Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council planning applications
Data as of 5 November 2026
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council decided more than 830 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 6% of those it approved or refused, lower than the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 143 days to decide one.
Look up one application
Search by reference or address on Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).
Recent major decisions
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1 September 2026 · Approved
Site to the north of 60 Rathfriland Road and south and west of 52 Rathfriland Road, Dromara, Dromore · LA05/2022/0821/F
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31 July 2026 · Refused
Lands at No 5 Glen Road, Glenavy, BT29 4LT · LA05/2022/0078/F
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17 July 2026 · Approved
Lands approx. 80m West of nos.1-15 (odds) Ayrshire Road, Lisburn BT28 2EL and approx. 120m North of nos.2 and 4 Woodbrook Manor, Lisburn BT28 0AD · LA05/2024/0714/F
Figures for Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
| Applications decided | more than 830 |
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| Share refusedof those approved or refused | 6%middle UK council 9% |
| Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date | 143 daysmiddle UK council 55 days |
| Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings | Not enough typed decisions |
| Appeals decidedin the last three years | 90 |
| Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits | 26%about one in four |
| Officer reports and decision notices searchable | back to 2017 |
| Local Plan policies held | 32plan adopted 2023 |
How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.