Antrim and Newtownabbey Community Development Committee Meeting

What to Expect

The Community Development Committee of Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council meets monthly, typically on the second Monday of the month at 6.30pm, in the Chamber at Mossley Mill, Newtownabbey. The committee is one of the council’s main decision-making bodies and covers community planning, leisure services, culture, sport, parks and open spaces, and social and wellbeing programmes delivered across the borough, from Antrim town through Newtownabbey to Randalstown and the wider rural district. Councillors receive officer reports on live projects, budgets and grant schemes, question council staff, and vote on recommendations that then go forward to full council for ratification. Members of the public are welcome to sit in the public gallery for the duration of the meeting, and residents with a specific interest in an agenda item can usually request in advance to address the committee directly through the council’s democratic services team, though this needs to be arranged ahead of the meeting date rather than on the night. Community and voluntary groups across the borough often follow this committee closely, since it handles the council’s community grant funding decisions and oversees facilities used daily by residents, from leisure centres and community centres to parks and play areas, meaning its decisions have a direct, visible impact on services in towns and villages right across Antrim and Newtownabbey.

Good to Know

• Date: second Monday of each month, 6.30pm - next scheduled meeting is Monday 14 September 2026, following the council’s usual August recess.
• Venue: Chamber, Mossley Mill, Carnmoney Road North, Newtownabbey BT36 5QA.
• Free to attend, open to the public, no booking required to sit in the gallery.
• Full agendas, reports and minutes are published online in advance of each meeting at antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk/council/committees-meetings/.
• Audio recordings of past meetings are also published on the council website for residents who cannot attend in person.
• Contact: memberservices@antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk or 028 9448 1301 for agenda queries or to request speaking time on a specific item.

Getting There

Mossley Mill is in Newtownabbey, roughly 6 miles north of Belfast city centre on the Carnmoney Road, and is served by regular Translink bus routes from both Antrim town and Belfast. Free on-site parking is available for visitors attending council meetings, and the venue also houses the borough’s civic offices and Theatre at the Mill.