Planning application
8 Union Arcade Magherafelt BT45 5AD
Works: New dwelling Several homes
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use of first floor commercial unit to 3no. Apartments
As published by the council, reference LA09/2026/0782/F
Application record
- Reference
- LA09/2026/0782/F
- Type
- Full
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 30 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 30 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Glebe
- Parish
- Magherafelt
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- BT45 5AD
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Jul 2026
Received by Mid Ulster
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7 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 24 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Mid Ulster took a median of 104 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Diamond Architecture Agent, an architecture practice
69 applications on PlanIndex · across 4 councils · 100% granted
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 documents on file for this application
- HED HM
- NI WATER PLANNING
- DFI ROADS MAGHERAFELT TEAM 1
- STANDARD CONSULTATION LETTER
- STANDARD CONSULTATION LETTER
- STANDARD CONSULTATION LETTER
- STANDARD CONSULTATION LETTER
- STANDARD NN LETTER (BULK)
- ACKNOWLEDGE APP AND FEE RECEIPT
- P1 FORM
- SITE LOCATION
- SITE LAYOUT
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS & ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING FLOOR PLANS & ELEVATIONS
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Mid Ulster for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Mid Ulster decided full applications in a median of 112 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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