Colin McAuley Planning

Throwback to one of our favourite renovation projects….

📍 Cherryvalley, East Belfast

🏡 Traditionally designed kitchen / living / dining extension to a beautiful Edwardian house with connection to the south facing garden which wraps around two sides of the extension.
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✔️ use of classic architectural details including parapet wall, timber sliding sash windows and French doors to maintain the period feel
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✔️ high ceiling, roof light and large sash windows maximize natural light and views into the garden
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✔️ integrating the kitchen, living, and dining areas in the new extension created a cohesive and functional space for everyday living and entertaining in a period home which was previously lacking an open plan aspect

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🌳 Ballynahatty House 🌳

Some SketchUp imagery of our Ballynahatty House. The materials and finishes of this bespoke home were intentionally selected to respond sympathetically and recede into the mature sylvan site and its wider context set within the Lagan Valley AONB

🏡 Baillie House
📍 Station Road, Cultra



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Running your own business as a sole trader can feel like a real grind at times. It's important to take time for yourself, appreciate the present.
Striking a good work life balance can be tough, thankfully, I’m highly skilled at it…
⛳️ ☀️ This is my happy place, what’s yours??

♻️ Designing for energy efficiency is increasingly important in today’s climate of volatile oil and gas prices.
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☀️ This fantastic A97 EPC rating was achieved by maximising solar gain through consideration of optimum orientation & placement of window openings at the early design stage; construction of a well insulated building envelope and integration of a combination of green energy resources including air source heat pump, 14 in-roof solar panels with hot water inverter and 30Kw battery storage
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small extension - BIG gains 🙌🏼
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Our clients had a very small and cramped kitchen at the back of the house with a dedicated dining room at the front of the house
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We added a small single storey kitchen extension utilising large picture windows and a roof light to flood the space with light and provide a meaningful connection to the garden
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The former kitchen is transformed into a flexible living/dining space, freeing up the former dining room at the front of the house to become an additional reception room for a growing family
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We’re very pleased how this one turned out. It will look even better with the external finishing touches of painting, tiling and landscaping
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Orrlee Kitchens, Coagh

Our latest bespoke home design making its way off the drawing board and into planning this week
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A modest, contemporary dwelling, designed to evoke historic forms with a sequence of gables reflecting the traditional Irish clachan settlement
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Materials include zinc roof, black brick accents and untreated band-sawn larch cladding which will silver down enabling the residence to recede into its mature sylvan setting
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Taking advantage of todays blue skies to venture out of the office for the first time this week☀️
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Finishing touches on the first of our two contemporary infill dwellings on the outskirts of Holywood, getting ready for hand over next week 🏡
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Anthracite standing seam zinc, black composite cladding and crisp white render looking sharp in the sunshine☀️
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This traditionally designed new-build nestled in the hills above Holywood is reaching a few key milestones.
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Windows fitted this week and architectural details going on including precast stone decorative mouldings and GRP chimneys.
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Looking forward to the scaffold drop coming soon. If you’d like this to be your forever home, contact Rodgers & Browne Estate Agents
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After another bumper year at CMP that’s us all wrapped up for Christmas (again!!). Our office re-opens Monday 8th January 🎁🎄

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank all our clients past and present for placing their faith in us to create their bespoke home, residential extension or housing development 🏠 🏡

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year in 2024 🥂🎄

At CMP, our primary focus is residential design; however, an increasing number of our clients are investing in various tourism projects such as glamping sites, caravan parks, and converting local vernacular buildings to self-catering holiday accommodation.

Today, we consulted with two new clients exploring potential tourism developments in the Ards Peninsula and the Lecale Coast in Newry Mourne & Down.

Northern Ireland's picturesque countryside is the perfect host for these ventures, given our diverse cultural, natural, and architectural heritage.

The Pods at Streamvale

The second of a complimentary pair of bespoke dwellings on a rural infill site outside Comber now complete and ready for handover today.

Always pleasing when they turn out just as designed and envisaged in the 3d imagery. Another great job by the appointed contractor distinguished_homes



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📸 Collaborate

✅ PLANNING APPROVED ✅

Successful outcome from last nights Ards & North Down BC planning committee meeting with the officers recommendation to approve endorsed at a ratio of 15 votes to 1.

This was a challenging site with existing housing on all sides, contamination reporting and TPO trees to protect and integrate into the scheme.

The approved residential development of 40 units comprises a mix of detached, semi-detached and apartments and occupies a secluded sylvan site at the heart of Ballygowan.

If you have a potential site and need advice or guidance give us a call… we’re a one stop shop from initial feasibility through to final scheme design and planning submission for small scale residential sites up to 50 units 🏡

📞 02890 489441
📱 07759 485036
📧 [email protected]

Farmhouse dwelling nestled into a mature sylvan site in the Co Down countryside 🏡🌳

Our clients brief was to create a bright and spacious home, traditional in composition but with a contemporary twist.

The single storey vaulted return provides a two tiered open plan kitchen/living/dining space addressing the south facing landscaped garden beyond.

The contrasting textures create visual interest, with larch cladding providing a rmore rustic touch and crisp white render imparting a more contemporary feel.

This combination of materials and finishes were selected for their timeless appeal and to facilitate the integration of the built form into its sylvan setting 🌳🌲



📸 3d imagery by Collaborate

Planning submission to planning approval in under 4 weeks for our latest renovation and extension project in Helen’s Bay! 💨💨 ✅

This scheme almost doubles the size of the ground floor to provide a bright and airy kitchen / living space closely connected to the garden beyond.

