Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council planning approval rate
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council council approved 93.6% of planning applications and refused 6.4%, based on 7,589 decisions analysed. Ranked 194th out of 279 councils for strictness.
Last updated: June 2026 · Based on decisions from January 2020 to present
93.6%
overall approval rate
Planning in Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council?
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Approval rate by application type
Different application types have different approval rates in Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council. Householder and full planning applications typically have the highest volume.
Approval rate by project type
These rates are based on what homeowners are actually building in Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council — mined from 7,589 proposal descriptions.
Approval rate by ward
Planning outcomes vary significantly by ward within Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council. Click any ward for detailed statistics.
Wards in Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
Recent comparable decisions
The most recent residential planning decisions in Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council, showing how the council decides real applications.
Erection of 1 no farm dwelling, garage and associated site works and landscaping · · 2026-06-19
Proposed change of house type of S/2009/1245/F (farm dwelling), commenced under · · 2026-06-05
Replacement dwelling · · 2025-12-18
Showing 3 of 200 comparable decisions. See all 200 in the full report →
What gets approved near your property?
In Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council, 1 in 16 applications are refused. Your PlanningLens Full Planning Analysis gives you 17 pages of intelligence specific to your property:
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✓ Common refusal reasons in Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
✓ Your 10 nearest comparable planning decisions
✓ Appeal success rates
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Frequently asked questions about planning in Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
What is the planning approval rate in Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council?
Based on 7,589 planning decisions analysed since 2020, Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council approved 93.6% of applications and refused 6.4%. The council is ranked 194th out of 279 UK councils for approval rate.
Which areas of Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council have the highest planning approval rates?
Approval rates in Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council vary by ward — see the ward breakdown above for detailed figures for each area.
What types of planning application are most common in Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council?
The most common planning application types in Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council are: Other (7,589 decisions, 93.6% approved).
How long does a planning application take in Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council?
Planning applications in Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council take an average of 30.1 weeks to reach a decision, measured across 7,112 decisions with a recorded timeline. That is slower than the 8-week statutory target for householder applications (the statutory targets are 8 weeks for householder applications and 13 weeks for major developments). PlanningLens measures the actual time each application takes, not just the target. Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council decides approximately 1,265 planning applications per year.
How do I check planning applications in Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council?
You can search planning applications in Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council directly on the council's official planning portal. PlanningLens also lets you check any postcode against 7,589 historical decisions in Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council to see what's been approved and refused near a specific property.
How is PlanningLens approval rate data for Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council calculated?
PlanningLens scrapes Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council's official planning portal and analyses every published decision since January 2020. The approval rate is calculated as approved decisions divided by total decided applications, excluding withdrawn and pending applications. The full methodology, data sourcing, and Creative Commons BY 4.0 licensing terms are published at
planninglens.co.uk/methodology.