Recent decisions

Appeal reference	Appellant(s)	Development	Location	Planning authority	Decision	Decision date	Links
2026/L0007	Hanson, Laurence	Proposed completion of holiday park and other associated site works granted under full planning permission LA01/2017/0905/F	Lands between 55 Loguestown Road and 122 Atlantic Road, Portrush	Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council, Local Planning Office	Withdrawn	12 November 2026	View
2025/A0072	Cornerstone	Proposed removal of existing rooftop telecommunications equipment and associated development. Construction of new 25m lattice tower, including 6No. antennae and associated works	Lands within BT Exchange site adjacent to and South of PSNI station, 1a Newry Road, Armagh, BT60 1EN	Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council, Local Planning Office	Appeal allowed	11 November 2026	View
2026/A0024	McLaughlin, Joe	Change of use from dwelling to house of multiple occupation with 2nd floor rear extension	119 Broughshane Street, Town Parks, Ballymena, BT43 6EE	Mid & East Antrim Borough Council, Planning Office	Appeal allowed	10 November 2026	View
2026/A0041	Mount, Sam	Site for infill dwelling & garage	Immediately adjacent & South of No.12 Seapatrick Road, Banbridge, BT32 4PH	Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council, Local Planning Office	Appeal dismissed	6 November 2026	View
2025/L0003	Kilroot, EP	Replacement of generation units 1 and 2 approved and constructed under planning approval V/70/73 (600MW combined) located within the main power station building with a single generation unit not exceeding 500MW comprising the following main plant and equipment: gas turbine, air intake, 2 no. generators, boiler, steam turbine, condenser, cooling systems, 2 no. transformers, associated smaller items of auxiliary plant and equipment, all being works which do not affect the external appearance of the building. The proposed works include alteration of the floor of the main power station building to replace load bearing plinths with new plinths measuring 15m wide by 90m long by 4m deep to accommodate the replacement plant and equipment	Kilroot Power Station, Station Road, Carrickfergus, BT38 7LX	Mid & East Antrim Borough Council, Planning Office	Appeal allowed	6 November 2026	View
2025/E0068	Quinn, Emmet	Alleged a) Unauthorised deposition on the land/site of minerals which are being extracted by way of a mining operation from the bed of Lough Neagh; b) Unauthorised deposition on the land/site of mineral working deposits formed by the deposition of materials extracted by way of a mining operation from the bed of Lough Neagh; c) Unauthorised winning and working of minerals from mineral working deposits formed by the deposition of materials extracted by way of a mining operation from the bed of Lough Neagh on the land/site; d) Unauthorised export of minerals won and worked from mineral working deposits or otherwise extracted by way of a mining operation from the bed of Lough Neagh from the land/site; e) All the above activities have occurred without the relevant planning permission so required	The land/site located approx 120m east of 58 Ferry Road, Coalisland	Mid Ulster District Council, Planning dept.	Enforcement notice quashed	5 November 2026	View
2026/E0041	Conroy, Ryan	Alleged 1. The unauthorised creation of a hard cored yard used for vehicle sales; 2. The parking of vehicles displayed for sale on the hard cored yard; 3. The creation of an access; 4. The creation of an access lane; 5. The storage of soil and soil mixed with rubble; 6. The storage of rubble	Lands 70m south-south-east of Moss Spring House, 38 Armagh Road, Keenaghan, Moy, Armagh, BT71 7HZ	Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council, Local Planning Office	Withdrawn	5 November 2026	View
2026/E0043	Gillespie, Anabell	Alleged unauthorised change of use of 2 Stormount Crescent, Belfast, BT5 4NT from a dwelling house to short-term let accommodation	Land at 2 Stormount Crescent, Ballymacarrett, Belfast, BT5 4NT	Belfast City Council, Belfast Planning Service	Withdrawn	30 October 2026	View
2025/A0130	Hughes, Anne	Proposed site for a dwelling and garage within an existing cluster	20m East of 80 Skerry East Road, Skerry East, Ballymena, BT43 6RR		Appeal allowed	28 October 2026	View
2025/L0018	O'Connor, Rory	Proposed completion of residential development of 26 no dwellings as approved under LA07/2017/0517/F	Lands to the south and rear of Nos 2 and 4 Chapel Lane, Drumaroad, Castlewellan, BT31 9PQ	Newry, Mourne & Down District Council, Local Planning Office	Appeal allowed	28 October 2026	View