You can use the Planning Portal to find, view or comment on a current planning application or search for applications and decisions made since 1973.
Mid Ulster District Council has its own planning portal for anyone who needs to send, comment on or view a planning application in the Mid Ulster area. For more information you can visit www.midulstercouncil.org
For applications made since 2010, you may also be able to download plans, maps, decision notices, consultation responses and comments.
To track or comment on a live planning application on the Planning Portal website, you must register and create an account.
To find a planning application, you can use one of the following:
If you comment on a planning application, your comment, name and postal address will be published online for people to read. Your email address will not be published.
Any remarks or information considered as being derogatory or offensive in nature will be removed.
The Planning Authorities will process your information in line with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) requirements. A copy of the full Privacy Statement is available in the terms and conditions on the Planning Portal.
A helpful user guide is available which explains how to use the search, comment and track features of the site in more detail.
If you are unable to find the planning application on the Planning Portal or if you want a full planning history for a specific address or site, you should ask the planning office within the council. A fee may be charged for the full planning history.
You can only see basic information online for planning applications made between 1973 and 2010. Copies of the plans, application forms or decision notices for these applications are not available online.
If you want to see these documents, you should ask the planning office in the local council. You might need to make an appointment to see the records.
Also, as these records have been migrated from legacy IT systems, there may be some errors. If you think some information is missing for an application, you should ask the planning office in the local council.
If you search online for planning applications made since 2010, you can see the map, plans and, if decided, the decision notice. You may also view the consultation responses and public comments for ongoing applications and on some decided applications, if they’re still available.
Sometimes council planning offices or DfI withhold information on a planning application because of:
If this happens, you won’t be able to view the affected records online or in the council’s planning office.
To find information for mineral permissions before 1973, you should ask the planning office in the local council.
Copyright protects plans, maps, drawings and other material sent with planning applications to the council or DfI. If the material is available online, you can download and print:
But you can’t make other copies without the copyright owner’s written permission.
You can view planning applications and associated documents at the planning offices in the local councils. You can check the council’s website or contact them to ask about opening times, office locations or to check if an appointment is required.
You can report any errors or technical problems with the Planning Portal to the council’s planning office. If you come across the same error when viewing planning applications from different council districts, there is no need to report the error to each council. Instead include this information when reporting the incident to one of the councils.
The information contained on the Planning Portal does not mean in any way a formal notification of a planning decision. As such, any actions taken as a result of the information displayed on the site are undertaken entirely at the viewer's own risk.
The planning application records on the Planning Portal must not be used as a substitute for a Regional Property Certificate. This includes details of historic applications on a particular site or for multiple addresses.
If you wish to get a full planning history for a particular site, you can contact the local council’s planning office. A fee may be charged for this service.
Further information on Regional Property Certificates is available at: