Approved supermarket on land bounded by Skipperstone Park, No 35 Skipperstone Avenue, No 124 Bloomfield Road South, and Bloomfield Road South, Bangor’

1. 26 Jul 2026

   Received by Ards and North Down

2. 4 Aug 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 7 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 29 September 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 81 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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 advertisement consent applications in a median of 99 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

Advertisement consent is judged on two things only: amenity and public safety, not competition or other planning considerations. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 107a Bloomfield Road South, Bangor, BT19 7HR

  LA06/2026/0064/A Submitted 22 Jan 2026 100 yards away

  100% historically approved · decision due ~25 Mar

  Reinstate 1no existing freestanding sign with new lighting, 1no new freestanding advertising with lighting, 1no new freestanding LED sign

  Awaiting decision Advertising 9 docs

• 107a Bloomfield Road South, Bangor, BT19 7HR

  LA06/2026/0063/F Submitted 22 Jan 2026 100 yards away

  98% historically approved · decision due ~30 Mar

  New build storage garage

  Awaiting decision Full applications New dwelling 5 docs

• 1-15 (odds) Skipperstone Park, 11-33 (odds) Skipperstone Avenue, 1-6 Skipperstone Gardens, and 100-122 (evens) Bloomfield Road South, Bangor

  LA06/2026/0665/S54 Submitted 22 Jul 2026 100 yards away

  96% historically approved · decision due ~23 Sep

  Demolition of existing dwellings, erection of discount supermarket, provision of access, car parking, landscaping, removal of bus lay-by, relocation of bus shelter, relocation of pedestrian footway between Bloomfield Road South and Skipperstone Avenue, and associated site works (Relocation of existing Lidl supermarket from 97 Bloomfield Road to west of Bloomfield Road South and South of Skipperstone Park. Existing building at 97 Bloomfield Road to be retained but retail use to be extinguished). Variation of Conditions 2 (access) , 3 (splays), 5 (pedestrian path), 6 (road works), 7 (bus stop), 18 (hard surface) and 23 (landscaping) of previously approved application LA06/2024/0623/F (full proposal available on the public portal)

  Awaiting decision Demolition 14 docs

• 1-15 (odds) Skipperstone Park, 11-33 (odds) Skipperstone Avenue, 1-6 Skipperstone Gardens, and 100-122 (evens) Bloomfield Road South, Bangor

  LA06/2026/0184/DC Submitted 3 Mar 2026 100 yards away

  Discharge of Conditions 8 and 26 of planning approval LA06/2024/0623/F which state: Condition 8: Prior to the construction of the drainage network, a final Drainage Assessment, compliant with Policy FLD 3 and Annex D of PPS 15, shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Council. The final Drainage Assessment must demonstrate the safe management of any out of sewer flooding emanating from the surface water drainage network, agreed under Article 161, in a 1 in 100 year event including an allowance for climate change and urban creep. The drainage network must be provided in accordance with the approved details prior to the commencement of use of the development hereby approved. Reason: In order to safeguard against surface water flood risk to the development and manage and mitigate any increase in surface water flood risk from the development to elsewhere. Condition 26: A detailed landscape management and maintenance plan including long term design objectives, performance indicators, management responsibilities, and maintenance schedules for all landscaped areas shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Council prior to the commencement of operation of the development hereby approved. The landscape management and maintenance plan shall be permanently carried out as approved. Reason: To ensure the sustainability of the approved landscape design through its successful establishment and long-term maintenance.

  Granted Conditions 7 docs

• Lesley Bloomfield Shopping Centre and Retail Park South Circular Road, Bangor, BT19 7HB

  LA06/2026/0709/S54 Submitted 4 Aug 2026 200 yards away

  Extension to existing front entrance of shopping centre to include one retail unit and two restaurant units including reorganisation of car park and associated site works. Variation of Condition 4 of LA06/2024/1082/F from: No development shall proceed beyond sub-floor construction until the foul sewerage network engineering solution, as agreed with NI Water is delivered by the developer to the satisfaction of NI Water. To: The development shall not be occupied until the foul sewerage network engineering solution and programme for delivery of the solution is agreed to the satisfaction of NI Water.

  Granted Extension 9 docs

• Wren Kitchens, Bloomfield Shopping Centre, South Circular Road, Bangor, BT19 7HB

  LA06/2026/0877/A Submitted 23 Sep 2026 200 yards away

  100% historically approved · decision due ~18 Nov

  1 Other - Flexface Sign, 1 Other - Flexface sign, 1 Other - Flexface Sign, 1 Other - Flexface Sign

  Awaiting decision Advertising 7 docs

• LA06/2026/0391/A Granted

  South Eastern Boundary of 45 Portaferry Road, Newtownards, BT23 8NN

  Free standing traditional 48 sheet advertisement hoarding

  Received 7 May, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Advertising
• LA06/2026/0679/A Granted

  Land adjacent Units 6/7, 68 Balloo Road, Bangor, BT19 7PG

  1no. free-standing, 48-sheet LED digital display

  Received 27 Jul, published by the council 7 Aug 2026 Advertising
• LA06/2026/0877/A Awaiting decision

  Wren Kitchens, Bloomfield Shopping Centre, South Circular Road, Bangor, BT19 7HB

  1 Other - Flexface Sign, 1 Other - Flexface sign, 1 Other - Flexface Sign, 1 Other - Flexface Sign

  Received 23 Sep, published by the council 1 Oct 2026 Advertising
• LA06/2026/0856/A Awaiting decision

  Land at North Road, Newtownards to support directions to business premises located at 141 Quarry Heights, Newtownards, BT23 7SZ

  1 Other - Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)

  Received 18 Sep, published by the council 7 Oct 2026 Advertising
• LA06/2025/1049/A Granted

  11 North Street, Newtownards, BT23 4DE

  1no. illuminated fascia sign and 1no. illuminated projecting sign.

  Received 21 Nov, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Advertising