Lands at 42 Main Street (including lands to the rear of and approx. 20m east of Nos. 26-42 Main Street), Toome, BT41 3TF

1. 4 Jun 2026

   Received by Antrim and Newtownabbey

2. 16 Jun 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 29 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 11 August 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Antrim and Newtownabbey took a median of 78 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with Antrim and Newtownabbey for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Antrim and Newtownabbey decided full applications in a median of 80 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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• Lands to the rear of nos. 36-42 Main Street, Toome

  LA03/2026/0221/DC Submitted 2 Apr 2026 0.1 miles away

  10 no dwellings with associated landscaping, parking and site works (Discharge of condition 11 of planning approval LA03/2023/0763/F regarding the submission of a programme of archaeological works)

  Granted Conditions 5 docs
  Major scheme

• 15 Roguery Road, Toomebridge, Antrim, BT41 3TG

  LA03/2026/0290/S54 Submitted 30 Apr 2026 0.1 miles away

  Replacement dwelling and garage (Variation of Condition 7 from approval LA03/2025/0505/F regarding foul sewage)

  Granted 12 docs
  Domestic

• 15 Roguery Road, Toome, BT41 3TG

  LA03/2024/0569/F Submitted 5 Aug 2024 0.1 miles away

  Replacement dwelling and garage

  Withdrawn Full applications 23 docs
  Domestic

• 62 Main Street, Toomebridge, Antrim, BT41 3NJ

  LA03/2024/0480/F Submitted 25 Jun 2024 0.1 miles away

  Conversion of part of existing nursing home (existing daycare unit) into 8 complex dementia bedrooms, with new car parking area

  Granted Full applications 17 docs

• 27 Bannfield Way, Toome, Antrim, BT41 3TU

  LA03/2025/0902/F Submitted 3 Dec 2025 0.1 miles away

  Erection of single garage

  Granted Full applications 8 docs

• Land 55 metres north of No. 1 Loughview Drive, Toomebridge (access via new development Bannfield Way)

  LA03/2026/0194/DC Submitted 23 Mar 2026 0.1 miles away

  Erection of 2no semi-detached dwellings, access and associated site works (change of house types from houses approved on sites 3 & 4 under permission LA03/2022/0008/F) (Discharge of Condition 10, 11 & 12 from planning approval LA03/2024/0366/F regarding measures to protect trees and hedgerows from damage during construction; and the submission of a Landscaping Scheme and Landscape Management and Maintenance Plan)

  Granted Conditions 8 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