41 Dows Road, Belfast, BT8 8LB
Approved on 26 March 2026
Council decision: Granted1 condition
Proposal
Retrospective installation of a roof lantern to the garden room roof and the erection of a freestanding lightweight metal frame supporting 10 photovoltaic panels within the rear garden
- Received
- 30 January 2026
- Ward
- Drumbo
- ReceivedReceived30 Jan
- ValidatedValidated2 Feb
- Consult.Consultation5 Mar
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided26 Mar
Decided in 52 days (council typically 112)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 41 Dows Road, Belfast, BT8 8LB. Lisburn and Castlereagh has handled 2,286 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 9 weeks quicker than Lisburn and Castlereagh's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Drumbo. We hold 324 applications in total for the BT8 postcode area.
99% of full applications at Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 16 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- BT8 8LB
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Downshire East
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 5 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 12 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 5 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 12 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 26 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 26 March 2031
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Brian McDonald
- Architect profile
- APD ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Publicity
- First advertised
- 6 February 2026
- Last advertised
- 20 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14663830
- Documents
- 13
Site constraints
Source: Lisburn and Castlereagh
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