The combination of flat roof and parapet wall, together with the use of contrasting reclaimed London brick and black brick finishes assist in breaking down the scale of the extension.

Rendering the existing dwelling and refinishing the original dormers in black standing seam aluminium contribute to a more cohesive and contemporary feel to the overall scheme…

So, this was a good one…

New client referred to CMP after being refused full planning permission for a dwelling on a farm due to an adverse impact on the setting of a listed building, lack of integration and adversely affecting rural character ❌

Following appointment, CMP identified an alternative site, prepared full scheme design, engaged with HED & A&ND BC planning office prior to submission of a revised application and gained full planning approval in a matter of a few months ✅

Subsequent preparation of detailed working drawings also approved in just a few weeks ✅

If you have a difficult site or require planning advice or architectural services, feel free to give us a call 👇🏼

📞 02890 489441 / 07759 485036
📧 [email protected]

Some lovely clean lines looking sharp in the sunshine on our complimentary pair of bespoke rural dwellings on the outskirts of Holywood.

This project combined contemporary architectural elements (standing seam zinc accents) with traditional rural aesthetics (linear plan form and crisp white render) to create a unique and visually appealing scheme.

The glazed corners produce bright and inviting family living spaces that make the most of the available views, maximise natural light, provide a connection to outdoor spaces, and enhance energy efficiency by capturing solar heat.


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We incorporated a diverse palette of materials, finishes and brick detailing in our Ballymoney Road House to create visual interest and provide definition to the various elements of the house.

Hard and soft landscaping now at an advanced stage with internal final fixing well underway. Looking forward to completion shortly….
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…I’m currently out of office and can be reached by waiting until I get back!

Office closed 7th - 25th August inclusive 😎 🌴

Baillie House is progressing very nicely on site at Station Road, Cultra.

Architectural mouldings currently being meticulously fitted to window and door surrounds which, along with the warmth of the red brick and associated brick detailing, give this rectory styled house so much of its character.


🏡 Contractor: distinguished_homes
📸 3d visuals: Collaborate
🧱 Brick supplier: Brick and Stone

Pleasing when a residential extension project turns out exactly as anticipated….

Our client brief here was to deliver a garage, additional living space and master bedroom suite on a tight site in a manner which did not appear like an extension, but designed to look as though it was as an integral part of the originally designed dwelling.

By matching existing roof design/pitch, materials, finishes and architectural detailing, the extension blends unobtrusively with the existing dwelling, fulfilling the all important client brief. We’re delighted with how it turned out!

If you need help with a similar scheme, we would be delighted to assist👇🏼👇🏼

📞 02890 489441 / 07759 485036
📧 [email protected]

🏡 Our East Belfast extension / renovation project is progressing well!

Roof removed, external walls reduced to wall plate level, single storey side and rear extensions constructed, masonry gables and timber frame kit inserted to create a stunningly spacious first floor with master bedroom suite and additional bedroom.

On site today to meet with the contractor and kitchen supplier to discuss the touchy-feely bits like kitchen layout, staircase design and internal finishes 😬

⭐️ ⭐️ From submission to planning approval in just 10 weeks from Ards & North Down Borough Council! ✅ ✅
Our client approached us to appraise a site with an implemented planning approval for a single infill dwelling. On review we advised of the potential to increase this to two infill dwellings. 🏡 🏡

CMP were appointed for scheme design and full planning which was subsequently approved in just 10 weeks from submission! ✅✅

We (and our clients!) are delighted with this result which has substantially enhanced the value of the site by doubling its yield. 🤗🤗

Do you have a similar site that needs reviewed? Simply get in touch👇🏼👇🏼

📞 02890 489441
📱 07759 485036
📧 [email protected]

We’re very excited to see this bespoke Georgian styled period residence come to fruition as our clients break ground on a stunning and beautifully mature sylvan site in Holywood 🌳🌳

Fantastic elevated views from this site over Belfast Lough and beyond 😍

We were appointed for design review of initial scheme, preparation, submission and management of the planning application, works to TPO trees submission, followed by working drawings & building control ✅

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🏠 Rodgers & Browne Estate Agents

Site 2 of our scheme of three bespoke dwellings in Holywood is making great progress on site. Zinc due this week for the box dormers, followed by scaffold drop, exterior painting and composite cladding.

The views over the fields to south are perfectly framed by the two glazed corners in the open plan kitchen living dining space at the rear of the house.

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This is the type of design brief we relish here at CMP!

A striking transformation, both inside and out, upstairs and downstairs, front and back!! Finished internally to a very high standard by our exacting clients.

If you have a similar scheme in mind, please do not hesitate to contact us 👇🏼

📧 [email protected]
📞 02890 489441 / 07759 485036

One of our Lisbane houses nearing completion this week…

The glazed external corners open up the living spaces to the garden and countryside beyond, whilst also maximising solar gain to provide a comfortable living space capturing the late afternoon/early evening sun.

Site 2 is also nearing completion and is still available. Contact Rodgers & Browne Estate Agents for details, or to arrange a viewing.

Another fantastic job by distinguished_homes
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Kitchen / utility / pantry fitted out by Orrlee Kitchens, Coagh

This remains one of my favourite residential extension and renovation projects to date.

Designing for family brings a fresh challenge and perhaps even some added pressure, but we’re delighted with how it turned out. Luckily enough, so too is my brother! 😬

Completion inspection today on another of our bespoke rural dwellings. This is one of a complimentary pair of infill dwellings located on the outskirts of Ballygowan.

🏡 If you’re interested get in touch with Agar Murdoch & Deane, Residential Sales and Property Lettings. Site 1 presently available for sale with plenty of interest!

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