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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.
63 approved · 0 refused · 2 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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49 Papworth Avenue, Londonderry, BT48 8PT
Received 10 Aug 2026Existing car park @ Lesley Retail Park, Strabane, BT82 8EW
Received 26 Aug 202640 metres north of 295 Lisnaragh Road, Dunnamanagh, BT82 0SE
Received 28 Aug 2026Memorial in Front of 151 Melmount Road, Sion Mills
Received 21 May 2026Approx. 20m east of 16 Ardbarren Road, Castlederg, BT81 7QT
Received 22 Jul 202614 Primity Terrace Newbuildings L'Derry BT47 2QX
Received 9 Jul 2026Lands at 1 - 80 Railway Street; 2 - 8 Derry Road; 2 - 28 Castle Street; 1 - 49 Abercorn Square; 23 - 29 Butchers Street; 1 - 8 Castle Place; 10 - 40 Market Street; Bridge Street and Dock Street, Strabane
Received 16 Jun 2026Immediately south of No.43 Drumlegagh Church Road ,Newtownstewart , BT78 4HG
Received 7 Jul 202696 Barleyfields, Londonderry, BT48 8TP
Received 28 Jul 20264 Arden Place Clooney Londonderry BT47 5QF
Received 10 Jul 202623 Templeard Ballynagard Londonderry BT48 8FE
Received 11 Sept 202620 Kilburn Crescent, Londonderry, BT47 5PZ
Received 26 Jun 202647a Berryhill Road Strabane BT82 0HN
Received 16 Sept 202625 and 25A Strand Road, Londonderry, BT48 7BJ
Received 20 May 2026116 Circular Road, Londonderry, BT48 9QY
Received 19 Aug 202648 Tullymore Road, Londonderry, BT47 3DQ
Received 28 Sept 2026Lands between Upper Galliagh Road, south of Beragh Hill Road, west of Beraghvale and north of Skeoge Link Road (A515) Derry.
Received 30 Jun 2026Approx. 110m west of no. 38 Monadore Road, Claudy, BT47 4DP
Received 1 Jun 202618 Meenan Drive Derry BT48 9EY
Received 19 May 202623 Larkhill, Londonderry, BT48 8AT
Received 13 Jun 202623 Lisleen Road, Castlederg, BT81 7QN
Received 30 Sept 2026Lands approximately 43m south of no. 14 Airfield Road, Eglinton, Londonderry , BT47 3PZ
Received 26 Aug 202610 Daly Crescent, Derry, BT48 0JF
Received 11 May 2026Holden Agriculture Ltd, 27 Art Road, Strabane, BT82 0HA
Received 3 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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