Planning application
87 Portaferry Road, Newtownards, BT23 8SN.
Works: Extension
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Extension to front of mechanics garage/workshop.
As published by the council, reference LA06/2025/0283/F
Application record
- Reference
- LA06/2025/0283/F
- Type
- Full
- Status
- Determined
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 30 Mar 2025
- Validated
- 30 Mar 2025
- Decided
- 13 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Loughries
- Postcode
- BT23 8SN
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
30 Mar 2025
Received by Ards and North Down
-
7 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
-
13 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Granted
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Cowan Architectural Agent, an architecture practice
9 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
22 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Ards and North Down granted permission on 13 August 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.
About full applications
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.
Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
-
Lands accessed adjacent to 9 and 10 Turnstone Portaferry Road Newtownards BT23 8GE - Approximately 46.5m north East of 76 Portaferry Road 170m east of 50 Portaferry Road 155m South of south of 27 Lapwing Park and 210m West of 84 Portaferry Road.
Discharge of Condition 8 of approval LA06/2018/0722/F, which states 'The development hereby permitted shall not be commenced until a Street Lighting scheme design has been submitted and approved by the DFI Roads Street Lighting Section'.
Granted Conditions 9 docs -
Lands accessed adjacent to 9 and 10 Turnstone, Portaferry Road, Newtownards. Approximately 57m South East of 3 Turnstone View, 86m East of 50 Portaferry Road, 59m North East of 60 Portaferry Road and 41m North of 76 Portaferry Road.
Proposed residential development of 16no. detached dwellings. Amended house types from current extant approval ref: X/1995/0731/F (Amended Plans/Documents)
Granted Full applications New dwelling 49 docs
Other full applications
In Ards and North Down
-
LA06/2026/0762/F Granted
64 Princess Gardens, Holywood, BT18 0PW
Single-storey extension to side (demolition of garage)
-
LA06/2026/0302/F Granted
87 Station Road, Holywood, BT18 0BP
Internal and external alterations, conversion of garage, and retrospective ancillary outbuilding (Amended Description and Additional Plans)
-
LA06/2026/0749/F Granted
15 Lochinver Avenue,Holywood, BT18 0NQ
Conversion of garage to ancillary accommodation (including new door/windows)
-
LA06/2026/0730/F Granted
20 Bailie Road, Bangor, BT19 7QW
1.5-storey rear extension to dwelling; new front porch
-
LA06/2026/0789/F Granted
26 Holymount Road Newtownards BT23 7DL
Single-storey rear extension