA03/2025/0532/F Submitted 22 Jul 2025 450 yards away

  96% historically approved · decision due ~16 Sep

  Erection of discount foodstore, access, landscaping, provision of signalised crossing on Doagh Road-Monkstown Avenue slip lane, signalling improvements to traffic lights at Doagh Road/Monkstown Avenue junction, and associated site works.

  Awaiting decision Full applications 66 docs

• 26 Kings Road, Newtownabbey, BT37 0DA

  LA03/2026/0527/F Submitted 16 Jul 2026 0.3 miles away

  96% historically approved · decision due ~11 Sep

  Extension and alterations to dwelling

  Awaiting decision Full applications Extension 11 docs
  Domestic

• W J Walker Ltd, 205 Doagh Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 6AD

  LA03/2026/0226/S54 Submitted 3 Apr 2026 0.3 miles away

  Retention of existing shed for the storage of timber and other building materials/goods, and the erection of an additional shed joined to its western side, for the same purpose (Removal of Condition 3 from Planning Approval LA03/2024/0254/F: There shall be no external storage of timber with the yard area shaded yellow on Drawing No 03/1 dated 3 September 2024)

  Refused 12 docs
  Small domestic

• 229-233 Doagh Road, Monkstown Industrial Estate, Newtownabbey, BT36 6XA

  LA03/2025/0639/DC Submitted 3 Sep 2025 0.3 miles away

  Demolition of existing building and replacement with Class A1 Foodstore and associated eight-bay Petrol Filling Station and associated works including car parking, access from Doagh Road, Click-and-Collect facility and landscaping. Access from Doagh Road facilitated by new roundabout to replace Doagh Road and Monkstown Road junction; and off-site road improvement works at Doagh Road/Station Road/O'Neills Road junction. (Discharge of Condition 28 from Planning Approval LA03/2018/0842/F regarding the submission of a Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP)).

  Granted Conditions Demolition 10 docs

• 33 Abbeycroft Drive, Newtownabbey, BT37 0YJ

  LA03/2025/0955/F Submitted 24 Dec 2025 0.3 miles away

  Addition of a single storey side extension to an existing two storey dwelling

  Granted Full applications Extension 14 docs
  Small domestic

• LA03/2026/0183/F Granted

  Lands at Ballyearl Business Park and approx 150m south of Houstons Corner Roundabout, Newtownabbey, BT36 4TP

  Erection of a warehouse building with ancillary office space, external yard, HGV and car parking, including all associated, site works, landscaping and infrastructure

  Received 18 Mar, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Full applications
• LA03/2025/0857/F Withdrawn

  Lands 10m east of 24 Craiglands Manor, 10m west of Ballyearl Close and 10m west of 11 Ballyearl Crescent and north of Ballyearl Drive, Newtownabbey

  Erection of 21no. residential dwellings, change of house type to sites 1-23 (reduction by 2 units) of previously approved application ref: U/2010/0511/F, with associated landscaping & site works on lands accessed from Ballyearl Drive, Newtownabbey.

  Received 17 Nov, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Full applications
• LA03/2026/0349/F Granted

  Office (2nd Floor), 300 Antrim Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 5EG

  Proposed change of use from an office to barber shop

  Received 19 May, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Full applications
• LA03/2026/0309/F Granted

  11 Duneane Road, Toomebridge, BT41 3PN

  Proposed replacement dwelling and retention of existing dwelling to be used as a domestic store

  Received 7 May, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Full applications
• LA03/2026/0543/F Granted

  McDonald’s Restaurants Ltd, 5 Longwood Road, Newtownabbey, BT37 9UL

  Alterations to elevations including the construction of an extension to incorporate a new entrance lobby with new glazing and replacement drive thru booths. Relocation of patio furniture and associated works to the site

  Received 22 Jul, published by the council 7 Aug 2026 Full applications