Ballynure Rd / Ashley Rd, Newtownabbey - public consultation event
What is planned?
PLANNING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2011 AND THE PLANNING (DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT)
REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2015 (REGULATION 5 (2) (B) AS AMENDED)
PRE-APPLICATION PUBLIC INFORMATION EVENT
PROPOSAL: Provision of two roadside service stations, one on each side of the A8 Ballynure Road. The proposal also includes associated parking and access roads, including new slip roads to/from Ballynure Road and alterations to the existing north and south-bound exits onto Ashley Road, as well as landscaping.
LOCATION: Lands on both sides of the A8 Ballynure Road, adjacent to the east of 50 Ballynure Road and adjacent to the west of 24, 25, and 27 Ashley Road, Newtownabbey
EVENT: A pre-application community consultation event will take place on 2nd December 2025 between 14:00 – 19:00 at Corrs Corner Hotel, 315 Ballyclare Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 4TQ.
WEBSITE: Details of the proposed development will be published on the Bell Rolston website. The details will be live from 21st November 2025 and will remain there until 19th December 2025 inclusive. The website can be viewed at
by scrolling down to ‘Community Consultations’ and selecting ‘Ballynure Rd / Ashley Rd, Newtownabbey’. Comments on the proposed development can be submitted via the Bell Rolston website.
In addition to the consultation event and website,
the information displayed can be obtained in hard
copy by post from Bell Rolston, 183 – 185
Ballyclare Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 5JP; or via
email at
Bell Rolston can also be contacted via telephone on 07887927620 between the hours of 10:00 – 16:00, Monday -Friday.
If you wish to make comments on the proposal you may do so at the above event; via the bellrolston.com website; by email to
or by post to Bell Rolston at the office address above. Comments must be received no later than 19th December 2025.
Any comments made to the prospective applicant are not representations to Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council. If a formal planning application is submitted to the Council, local advertisement and neighbour notification will take place and there will be an opportunity to make representations to the Council at that time.
