LA02/2025/0653/PAN

1. 22 Aug 2025

   Received by Mid and East Antrim

2. 5 Sep 2025

   Decision issued: Acceptable

3. 29 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

The council has decided this application; the published outcome sits in the record above and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail, including any conditions.

If permission was granted, work must normally begin within three years of the decision. If it was refused, the applicant can appeal within the statutory time limit or submit a revised scheme.

This page mirrors an entry on the statutory planning register that Mid and East Antrim 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.

• LA02/2026/0159/F Awaiting decision

  Galgorm Castle Estate 190 Galgorm Road, Gracehill, Ballymena, BT42 1HL

  Restoration of castle, stables and courtyard for hotel use, including extension to outer courtyard building and change of use of business units to hotel use and new support building; restoration of walled garden and castle pond, including construction of new restaurant; restoration of church for Class D use (exhibition / 60 seat performance space); restoration and extension of ploughman's house for class D use (exhibition / 120 seat performance space) with external spectator space; and associated access, parking and landscaping.

  21 Feb 2026 20m away Full applications
• LA02/2026/0160/LBC Awaiting decision

  Galgorm Castle Estate 190 Galgorm Road, Gracehill, Ballymena, BT42 1HL

  Restoration of castle, stables and courtyard for hotel use, including extension to outer courtyard building and change of use of business units to hotel use and new support building; restoration of walled garden and castle pond, including construction of new restaurant; restoration of church for Class D use (exhibition / 60 seat performance space); restoration and extension of ploughman's house for class D use (exhibition / 120 seat performance space) with external spectator space; and associated access, parking and landscaping.

  21 Feb 2026 20m away Heritage and listed buildings
• LA02/2026/0181/LBC Granted

  Unit 6, 7 & 8 The Courtyard 188 Galgorm Road, Gracehill, Ballymena, BT42 1HL

  Change of use to childcare facilities with minor internal alterations at ground floor to reconfigure rooms and a connecting door at first floor (no change to the external elevations proposed).

  5 Mar 2026 69m away Heritage and listed buildings
• LA02/2026/0180/F Granted

  Unit 6, 7 & 8 The Courtyard 188 Galgorm Road, Gracehill, Ballymena, BT42 1HL

  Change of use to childcare facilities with minor internal alterations at ground floor to reconfigure rooms and a connecting door at first floor (no change to the external elevations proposed).

  5 Mar 2026 69m away Full applications
• LA02/2025/0689/F Granted

  202 GALGORM ROAD GALGORM BALLYMENA BT42 1HL

  Retrospective application for temporary planning permission for an enclosed outdoor (2 no.) padel courts, perimeter surfacing, within the grounds of Galgorm Castle Golf Club,

  8 Sep 2025 184m away Full applications
• LA02/2025/0696/A Granted

  Land to the south of 24 Cennick Road, east of 1 Royal Court, Galgorm Road and adjacent River Maine. Land south of Galgorm Community Centre, Galgorm Road and land south of Creative Gardens, Galgorm, Ballymena (3 locations)

  Installation of 10no. non illuminated free standing, way finding and information signs to accompany series of approved paths

  12 Sep 2025 290m away Advertising