Planning application
12 & 14 Greencastle Street, Kilkeel, Newry, BT34 4BH
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use and conversion of Public Bar with apartment over (no.12) and Commercial Unit (no.14), to Serviced Residential Accommodation.
As published by the council, reference LA07/2025/1586/F
Application record
- Reference
- LA07/2025/1586/F
- Type
- Full
- Status
- Consultation Open
- Received
- 18 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 22 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Kilkeel
- Postcode
- BT34 4BH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Dec 2025
Received by Newry, Mourne and Down
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22 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 16 February 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Newry, Mourne and Down took a median of 206 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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Bernard Dinsmore Chartered Architect Agent, an architecture practice
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14 documents on file for this application
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