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

Granted Ards and North Down LA06/2025/1145/PAN Proposal of Application Notice

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

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

Application record

Reference
LA06/2025/1145/PAN
Type
Proposal of Application Notice
Status
Determined
Decision
Granted As published: Acceptable
Received
22 Dec 2025
Validated
22 Dec 2025
Decided
4 Feb 2026
Ward
Harbour
Postcode
BT20 5AU

Site history

Applications at this address on the Ards and North Down register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • LA06/2026/0803/F Awaiting decision

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

    Refurbishment (including external alterations, new entrance doors and recladding of existing building) and change of use of Flagship shopping centre from (Class A1 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) retail uses, Class A2 financial and professional use, & sui generis food & beverage) to create ‘Marina Village’ a mixed use entertainment and leisure/recreational led scheme to include the following; • The provision of Class A1 shopping and Class A2 financial & professional services; • food & beverage uses (restaurants, public bar, hot food bars); • indoor family leisure uses; sports & recreation (indoor gym and padel courts); • Class B1(a) Offices; • Class D1 Community Uses – Class D1 (a) medical and healthcare provision, Class D1 (c) community centre; and • Creative start-up innovation units (Class B2 light industrial & Class D1 Community/Cultural Uses (to include D1 (c) community space, D1 (d) education and training & D1 (e) artwork display) and associated display and sale of goods (Class A1 (a) and A1 (e)

    Submitted 3 Sep 2026 Full applications

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

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

TSA Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Belfast

Active · incorporated 2007 · Belfast

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Documents

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9 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Ards and North Down granted permission on 4 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.

About this record

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    LA06/2026/0803/F Submitted 3 Sep 2026 50 yards away

    98% historically approved · decision due ~19 Nov

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