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.

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Planning Permission & Fees

Your Home and Planning Permission

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Contents

Introduction

Building an Extension

Alterations and Additions
- Porches
- Conservatories
- Granny flats
- Converting a house into flats or apartments
- Home working purposes (also see Section 11)
- Demolition

Extensions Consisting of an Addition or Alteration to a Roof
- Roof lights, dormers or other roof extensions
- Roof space conversion
- Re-roofing a house

Building a garage, carport, garden shed, greenhouse or other building
- Creation/replacement of a hard surface for a vehicle
- Access to a road

Decking, Walls and Fencing
- Walls and Fences
- Decking and raised platforms

Repairs and Maintenance

Other Minor Works

Solar Panels

Domestic Biomass and Heat Pumps

Trees

Homeworking

Making Your Householder Application
- Application forms and fees, planning publications to help you, and the decision-making process

Things to Check
- Legal position, planning history, traffic safety, listed buildings and conservation areas, and historic monuments

Other Approvals You May Require
- Building Regulations, Development affecting roads, Water Fittings
- Regulations, and Wastewater Disposal

Enforcement