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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Northern Ireland · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Derry City and Strabane District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
60 approved · 0 refused · 2 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 May 2026 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Lands between Upper Galliagh Road, south of Beragh Hill Road, west of Beraghvale and north of Skeoge Link Road (A515) Derry.
Received 5 Oct 2026110 M. N.W. of 39 Archill Road, Newtownstewart, BT78 4JJ
Received 7 Jul 2026Townlands of Barr Cregg, Ballymaclanigan and Slaghtmanus, near Claudy, County Londonderry.
Received 5 Jun 2026Lands within and immediately to the west of Knockavoe Special School, 10a Melmount Gardens, Strabane, BT82 9EB
Received 3 Jul 2026Lands immediately East of Nos. 203-209 Clon Dara, North and North West of Nos. 1-7 Clon Dara Court and West of Nos. 33-41 Clon Dara, Galliagh, Derry, BT48 8UN
Received 17 Jun 2026189 Melmount Road, Strabane, BT82 9LA
Received 11 Jul 2026Approx. 45 M. North West of 41 Carn Road, Castlederg, BT81 7UU
Received 28 Sept 202620 Drum Road, Strabane, BT82 8NS
Received 20 May 202631 Larkhill, Londonderry, BT48 8AT
Received 7 Oct 20263 Mountcarmel View, Strabane, BT82 9AN
Received 8 Jul 2026Ground Floor 22-24 Strand Road Londonderry BT48 7AB
Received 10 Jun 2026The former Bog Inn Site, opposite 66a Westland Street, Derry.
Received 7 Sept 202658 Ardmore Road, Londonderry, BT47 3QZ
Received 3 Jul 2026Lands immediately to the southwest of No.108 Highmoor Road, Claudy, BT47 3HR.
Received 19 Aug 2026Sacred Heart Primary School, 10 Trench Road, Londonderry, BT47 2DT
Received 20 Jul 202672 Great James Street, Londonderry, BT48 7DE
Received 26 Aug 202670 Coney Road, Londonderry, BT48 8JP
Received 1 Oct 2026Side garden of 8 Aghamore Park Strathfoyle Londonderry BT47 6XF
Received 22 Jul 2026Existing car park @ Lesley Retail Park, Strabane, BT82 8EW
Received 26 Aug 2026Lands to the rear of former Desmond's Clothing Factory, 14 Main Street, Claudy
Received 15 Sept 202621 Rabstown Road Glentown, Clady, BT82 9RB
Received 30 Sept 202615 Parkside Gardens, Sion Mills, BT82 9LT
Received 7 Sept 202674 Duke Street Derry BT47 6PQ
Received 5 Aug 20262d Ervey Road, Cross, Co. Derry, BT47 3ES
Received 19 Jun 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Northern Ireland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Derry City and Strabane District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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