Planning application
Lands adjacent to 61 High Street Donaghadee
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Discharge of Condition No -13 of previous Approval LA06/2024/0405/F No site works of any nature or development shall take place until a programme of archaeological work (POW) has been prepared by a qualified archaeologist, submitted by the applicant and approved in writing by Ards and North Down Borough Council (ANDBC) in consultation with Historic Environment Division, Department for Communities. The POW shall provide for: The identification and evaluation of archaeological remains within the site, • Mitigation of the impacts of development through licensed excavation recording or by preservation of remains in-situ; • Post-excavation analysis sufficient to prepare an archaeological report, to publication standard if necessary; and • Preparation of the digital, documentary and material archive for deposition.
As published by the council, reference LA06/2026/0825/DC
Application record
- Reference
- LA06/2026/0825/DC
- Type
- Discharge of Condition
- Status
- Consultation Open
- Received
- 9 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 10 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Donaghadee
Comment by 1 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Ards and North Down through their own planning portal.
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
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Gahan and Long Ltd Agent
16 applications on PlanIndex · across 8 councils
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LA06/2026/0726/DC Decided
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LA06/2026/0725/DC Decided
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LA06/2026/0752/DC Decided
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LA06/2026/0522/DC Decided
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Discharge of Condition 29 of previously approved application LA06/2021/1476/F which states: A programme of post-excavation analysis, preparation of an archaeological report, dissemination of results and preparation of the excavation archive shall be undertaken in accordance with the programme of archaeological work approved under condition 27. These measures shall be implemented, and a final archaeological report shall be submitted to the Council within 12 months of the completion of archaeological site works, or as otherwise agreed in writing with the Council. Submitting a POW report which states discovery that there was an archaeological evaluation carried out in 2017 across the site which didn’t encounter any archaeology. This should mean no further archaeological works are required on site
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LA06/2026/0765/DC Decided
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Discharge of Condition 3 of previously approved application LA06/2019/0634/F which states:- No other development hereby permitted shall be commenced until works necessary for the improvement of a public road have been completed in accordance with the details outlined in blue on Drawing 30 bearing the date stamp 09/06/2021. The council hereby attaches to the determination a requirement under Article 3 (4A) of the above Order that such works shall be carried out in accordance with an agreement under Article 3 (4C) Letter from DFI Roads / Southern condition confirming that following a recent site visit that the formation of the access and associated improvement works to the public road, as required as part of the Article 3(4c) have been completed in accordance withe approved Private Streets Determination drawings (under Planning Permission LA06/2019/0634/F) and to the required standard