Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

Lands immediately east of 1-34 Broadway and 2-106 Main Street and immediately west of 2-8 Springvale Road, incorporating The Square and lands 80m east on Harbour Road, Ballywalter, Newtownards, BT22.

Awaiting decision Ards and North Down LA06/2026/0268/F Full

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Environmental improvements to include resurfacing pedestrian walkways, replacement of streetlights and bus stop, new informal crossings and street furniture, soft landscaping and removal of telephone box.

As published by the council, reference LA06/2026/0268/F

Application record

Reference
LA06/2026/0268/F
Type
Full
Status
Consultation Open
Received
30 Mar 2026
Validated
20 May 2026
Ward
Ballywalter

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 30 Mar 2026

    Received by Ards and North Down

  2. 20 May 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 29 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 15 July 2026, 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

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

AECOM Limited Agent, registered in London

Active · incorporated 1984 · London

242 applications on PlanIndex · across 67 councils · 98% granted

Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.

See their track record

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

23 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.

Open the documents

What happens while it is decided

This application is with Ards and North Down for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Ards and North Down decided full applications in a median of 83 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About full applications

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

In Ards and North Down

  • LA06/2026/0824/F Awaiting decision

    Mental Health Outpatients Centre Ards Community Hospital Church Street Newtownards BT23 4AS

    Installation of storage container on concrete slab for secure file storage, with covered canopy to existing mental health unit.

    Received 9 Sep, published by the council 14 Sep 2026 Full applications
  • LA06/2026/0736/F Granted

    2 Glenview Road, Holywood, BT18 0PU

    Single-storey extension to rear and side

    Received 10 Aug, published by the council 14 Aug 2026 Full applications
  • LA06/2026/0718/F Granted

    Lands at 111 Quarry Heights and 24 North Road, Newtownards, BT23 7AN

    Housing development comprising 22no. units - retention of units in non-compliance with condition 18 of LA06/2023/2222/F regarding long-term management / maintenance of communal open space.

    Received 6 Aug, published by the council 14 Aug 2026 Full applications
  • LA06/2026/0721/F Granted

    51 Donaghadee Road, Bangor BT20 4QY

    Roofspace conversion (inc. rear dormer, rooflights and gable window)

    Received 6 Aug, published by the council 14 Aug 2026 Full applications
  • LA06/2026/0701/F Granted

    20 Sandringham Drive, Bangor, BT20 5NA

    Demolition of garage; Single-storey rear extension; Garage to rear; Alterations to access; Patio to side.

    Received 3 Aug, published by the council 7 Aug 2026 Full applications