Mid and East Antrim Borough Council planning applications
Data as of 5 November 2026
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council decided more than 760 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 10% of those it approved or refused, about the same as the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 69 days to decide one.
Look up one application
Search by reference or address on Mid and East Antrim Borough 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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2 November 2026 · Approved
Vacant industrial land north of Nos 2-34 Montague Avenue, west of Nos 21-51 Toome Road and 1-5 Riverside Terrace, south of Ballee Burn and east of Railway Line, Ballymena · LA02/2026/0525/F
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29 October 2026 · Approved
Lidl, 75D Belfast Road, Carrickfergus, BT38 8BY and adjoining vacant lands to the immediate north-east · LA02/2025/0421/F
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23 October 2026 · Approved
34 Ballyvallagh Road, Larne, BT40 3NA · LA02/2025/0842/F
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18 September 2026 · Approved
St Louis Grammar School, Cullybackey Road, Ballymena, BT43 5DW · LA02/2026/0409/F
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25 August 2026 · Approved
Lands approximately 950 metres southeast of Ballylumford Power Station, and approximately 40 metres south of No’s 87 & 89 Ballylumford Road, Islandmagee, Ballylumford, Larne · LA02/2025/0803/F
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30 July 2026 · Approved
97 Mill Street, Ballymena, BT43 5AF · LA02/2025/0499/F
Figures for Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
| Applications decided | more than 760 |
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| Share refusedof those approved or refused | 10%middle UK council 9% |
| Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date | 69 daysmiddle UK council 55 days |
| Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings | Not enough typed decisions |
| Appeals decidedin the last three years | 58 |
| Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits | 13%about one in seven |
| Officer reports and decision notices searchable | back to 2017 |
| Local Plan policies held | 94plan 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.