5 Cottonmount Drive, Newtownabbey, BT36 4AR

1. 25 Mar 2026

   Received by Antrim and Newtownabbey

2. 26 Mar 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 17 Jun 2026

   Decision issued: Granted

4. 29 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Antrim and Newtownabbey granted permission on 17 June 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.

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 21 Sealstown Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 4QU

  LA03/2024/0922/NMC Submitted 20 Dec 2024 150 yards away

  Non-material change to LA03/2017/0172/F (Extension to the rear of dwelling to include a garage, utility and garden room together with a proposed first floor bedroom extension to the front); Front extension to be reduced in size to extend only on the footprint of the ground floor porch

  Granted Amendments Extension 8 docs
  Small domestic

• Lands formerly known as 3a, 10, 10a Trench Lane and 104 Mallusk Road and lands approximately 10m south of No. 7 Trench Lane, Mallusk, Newtownabbey

  LA03/2025/0253/F Submitted 14 Apr 2025 200 yards away

  Erection of 12no. dwellings (8 semi-detached and 4 detached) with the construction of new accesses from Parkmount Road and Hydepark Mews, along with package treatment plant, solar panels, associated landscaping, boundary treatments and site works.

  Granted Full applications 108 docs
  Major scheme

• Lands at Trench Lane to the east of Ballymartin Water adjacent and west of housing developments at Parkmount Road Tudor Park and Hype Park Manor Mallusk Newtownabbey (BT36 4PA)

  LA03/2023/0066/DC Submitted 20 Jan 2023 200 yards away

  Housing development comprising 43 No. dwellings and associated site works, landscaping with access from Trench Lane Mallusk (with additional access onto Trench Lane from Hydepark Manor) (revised plans received) (Discharge of Condition 3 - from planning approval LA03 2015/0173/F regarding implementation of all remediation measures detailed within the Flood Risk Assessments)

  Granted Conditions 7 docs
  Major scheme

• Cottonmount Arms, 130 Mallusk Road, Grange Of Mallusk, Newtownabbey, BT36 4QN

  LA03/2026/0015/A Submitted 13 Jan 2026 250 yards away

  1 Shop sign, 1 Projecting sign

  Granted Advertising 11 docs

• LA03/2026/0511/F Granted

  Public footpath along Ballymena Road, approximately 16 metres SW of 208 Meadow Lands, Antrim, BT41 4EZ

  Proposed installation of telephone kiosk on public footpath

  Received 8 Jul, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Full applications
• LA03/2026/0036/F Granted

  Unit 32, Antrim Business Park, 25 Randalstown Road, Antrim, BT41 4LD

  Change of use from an existing warehouse unit to a gym (Retrospective)

  Received 21 Jan, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Full applications
• LA03/2026/0375/F Granted

  Steel Mac Distribution (SMD) Ltd. Unit 1a Global Point Avenue, Newtownabbey, BT36 5TB

  Extensions and alterations to existing factory for Steel Mac Distribution (SMD) Ltd. and all ancillary site works and infrastructure

  Received 29 May, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Full applications
• LA03/2026/0660/F Awaiting decision

  Abbots Cross Primary School, 86 Doagh Road, Newtownabbey, BT37 9QW

  Erection of 1 no. modular classroom

  Received 11 Sep, published by the council 18 Sep 2026 Full applications
• LA03/2026/0312/F Withdrawn

  15m north of 58 The Diamond Road, Aldergrove, Crumlin, BT29 4QY

  Retention of temporary mobile home and adjacent stoned area for car parking

  Received 8 May, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Full applications