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Old Bushmills Distillery Distillery Road, Bushmills

Awaiting decision Causeway Coast and Glens LA01/2026/0594/F Full

Works: Extension

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

Proposal

Extension to whiskey bottling plant facility and recladding of existing whiskey bottling plant facility and associated works including development of electrical transformer building

As published by the council, reference LA01/2026/0594/F

Application record

Reference
LA01/2026/0594/F
Type
Full
Status
Consultation Open
Received
2 Jun 2026
Validated
12 Jun 2026
Ward
Giant's Causeway

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Jun 2026

    Received by Causeway Coast and Glens

  2. 12 Jun 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 29 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 7 August 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Causeway Coast and Glens took a median of 90 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

93 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Causeway Coast and Glens for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Causeway Coast and Glens decided full applications in a median of 102 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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