Planning application
Nos 46/47/49/50/51/52/53 & 54 Merchants Quay Newry plus Nos. 9/11/13/15 & 17 Cornmarket Newry
Works: New dwelling Demolition Several homes
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Proposal
Proposed demolition of nos. 48-54 Merchants Quay and provision of a mixed-use development comprising the retention, refurbishment, alterations to and change of use of the Listed Building (47 Merchant’s Quay) for 2 no. townhouses and change of use of 46 Merchant’s Quay for 1 no. ground floor office with 2 no. apartments above, plus the erection of 24 no. additional residential units in a mix of apartments and duplex apartments (to give 26no. residential units in total), plus 2 no. retail units with car parking, communal amenity space, landscaping, bin and cycle stores and associated site works (amendments to planning permission LA07/2020/0485F).
As published by the council, reference LA07/2026/1146/F
Application record
- Reference
- LA07/2026/1146/F
- Type
- Full
- Status
- Valid
- Received
- 22 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 8 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Ballybot
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Sep 2026
Received by Newry, Mourne and Down
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8 Oct 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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9 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 December 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.
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Studiorogers Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice
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35 documents on file for this application
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