Planning application
Elite Autos, 3 Glenford Road, Newtownards, BT 23 4AU
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use from Storage Warehouse to Car Sales Showroom with ancillary Workshop and Offices (Retrospective)
As published by the council, reference LA06/2025/0842/F
Application record
- Reference
- LA06/2025/0842/F
- Type
- Full
- Status
- Consultation Open
- Received
- 23 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 23 Sep 2025
- Ward
- Scrabo
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Sep 2025
Received by Ards and North Down
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29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 18 November 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Ards and North Down took a median of 78 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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Gravis Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Holywood
Active · incorporated 2005 · Holywood
234 applications on PlanIndex · across 40 councils · 98% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
16 documents on file for this application
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