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Lands south east of Copelands Link Roundabout at the Comber Bypass, Comber, BT23 5ZP

Granted Ards and North Down LA06/2025/0967/DC Discharge of Condition

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

Proposal

Discharge of condition 12 of planning approval LA06/2020/0129/RM which states: No site works of any nature or development shall take place until a programme of archaeological work (POW) has been prepared by a qualified archaeologist, submitted by the applicant and approved in writing by the Council in consultation with Historic Environment Division, Department for Communities. The POW shall provide for - the identification and evaluation of archaeological remains within the site; - mitigation of the impacts of the development through licensed excavation recording or by preservation of remains in-situ post-excavation analysis sufficient to prepare an archaeological report, to publication standard if necessary; and - preparation of the digital, documentary and material archive for deposition .

As published by the council, reference LA06/2025/0967/DC

Application record

Reference
LA06/2025/0967/DC
Type
Discharge of Condition
Status
Determined
Decision
Condition Discharged
Received
29 Oct 2025
Validated
29 Oct 2025
Decided
26 Nov 2025
Ward
Comber South
Postcode
BT23 5ZP

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 29 Oct 2025

    Received by Ards and North Down

  2. 26 Nov 2025

    Decision issued: Condition Discharged

  3. 29 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Footprint Architectural Design Agent, an architecture practice registered in Hinckley

Dissolved · incorporated 2020 · Hinckley

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What this grant of permission means

Ards and North Down granted permission on 26 November 2025, 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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