89b Mill Street, Newtownards, BT23 4LW
Approved on 7 August 2026
Proposal
Retrospective Change of Use from a car repair garage (sui generis) to office (Class B1) with ancillary car parking and all associated site works
- Received
- 28 October 2025
- Ward
- Scrabo
- Agent
- Matrix Planning
- ReceivedReceived28 Oct
- ValidatedValidated28 Oct
- Consult.Consultation26 Feb
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided7 Aug
Decided in 283 days (council typically 84)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at 89b Mill Street, Newtownards, BT23 4LW. Ards and North Down has handled 2,525 applications of this type. This one was decided in 283 days, 28 weeks longer than Ards and North Down's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Scrabo. We hold 1,346 applications in total for the BT23 postcode area.
99% of full applications at Ards and North Down Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 12 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- BT23 4LW
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Newtownards
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 26 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 5 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 26 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 31 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 14 November 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Matrix Planning
Publicity
- First advertised
- 13 November 2025
- Last advertised
- 27 November 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14351396
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Associated applications
- 202528 Oct
Retrospective Change of Use from a car repair garage (sui generis) to office (Class B1) with ancillary car…
This applicationApprovedFullLA06/2025/0962/F - 202528 Oct
2 Painted signs (Retrospective)
ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongsideLA06/2025/0964/A
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Ards and North Down
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