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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60 approved · 0 refused · 2 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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24 Woodburn Park Londonderry BT47 5PS
Received 12 Jun 2026Lands between 50 and 54 Ballymongan Road, Killeter, BT81 7HF
Received 16 Jun 20262 & 4 Millbrook Park, Altnagelvin, Londonderry, BT47 3QH
Received 25 Jul 2026Approximately 150m North West of No. 41 Orchard Road Strabane BT82 9QS
Received 25 Sept 2026Unit 20A Crescent Link Retail Park Derry BT47 6SA
Received 20 May 2026Approx 88 M. North of 237 Culmore Road.
Received 24 Jun 2026Approximately 88 M. North from the Beltany Road / West Road junction
Received 24 Jun 2026The Craigavon Bridge, Derry, BT48 6JZ
Received 21 Sept 2026Lands on the Main Square, John Street. Approximately 16 meters South of 4 - 4A John Street.
Received 8 Jun 202652 Norburgh Park, Londonderry, BT48 0RQ
Received 28 Jul 2026Lands directly N.E. of 280 Tamnaherin Road, L'Derry, BT47 3ND
Received 2 Sept 20262 Danesfort Crescent Derry BT48 8DG
Received 15 Jul 2026Approximately 475 M. South West from 87 Scraghy Road
Received 24 Jun 2026140 metres North of 43 Dullerton Road, Cullion
Received 4 Aug 2026110 Sallowilly Road, Claudy, Co. Derry, BT47 4JG
Received 7 Jul 202626 St. Johns Park, Londonderry, BT48 8AN
Received 30 Jul 202617 Lowrys Lane, Londonderry, BT48 0LS
Received 24 Jul 2026Approx 78 M. East from 592 Glenshane Road
Received 24 Jun 202657 Clarendon Street, Londonderry, BT48 7ER
Received 9 Jul 202632a Lawrence Hill, Londonderry, BT48 7NJ
Received 1 Jun 202640 Main Street, Claudy, Londonderry, BT47 4HR
Received 17 Sept 202644 Clarendon Street Londonderry BT48 7ET
Received 21 Jul 2026UNIT D 78 Victoria Road Newbuildings Londonderry BT47 2RL
Received 4 Aug 202614 Castlefin Road, Castlederg, BT81 7BT
Received 4 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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