Planning application
56 & 58 Main street, Saintfield Parks, Saintfield BT24 7AB
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Ground floor change of use (from retail and residential) to Childrens play facility and first floor change of use from residential to office space including minor internal alterations to grade B1 Listed building
As published by the council, reference LA07/2025/0531/F
Application record
- Reference
- LA07/2025/0531/F
- Type
- Full
- Status
- Determined
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 21 May 2025
- Validated
- 4 Jun 2025
- Decided
- 28 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Saintfield
- Postcode
- BT24 7AB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 May 2025
Received by Newry, Mourne and Down
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4 Jun 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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7 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
32 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About full applications applications
How this application type works
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go: siting, design, access and landscaping are all fixed at this stage. It is the standard route for new buildings, conversions and changes of use. The statutory target is eight weeks for smaller schemes and thirteen weeks for major development, though complex cases often take longer by agreement.
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