Planning application
125 FENAGHY ROAD GALGORM PARKS CULLYBACKEY BT42 1EA
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
The proposal is for the development of a National Football Centre. The NFC will include the following: a two-storey, flagship, multi-purpose building with training, changing, medical,catering, administration and media facilities, a dome with indoor artificial pitch, two outdoor training pitches with two 200-seater stands, two outdoor match pitches with floodlighting and four 750-seater stands, one community pitch with floodlighting. an energy, an energy centre building, PV panels, television gantry, internal access roads, lighting, fencing, car parking, soft and hard landscaping, site access from Fenaghy Road, emergency access from Ballymena Road and associated operational development.
As published by the council, reference LA02/2025/0713/PAN
Application record
- Reference
- LA02/2025/0713/PAN
- Type
- Proposal of Application Notice
- Status
- Determined
- Decision
- Granted As published: Acceptable
- Received
- 19 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 19 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 24 Sep 2025
- Ward
- Kirkinriola
- Postcode
- BT42 1EA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Sep 2025
Received by Mid and East Antrim
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24 Sep 2025
Decision issued: Acceptable
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29 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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Mid and East Antrim granted permission on 24 September 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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