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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.
63 approved · 0 refused · 2 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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SITE APPROXIMATELY 120M WEST OF NO.43 PROSECT ROAD, CLADY, STRABANE, BT82 9SB
Received 5 Aug 2026Former Faughan Valley High School, 35 Drumahoe Road, Derry, BT47 3SD
Received 16 Jun 20265 St. Josephs Avenue, Londonderry, BT48 6TH
Received 2 Oct 202666-74 Duke Street, Derry, BT47 6PQ
Received 17 Jun 202635 M. S.E. of 10 Slieveboy Road, Park, Londonderry
Received 27 Aug 202627 Landahussy Road, Omagh, BT79 8EQ
Received 20 Aug 2026Land approx. 300 M. West of 5 Gortmonly Road, Bready, BT82 0DS
Received 21 Jul 202652 Dellwood, Eglinton, Londonderry, BT47 3XF
Received 14 Aug 2026Approx 75m North of 40 Liskey Road, Bearney Glebe, Victoria Bridge, BT82 8NR
Received 6 Jul 2026108 M. North of 83 Ardground Road, Killaloo, Co L'Derry
Received 21 Sept 2026Lands approx. 33m east of no. 1 Ringfort Road, Derry, BT48 0PZ
Received 6 Oct 2026The subject site is located to the South West of the Coolkeeragh Power Station. It is on land directly east of the existing Coolkeeragh 110 kV substation
Received 28 Aug 2026Oakgrove Integrated Primary School, 19 Limavady Road, Londonderry, BT47 6JY
Received 22 Jul 202610 Nixons Corner, Derry, BT48 9XF
Received 5 Jun 202695 Rathlin Drive, Londonderry, BT48 9RT
Received 1 Jul 2026172a Culmore Road,Ballynashallog, Londonderry, BT48 8JH
Received 31 Aug 202650 Talbot Park, Derry, BT48 7TA
Received 20 Aug 202631 Westlake Derry BT47 6WE
Received 17 Jun 202630 Ashleigh Court, Castlederg, BT81 7WA
Received 18 Aug 202697 Strabane Old Road Londonderry BT47 2QB
Received 1 May 2026Lands between 44 and 46 Hollyhill Road, Strabane, BT82 0AB
Received 29 Sept 2026Lands Between 85 And 93 Ervey Road Tamnaherin Co. Derry Eglinton BT47 3AU
Received 10 Jun 20264 The Fairways, Londonderry, BT47 2FE
Received 24 Jun 2026Unit A & Unit E Whitehouse Retail Park, 65a Buncrana Road, Londonderry, BT48 8LB
Received 7 Jul 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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