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LA06/2025/1145/PAN

Lands at Former Flagship Centre, Main Street Bangor, BT20 5AU

Decided Ards and North Down Proposal of Application Notice

Proposal

Proposed renovations and re-purposing of the Flagship Shopping Centre to provide a mixed use Entertainment and Leisure/Recreational led scheme to include the following uses; Food & Beverage (e.g. a Micro-Brewery, Bar/Restaurants, Hot Food Bars); Family Entertainment (e.g. Amusement Arcades, 10-pin Bowling, Crazy Golf, Sports Simulators); Sports & Recreation (Indoor Gym and Padel Courts); Class B Business Use (e.g. B1(a) Offices, B2 / B4 Business Start Ups (light industry and trade counter incubator units)); with supplementary Class A (Shopping and Financial & Professional Services) and Class D (Community, Recreation and Culture) uses

As published by the council, reference LA06/2025/1145/PAN

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 Dec 2025

    Received by Ards and North Down

  2. 4 Feb 2026

    Decision issued: Acceptable

  3. 29 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

After the decision

The process from here

The council has decided this application; the published outcome sits in the record above and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail, including any conditions.

If permission was granted, work must normally begin within three years of the decision. If it was refused, the applicant can appeal within the statutory time limit or submit a revised scheme.

About this record

Reading the register

This page mirrors an entry on the statutory planning register that Ards and North Down is required to keep. The published feed for this record does not state which type of application it is, which is common for older entries and for some council systems; the register entry on the council portal will say, alongside the case officer and any consultation dates.

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