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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.
64 approved · 0 refused · 2 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Ashleigh Court, Castlederg, BT81 7WA
Received 24 Jun 2026Ground Floor 22-24 Strand Road Derry City BT48 7AB
Received 10 Jun 202647 Belmont Crescent, Londonderry, BT48 7RR
Received 18 May 202616 Carnhill, Londonderry, BT48 8BA
Received 17 Jun 2026Former Bog Inn Public House, opposite No. 66A Westland Street, Derry, BT48 9EP
Received 4 Jun 202610A Ewing Street Londonderry BT48 6ST
Received 1 Sept 2026Vacant land adjacent to and north-west of the A5 (Barnhill Road) and west of Park Road, Strabane.
Received 10 Jun 2026Existing Carpark Lisnagelvin Retail Park 3 Crescent Road Londonderry BT47 2NQ
Received 26 Aug 2026106 Moss Park, Shantallow, Londonderry, BT48 8JZ
Received 11 Jun 202611 Glenside Park, Londonderry, BT48 0BU
Received 7 Aug 2026Lands to the rear of 35 Millgrove Park, Eglinton Londonderry, BT47 3YU
Received 26 Jun 2026Banagher Presbyterian Church Hall, 8 Ballyhanedin Road, Feeny, BT47 4TG
Received 5 Jun 2026Site between No. 27 & 33 Heathfield Road
Received 27 Jul 2026101 Creggan Heights Londonderry BT48 9QU
Received 6 Oct 20267 West End Park Londonderry BT48 9JF
Received 6 May 202675 Dergbrough Road, Omagh, BT79 8JX
Received 5 Aug 2026DESMONDS CAR SHOWROOM, 162 STRAND ROAD, DERRY
Received 22 May 202621 Breenvale, Victoria Bridge, BT82 9GA
Received 5 Jun 2026Site immediately south east of 247 Melmount Road Victoria Bridge
Received 1 Sept 2026Lands approx. 25 M North of No.611 Baranailt Road, Claudy, Co.Derry BT47 4EA
Received 4 Jun 202635 Carmoney Park Campsie Londonderry BT47 3JN
Received 24 Sept 202644 Clarendon Street, Londonderry, BT48 7ET
Received 29 Jul 202616-20a Carlisle Road Derry BT48 6JN
Received 30 Jun 2026Approx 135 M. South West of 66 Mullenan Road
Received 24 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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