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

Awaiting decision Ards and North Down LA06/2026/0824/F Full

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Proposal

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

As published by the council, reference LA06/2026/0824/F

Application record

Reference
LA06/2026/0824/F
Type
Full
Status
Valid
Received
9 Sep 2026
Validated
10 Sep 2026
Ward
Scrabo
Postcode
BT23 4AS

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 9 Sep 2026

    Received by Ards and North Down

  2. 10 Sep 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 14 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 5 November 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

Whittaker & Watt Architects Agent, an architecture practice registered in Newtownabbey

Active · incorporated 2012 · Newtownabbey

22 applications on PlanIndex · across 10 councils · 93% granted

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Documents

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

7 documents on file for this application

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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

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