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LA05/2026/0424/PAN

Newgrove House 191 Ballylesson Road, Belfast, BT8 8JU

Awaiting decision Lisburn and Castlereagh Proposal of Application Notice

Proposal

Proposed new Golf Club to include an 18-hole signature golf course of Championship standard and club house with associated practice facilities including driving range, putting greens and a maintenance area. Development will involve the removal of various redundant agricultural outbuildings and structures to accommodate change of use with alterations/extensions of the Grade B1 listed buildings (Newgrove House and adjacent workers cottage) to provide a new club house and golf equipment storage cottage, with the erection of additional club house accommodation through a standalone detached single storey building, landscaped setting, and car parking areas. Proposal also includes relocated access and associated improvements from Ballylesson Road, upgrade to internal access road with new laneways and pathways, parking and ancillary site works. Course design to include the re-profiling of ground levels, the incorporation of existing Mill Race into layout, new footbridges, and provision of natural, semi-natural and maintained landscape and new water features (incorporating sustainable drainage principles including the creation of wet and dry swales, attenuation basins and earth berms).

As published by the council, reference LA05/2026/0424/PAN

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 18 May 2026

    Received by Lisburn and Castlereagh

  2. 29 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development. Extensions of time are common.

What happens while it is decided

The process from here

This application is with Lisburn and Castlereagh for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.

The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development, though extensions of time are common. Comments carry most weight while the case is undecided, so check the council portal for the deadline if you want to respond.

About this record

Reading the register

This page mirrors an entry on the statutory planning register that Lisburn and Castlereagh is required to keep. The published feed for this record does not state which type of application it is, which is common for older entries and for some council systems; the register entry on the council portal will say, alongside the case officer and any consultation dates.

Every planning application follows the same broad path: submission, validation, publicity, then a decision by officers or committee. Our guide to planning application types explains the common types and what each can approve.