Derry City and Strabane District Council planning applications
Data as of 5 November 2026
Derry City and Strabane District Council decided more than 690 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 6% of those it approved or refused, lower than the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 151 days to decide one.
Look up one application
Search by reference or address on Derry City and Strabane District Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).
Recent major decisions
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23 October 2026 · Approved
Lands west of 1 wheatfield, Eglinton (opposite Carmoney Road, Mallory Park junction). · LA11/2023/1760/F
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25 September 2026 · Approved
Lands at Rosses Gate (Plot Nos 500-530 and 592-604 of LA11/2024/0091/F), to the east of Crescent Link and c.450metres south west of nos. 2 to 8 (evens) Rosses Gate, Derry · LA11/2025/0703/F
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17 September 2026 · Refused
Lands situated 150 metres to the West of Hawthorn Drive fronting onto Springtown Road · LA11/2024/0090/O
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28 August 2026 · Approved
Lands within Ulster University, to the North of Clarence Avenue, adjacent to No. 21 Northland Road and East of 8, 8a and 8b Northland Road, Derry, BT48 7HZ · LA11/2025/0434/F
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12 August 2026 · Approved
On lands at 104-110 Main Street, Strabane, BT82 8BA. · LA11/2024/0469/F
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4 August 2026 · Approved
Lands at Rosses Gate (Plots Nos. 531-533; 552-558; 584-591; and 605-608 of LA11/2024/0091/F), c.175metres south east of Caw Roundabout and c.260metres south west of nos. 2 to 8 (evens) Rosses Gate, Derry · LA11/2025/0625/F
Figures for Derry City and Strabane District Council
| Applications decided | more than 690 |
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| Share refusedof those approved or refused | 6%middle UK council 9% |
| Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date | 151 daysmiddle UK council 55 days |
| Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings | Not enough typed decisions |
| Appeals decidedin the last three years | 50 |
| Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits | 56%about one in two |
| Officer reports and decision notices searchable | back to 2017 |
| Local Plan policies held | more than 180plan adopted 2025 |
How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.