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SITE OF FORMER BANGOR LEISURE CENTRE Adjacent to 7 Castle Park Avenue, Bangor, BT20 4BN

Granted Ards and North Down LA06/2024/0688/DC Discharge of Condition

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Discharge of Condition 3 of approval LA06/2019/1295/F which states: Prior to the commencement of any development on site a final hard and soft landscaping scheme shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Council in consultation with HED: Historic Buildings. The scheme shall include details of all new walls, fences, other boundary treatments and finished ground levels, details of the hard surface treatment of open parts of the site including details of the car park finish; details of trees to be retained, a planting specification to include species, size, position and method of planting of all new trees and shrubs; and a programme of implementation. The works shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details during the first available planting season following occupation of any part of the development hereby approved (unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Council). All hard and soft landscape areas and works shall be permanently retained in accordance with the approved details. Any existing or proposed trees or plants indicated on the approved plans which, within a period of 5 years from the date of planting, die are removed or become seriously damaged, diseased or dying shall be replaced during the next planting season with other trees or plants of a location, species and size, details of which shall have first been submitted to and approved in writing by the Council.

As published by the council, reference LA06/2024/0688/DC

Application record

Reference
LA06/2024/0688/DC
Type
Discharge of Condition
Status
Determined
Decision
Granted As published: Condition Partially Discharged
Received
5 Aug 2024
Validated
5 Aug 2024
Decided
4 Nov 2024
Ward
Castle (North Down and Ards)
Postcode
BT20 4BN

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 5 Aug 2024

    Received by Ards and North Down

  2. 4 Nov 2024

    Decision issued: Condition Partially Discharged

  3. 27 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

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HR Jess Ltd Agent, registered in Newtownabbey

Active · incorporated 2006 · Newtownabbey

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What this grant of permission means

Ards and North Down granted permission on 4 November 2024, 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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