Scheduled waste collections will take place earlier than usual on Tuesday 14 April 2026 to minimise potential disruption from planned fuel protests.
All domestic collections in the Larne area will begin from 7am.
Recycling box collections in the Ballymena and Carrickfergus areas will begin from 6am.

Local Development Plan 2030

Supplementary Planning Guidance

Three Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) documents have been produced to support and clarify some of the policies in the Local Development Plan 2030 – Plan Strategy, which was adopted on 16 October 2023 (copies of which are available online or from the Planning Department).

These SPG documents represent non-statutory planning guidance which should be read in conjunction with the Strategic Planning Policy Statement (SPPS) for Northern Ireland and Council's Local Development Plan 2030 (LDP) - adopted Plan Strategy.

They are intended for use by developers, applicants, consultees, the public and planning officers and will act as a material planning consideration in the determination of planning applications.

The topics covered in these SPGs are: