Planning application
Mental Health Outpatients Centre Ards Community Hospital Church Street Newtownards BT23 4AS
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
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
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9 Sep 2026
Received by Ards and North Down
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10 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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14 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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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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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat 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.
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