Planning application
89b Mill Street, Newtownards, BT23 4LW
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Retrospective Change of Use from a car repair garage (sui generis) to office (Class B1) with ancillary car parking and all associated site works
As published by the council, reference LA06/2025/0962/F
Application record
- Reference
- LA06/2025/0962/F
- Type
- Full
- Status
- Determined
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 28 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 28 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 7 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Scrabo
- Postcode
- BT23 4LW
Site history
Applications at this address on the Ards and North Down register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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LA06/2025/0964/A Granted
89b Mill Street, Newtownards,BT23 4LW
2 Painted signs (Retrospective)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Oct 2025
Received by Ards and North Down
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29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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7 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Granted
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Matrix Planning Ltd. Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Peterborough
Dissolved · incorporated 2003 · Peterborough
28 applications on PlanIndex · across 9 councils · 96% 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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Ards and North Down granted permission on 7 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.
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