Planning

Relocation of Newry Planning Office: From Monday 1 September 2025, the planning office will relocate to Haughey House, Unit 19, Rampart Road, Greenbank Industrial Estate, Newry, BT34 2QU. 

If you wish to submit a planning application or make a planning complaint, please visit the new Greenbank Industrial Estate office.

Local Development Plan: The draft Plan Strategy and its documents can be viewed at Monaghan Row until 22 September 2025, when the public consultation ends.
The plan will stay there for inspection until Friday 31 October 2025.

* From Monday 3 November 2025 onwards, you can view the plan, its documents, or make a representation at: Warrenpoint Town Hall, Church Street, Warrenpoint, Newry BT34 3HN.*

More details are in the Council’s Statement of Community Involvement and on the Local Development Plan page of the Council website.

Planning Application Validation Checklist Consultation

The Planning Department wants your views on the draft Planning Application Validation Checklist.

This checklist applies to outline, full, and reserved matters planning applications.

The draft checklist and online survey are available here.

The consultation runs for six weeks, from Monday 31 March to Monday 12 May 2025.

About the Council’s Planning Role

Since 1 April 2015, the Council has taken over most local planning work from the Department of the Environment. This includes:

• Receiving and deciding on most planning applications
• Enforcing breaches of planning permission
• Making tree preservation orders
• Producing a Local Development Plan for Down and South Armagh

You can find more information on how to take part in planning decisions in the Council’s Statement of Community Involvement (SCI).

The Council's Planning Committee decides on:

• All major planning applications
• Any applications with objections
• All refusals

Local applications that follow planning policy and are not controversial may be decided by the Planning Manager.
Large or regionally important applications are handled by the Department of the Environment.

Submitting or Tracking Applications

You can submit planning applications at either:

• Downshire Civic Centre, Ardglass Road, Downpatrick
• Haughey House, Greenbank Industrial Estate, Newry

You can also track planning applications, check fees, download forms, and find out if you need planning permission on the Planning Portal.

Recent planning updates can also be found on the Planning Applications page.

Contact Details

You can contact the Planning Service on 0330 137 4036

Email: Planning@nmandd.org 

Details about how your information is used are in the Planning Portal Privacy Notice.