Car park adjoining Mill Road to the north and approximately 30m west of 131 Shore Road, Newtownabbey, BT37 9SY

1. 30 Sep 2026

   Received by Antrim and Newtownabbey

2. 5 Oct 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 25 November 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 79 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 advertisement consent applications in a median of 80 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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• Unit 5b (now known as unit 4c) Longwood Retail Park, Newtownabbey, BT37 9UH

  LA03/2026/0446/S54 Submitted 25 Jun 2026 100 yards away

  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)

  Granted Demolition 19 docs

• Lands adjacent to 131 Shore Road Belfast BT37 9SY

  LA03/2023/0063/DC Submitted 16 Jan 2023 150 yards away

  Provision of new road junction and access road through lands adjacent to 131 Shore Road to serve the existing Whitehouse WwTW, clearance of trees and vegetation, levelling and stoning out of surface, provision of new site access gate, internal security fencing and lighting. (Discharge of Condition 6 - from planning approval LA03/2021/0674/F regarding the submission of a detailed programme of works and any required and/or associated traffic management proposals)

  Granted Conditions Trees 5 docs

• Unit 4a, Longwood Retail Park, Newtownabbey, BT37 9UF

  LA03/2026/0180/A Submitted 17 Mar 2026 150 yards away

  5no shop signs

  Granted Advertising 10 docs

• Unit 6B Longwood Retail Park, Newtownabbey, BT37 9UH, (previously part of DW Sports and now being split into 3 units).

  LA03/2025/0897/A Submitted 2 Dec 2025 150 yards away

  2no. Shop signs, 2no. Non illuminated totem signage and 2no. Permanent vinyl applied to glazing

  Granted Advertising Windows or glazing 19 docs

• Unit 6 Longwood Retail Park, Newtownabbey, BT37 9UF

  LA03/2025/0716/F Submitted 1 Oct 2025 200 yards away

  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

  Granted Full applications 41 docs
  Several homes

• Lands adjacent to 131 Shore Road, Belfast, BT37 9SY

  LA03/2023/0067/DC Submitted 24 Jan 2023 250 yards away

  Provision of new road junction and access road to serve existing Whitehouse WwTW (Discharge of Condition 7 from planning approval LA03/2021/0674/F regarding submission of Statement of Ecological Works)

  Granted Conditions 8 docs

• LA03/2026/0522/A Granted

  Lands approximately 35m south east of Steeple Nursery School, Steeple Road, Antrim, BT41 1AF

  1no digital advertisement unit

  Received 14 Jul, published by the council 7 Aug 2026 Advertising
• LA03/2026/0251/A Granted

  1st Ballyclare Linfield Supporters Club 6 Abercorn Drive, Ballyclare, BT39 9AE

  1 Shop sign

  Received 16 Apr, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Advertising
• LA03/2026/0594/A Granted

  24m NE of 67 Doagh Road, Ballyclare, BT39 9BJ

  1 Hoarding (Temporary)

  Received 17 Aug, published by the council 30 Aug 2026 Advertising
• LA03/2026/0498/A Granted

  Public Footpath 0.15m north of Edmund Rice College, 96-100 Hightown Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 7AU

  1no Digital Advertisement Unit

  Received 8 Jul, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Advertising
• LA03/2026/0177/A Granted

  Unit 1, 290 Antrim Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 7QT

  Retention of 12no shop signs & 10no building wraps

  Received 13 Mar, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Advertising