Dwelling and garage at 50M North East of 28 Ballymacombs Road Glenone, Portglenone
Summary of planning committee decision
Deferred by Mid Ulster Planning on 2 Sept 2025.
The site and surroundings
The site is flat agricultural land in the open countryside, beside a dwelling, commercial yard, hedgerows and rural development.
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“Planning Assessment of Policy and Other Material Considerations Magherafelt Area Plan 2015 SPPS - Strategic Planning Policy Statement for Northern Ireland Mid Ulster District Council Local Development Plan 2030 - Draft Plan Strategy Planning Policy Statement 2 – Natural Heritage Planning Policy Statement 3 -Access, Movement and Parking Planning Policy Statement 15 (Revised) – Planning and Flood Risk Planning Policy Statement 21- Sustainable Development in the Countryside…”
Officer report
Officers’ recommendation
Officers recommended refusal because the proposal failed the cluster rounding-off test and would intrude into the rural character.
“This proposal fails to meet Policy CTY 2a of PPS 21 in that the proposed application site does not benefit from a natural rounding off which fails to comply with point 5 of CTY2a 'Development of the site can be absorbed into the existing cluster through rounding off and consolidation and will not significantly alter its existing character, or visually intrude into the open countryside'.”
Officer report
Planning concerns
The proposal met five of six cluster criteria but failed to show natural rounding off and was also considered harmful to rural character.
“5.Development of the site can be absorbed into the existing cluster through rounding off and consolidation and will not significantly alter its existing character, or visually intrude into the open countryside; and The proposed site fails to comply with this policy test as it does not benefit from natural rounding off as shown below in figure 1.”
“This proposal would not be likely to have a significant effect on the features, conservation objectives or status of any of these sites. Summary of Recommendation: Refuse is recommended Refusal Reasons Reason 1 The proposal is contrary to Policy CTY 1 of Planning Policy Statement 21 - Development in the Countryside in that there are no overriding reasons why this development is essential in this rural location and could not be located within a settlement.”
Officer report
The committee’s decision
The committee agreed to defer the application for an earlier office meeting.
“LA09/2025/0513/O Site for a dwelling and garage in a cluster at 50m NE of 28 Ballymacombs Road, Glenone, Portglenone for [name withheld]…”
“Agreed that application be deferred for an office meeting earlier in meeting.”
Minutes
Sources
- Mid Ulster Planning minutes, 2 September 2025
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of Mid Ulster's committee minutes and officer report. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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- Committee
- Mid Ulster Planning
- Council
- Mid Ulster
- Date
- Tuesday 2 September 2025
- Recommendation
- Officers recommended refusal
- Committee decided
- Deferred
- Minutes
- The council's minutes
- Meeting
- Agenda and papers (council website)
- Application
- The application (council website)
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This committee's year
22 decisions in the 12 months to this meeting, 2 against officer advice.
Source: Plota analysis of the committee's minutes.