Planning application
LA02/2025/0603/PAN
St Louis Grammar School Cullybackey Road, Ballymena, BT43 5DW
Proposal
Development of St. Louis Grammar School, Ballymena. Development to include demolition of vacant caretakers’ cottage at entrance to be replaced with green open space and demolition of existing school meals accommodation block to be replaced with new hard play area. Construction of new school meals accommodation block and replacement of windows in the existing 3 storey teaching block. Hard and soft landscaping including pedestrian plaza adjacent to existing sports hall and technology block. Reconfiguration of vehicular layout at the front of the site to facilitate one way system and include additional car parking, combined bus and car drop-off areas and pedestrian crossing points.
As published by the council, reference LA02/2025/0603/PAN
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Aug 2025
Received by Mid and East Antrim
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5 Sep 2025
Decision issued: Acceptable
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29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
After the decision
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