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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60 approved · 0 refused · 2 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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6 Springtown Drive, Springtown Industrial Estate, Derry, BT48 0LY
Received 20 Jul 202662 Clonmeen Drive, L'Derry
Received 18 Sept 2026Approx 246 M. East from Letterkenny Road / Killea Road junction
Received 24 Jun 20265 Corickbeg Road, Omagh, BT79 8JZ
Received 10 Aug 202646 Lindenwood Park, Foyle Springs, Derry, BT48 0NX
Received 1 Jun 202611 Woodland Drive, Londonderry, BT47 2PS
Received 11 May 2026Lands Approximately 170 meters South of 14 Myrtle Road, Slaghtmanus Derry / L'Derry, BT47 3HW
Received 5 Jun 202622 Church Meadow, Londonderry, BT47 6DE
Received 10 Sept 202637 Bards Hill Gobnascale Londonderry BT47 2DR
Received 1 Oct 2026Approx 304 M. West from Ballyhanedin Road Overpass, Main Foreglen Road.
Received 24 Jun 2026Former Listress Primary School 71 Slaghtmanus Road Londonderry BT47 3EY
Received 11 Jul 2026Approx 25 M. North East of No. 110 Urney Road, Clady, Strabane, BT82 9RU
Received 27 Jul 202633 Curlyhill Road Strabane BT82 8LP
Received 15 Jun 20263 Glendon Park Altnagelvin Londonderry BT47 5XU
Received 16 Jul 2026Foyle Meats, Lisahally Industrial Estate, 28a Temple Road, Strathfoyle, BT47 6UB
Received 8 Jul 202614 Main Street Eglinton Londonderry BT47 3PQ
Received 10 Jul 202636 St. Brecans Park, Londonderry, BT47 2FP
Received 6 Jul 2026Approx. 80 M. South of 372 Victoria Road, Cloghcor, Ballymagorry, BT82 0AR
Received 7 Sept 2026Lands at the junction of Victoria Road and Duncastle Road, Newbuildings, BT47 2QS
Received 18 May 202611 Willowcrest Castlederg BT81 7WB
Received 11 Jul 2026Lands comprising former Convent Grammar School at Curlyhill Road, located between lands South of 8-10 Curlyhill Road and West of Nos. 1-8 Mount Carmel Heights. The land also comprise North of 19-23 Evishgrove Heights and South East of No. 40 Church View and part of the public road at Curlyhill Road, Church Street, Patrick Street and Bowling Green Street
Received 2 Sept 2026Approximately 120 M South East from 86 Culvacullion Road
Received 24 Jun 2026Brooke Park Leisure Centre, Rosemount Avenue, Londonderry, BT48 0HH
Received 9 Sept 2026173 Strand Road, Duncreggan Road and Philip Street, Londonderry, BT48 7PU
Received 22 May 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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