Antrim & Newtownabbey Council - Planning Applications

Planning Statement of Community
Involvement and Local Development Plan
Timetable
The Council has now published both a revised Planning Statement of
Community Involvement and Local Development Plan Timetable.
Copies of these documents are available to view on the Council’s
website at

https://antrimandnewtownabbey.

gov.uk/residents/planning/
They are also available for inspection at the Council Offices in Mossley
Mill, Carnmoney Road North, Newtownabbey from Monday to Friday,
between the hours of 08:30am and 5:00pm and Antrim Civic Centre, 50
Stiles Way, Antrim from Monday to Friday, between the hours of 9:00am
and 5:00pm.

Antrim and Newtownabbey Local
Development Plan 2030 -
Plan Strategy Draft Revision Preferred
Options Paper
Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011
The Planning (Local Development Plan) Regulations 2015 (Regulation 10)
Notice is hereby given that Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough
Council is publishing a Local Development Plan 2030 – Plan Strategy
Draft Revision Preferred Options Paper, in relation to retail matters
regarding the Abbey Centre retail area, for an eight (8) week public
consultation period.
The Preferred Options Paper contains a summary of the key strategic
retail planning issues affecting the Abbey Centre retail area, the
reasonable options considered for addressing those issues, and the
Council’s preferred options with supporting reasons. Its purpose is
to inform public consultation on the proposed revision to the Local
Development Plan 2030 Plan Strategy and to invite representations
before the revision is prepared.
The POP is being published alongside an Assessments Scoping Report
which is also subject to the eight (8) week public consultation. This
scoping document incorporates Sustainability Appraisal, Equality
Impact, Rural Needs, and Habitats Regulation Assessment matters.
The Preferred Options Paper along with supporting documentation,
including the Assessments Scoping Report, will be available for a period
of eight (8) weeks public consultation, commencing on 20 October
2026 and closing at 5:00pm on 15 December 2026.
Availability of Documents
Copies of the POP and supporting documents are available to view
and download from our website.

https://antrimandnewtownabbey.

gov.uk/residents/planning/local-development-plans/preferred-optionspaper/
These documents are also available for inspection at the Council
Offices in Mossley Mill, Carnmoney Road North, Newtownabbey from
Monday to Friday, between the hours of 08:30am and 5:00pm and
Antrim Civic Centre, 50 Stiles Way, Antrim from Monday to Friday,
between the hours of 9:00am and 5:00pm.
How to Respond
Representations should be made in writing and forwarded by email
to

forwardplanningteam@antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk;

or
alternatively by writing to:
Forward Planning Team, Mossley Mill, Carnmoney Road North,
Newtownabbey BT36 5QA.