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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63 approved · 0 refused · 2 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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8 Rotherwood Drive, Londonderry, BT47 5SY
Received 2 Jun 2026Lands adjacent to south and west of 60 Scarvagherin Road Spamount BT81 7NE
Received 18 Jun 2026273 Cornshell Fields Steelstown Londonderry BT48 7UN
Received 14 Jul 2026Lands situated 9 M. North East of 224 Tamnaherin Road, Cross, L'Derry, BT47 3HX
Received 29 Sept 2026Approx 333 M. West from the entrance to Elagh Business Park, Buncrana Road.
Received 24 Jun 2026Site approximately 70 M. West of No. 43 Prospect Road, Clady, Strabane, BT48 9SB
Received 5 Aug 202650 M. N.N.E. 31 Ballynacross Road, Dunamanagh, Strabane, BT82 0PY
Received 17 Aug 2026Drumahoe District Park Derry BT47 3YH
Received 10 Jul 20267 Hampstead Park, Londonderry, BT48 7RU
Received 10 Aug 202647 Grangemore Park, Londonderry, BT48 0RY
Received 31 Jul 202636 Talbot Park, Londonderry, BT48 7TA
Received 23 Sept 202694 Highmoor Road Londonderry BT47 3HR
Received 3 Sept 20262 Rock Park, Londonderry, BT47 2QW
Received 7 Jun 2026Existing car park @ Lisnagelvin Retail Park, 3 Crescent Road, Londonderry, BT47 2NQ
Received 26 Aug 2026Lands approx. 80m NE of 74 Blighs Lane, Derry, BT48 0GZ
Received 6 May 202660m West of 39 Shanog Road
Received 12 Jun 2026Lands 350m NE of 42 Altinure Road Claudy BT47 4DB
Received 17 Sept 202624a Castlefin Road Castlederg BT81 7EB
Received 18 Aug 2026Land to the rear of No.20 Curryfree Road L'DERRY, BT47 3UH
Received 7 May 2026Lands south west of 41 Fincairn Road and north east of Fincairn Cottage Square Drumahoe BT473LD
Received 11 May 202640 M. S.E. of 85 Drumquin Road, Castlederg, BT81 7RQ
Received 15 Sept 2026Lands on the Main Square, John Street. Approximately 16 meters south of 4-4A John Street.
Received 8 Jun 202674 Duke Street Derry BT47 6AT
Received 14 May 202657 Beech Hill View Drumahoe BT47 3FU
Received 21 Aug 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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