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From Belvedere Road, Newtownards to the Somme Heritage Centre, 233 Bangor Road, Newtownards, BT23 7PH

Granted Ards and North Down LA06/2025/0789/S54 Section 54

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

Proposal

Variation of Condition 13 of previously approved application LA06/2020/0940/F for a greenway for approximately 3km along a traffic-free route from Belvedere Road, Newtownards turning NE following the former railway track in the most part to the Somme Heritage Centre. A section of the former railway track between Victoria Road and Belvedere Road is also included. Widening of existing footways, new 3m wide paths, pedestrian crossings, fencing, ancillary car parking, a shared-use bridge and associated site, access and other ancillary works. From: Bridge: No other development hereby permitted shall be commenced operational until the road works indicated on Drawing No 27A bearing the date stamp 27/07/2021 have been fully completed in accordance with the approved plans. To: Bridge: No other development hereby permitted shall be operational until the road works indicated on drawing 60572431-SHT10-LD-3105 have been fully completed in accordance with the approved plans.

As published by the council, reference LA06/2025/0789/S54

Application record

Reference
LA06/2025/0789/S54
Type
Section 54
Status
Determined
Decision
Granted
Received
5 Sep 2025
Validated
5 Sep 2025
Decided
16 Feb 2026
Ward
Cronstown
Postcode
BT23 7PH

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 5 Sep 2025

    Received by Ards and North Down

  2. 16 Feb 2026

    Decision issued: Granted

  3. 29 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

16 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Ards and North Down granted permission on 16 February 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.

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