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Availability of Adopted LDP Plan Strategy and Extended Consultation Period on SPGs

12th August 2025

Further to the adoption of the LDP Plan Strategy on 10th July 2025 (see documents below), the Council is expecting the printed version of the LDP Plan Strategy to be available by the end of August. This webpage will be updated when it is available. In the meantime, the LDP Plan Strategy (Printer-friendly version) is available HERE and at the link below, or to view in hardcopy at the Council Offices (by appointment only).

On 10th July, the Council also published a series of 15 Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) documents, to support the implementation of the LDP (see documents below). These 15 documents were opened for public consultation – for a period of 8 weeks. However, due to the summer recess the consultation period has been extended.  Therefore, any comments on any of these SPG documents should be submitted in writing to the Strand Road office or email address before 30th September 2025.

Further tranches of SPG documents will be consulted-upon from September / October 2025, so please see this webpage for details at that time.

 

Adoption of Local Development Plan (LDP) Plan Strategy

10th July 2025

Derry City & Strabane District Council adopts the Derry City & Strabane District Council Local Development Plan (LDP) 2032 - Plan Strategy on 10th July 2025, following the recent approval of the Planning Committee and Full Council.

The LDP Plan Strategy, the Adoption Statement, the Planning Appeals Commission (PAC)  report into the Independent Examination, the Direction from the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) and the Council’s Appraisal of the Sustainability of the LDP Plan Strategy, are all available to view online at the links below.

Copies of the documents are also available for inspection during normal office opening hours, by appointment only, from 10th July 2025, at the Council’s two main offices at

98 Strand Road, Derry, BT48 7NN and 47 Derry Road, Strabane, Co. Tyrone, BT82 8DY.

If you do require to inspect the documents in hard copy, please write to us or submit an email to [email protected] or telephone the LDP Team during normal office hours on 028 71 253253 and arrangements will be made for an appointment. All documents are available to view and download (free of charge). The printed LDP Plan Strategy will be available to purchase in the near future (at a cost). The report of the Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA), Equality Impact Assessment Report ( EQIA Further Addendum) and Rural Needs Impact Assessment (RNIA Further Addendum) are also available to view, at the links below. Please view this webpage for updates over the coming month, or contact the Council, for details of hard-copy availability and charges.

A series of Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) documents, to support the implementation of the LDP, are now being made available to view on the Council’s webpage – see the links below, for public consultation. Any comments on any of these SPG documents should be submitted in writing to the above-mentioned Strand Road office or email address, before 4th September 2025. A further tranche of SPG documents will also be consulted-upon from September / October 2025, so please see this webpage for details at that time.

Derry City & Strabane District Council will now formally commence the preparation of the Local Development Plan (LDP) Local Policies Plan (LPP). The public is not required to take any further action or make any submissions at this time. This LPP will be undertaken in accordance with the Planning (LDP) Regulations (NI) 2015 and the Council’s published LDP Timetable and Statement of Community Involvement (Planning, SCI) (both documents are under review, available on the Council website: 

 

LDP Adoption Documents

 

Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) documents, for public consultation.
 

 

 

 

WHO WE ARE?

On 1st April 2015, Planning powers transferred from the Department of the Environment (DOE) to the Derry City and Strabane District Council. 

The Council now also has powers of Local Development Plan (LDP), Development Management and Enforcement which it will implement in cases where planning laws have been breached.

The LDP Team, together with senior Council officers and the elected Members of the Council (Planning Committee), are responsible for producing the LDP for our District.

WHAT IS LDP?

The purpose of the Derry City and Strabane District LDP, is to inform the general public, statutory authorities, developers and other interested bodies of the policy framework and land use proposals that will implement the strategic objectives of the Regional Development Strategy and guide development decisions within Derry City and Strabane District up to 2032.

Our new LDP will be prepared within the context of the Council’s Corporate Plan and will co-ordinate with the Community Planning process to enable us to plan positively for the future of our District. It will ensure that lands are appropriately zoned and that our infrastructure is enhanced to develop the District for future generations.

The LDP must also take account of the regional policy context set by the Northern Ireland Executive and Central Government Departments. This includes, amongst others, the Sustainable Development Strategy, Regional Development Strategy and the Strategic Planning Policy Statement - published in September 2015.

The LDP will comprise two separate documents that will shape development within our District over the period to 2032   

  1. The Plan Strategy

  2. The Local Policies Plan

THE LDP TIMETABLE, REVISED JULY 2023

The LDP Timetable has been formally revised, advertised and published in July 2023. The Timetable sets out Derry City and Strabane District Council's programme for the production of its Local Development Plan (LDP 2032) and includes details of the key stages in the process.

This Revised LDP Timetable was approved by the Council and DfI; it anticipates holding the Independent Examination (IE) of the LDP draft Plan Strategy during September and October 2023.

View the Local Development Plan (LDP) Timetable Revision 2023

The LDP will, on adoption of both its component plan documents, replace the Strabane Area Plan  2001 and the Derry Area Plan 2011 and the suite of Planning Policy Statements (PPS’s) that were produced by the Department of the Environment.

See current NI Planning Policy Statements: 

https://www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/publications/retained-planning-policy

See current NI Planning Guidance documents:

 https://www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/topics/planning/planning-guidance

See Strategic Planning Policy Statement for NI (SPPS):

 https://www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/publications/strategic-planning-policy-statement

See Regional Development Strategy for NI (RDS 2035): 

https://www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/articles/regional-planning

See current NI Planning Legislation:

 https://www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/articles/current-planning-legislation

 

VIEW OUR DISTRICT’S CURRENT AREA PLANS

Until such times as the LDP is adopted, the relevant Area Plans currently applicable to our District are the Derry Area Plan 2011, adopted in May 2000 and the Strabane Area Plan 2001, adopted in April 1991.

Click on the following link to view an online version of the Derry Area Plan and its associated documents.  

Click on the following link to view an online version of the Derry Area Plan 2011, Designated Flat Zone Map – FL1.

Click on the following pdf to view an online version of the Strabane Area Plan.

MONITORING

The Council monitors the amount of housing land and number of units built together with the amount of economic land across the District as well as various environmental indicators. The annual Housing Monitor tracks the progress of housing completions across the District and provides the basis for informing how and where best to distribute housing across the settlement hierarchy. 

Housing Monitor sites are those which are identified as potentially suitable for residential development in prevailing development plans through zonings and any other urban sites that have been granted planning permission for residential development. Therefore, the Housing Monitor only relates to sites on zoned Housing land and planning approvals and is only within the respective settlement limits. 

The Council’s ongoing monitoring will contribute towards the legislative obligations to prepare an Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) which must contain information on the extent to which the objectives of the LDP are being achieved.  

The purpose of the Housing Monitor is to:

  • Monitor the course of housing development in settlements with regard to the Regional Development Strategy (RDS);

  • Monitor progress of housing developments in settlements in accordance with the provisions of prevailing Development Plans;

  • Inform the preparation of our new LDP with regard to the allocation of land for housing; and 

  • Provide information on the available potential for further housing development in settlements. 

A copy of the Council's Housing Monitor for the 2022-2023 period can be accessed below:

A copy of the Council's Housing Monitor for the 2021-2022 period can be accessed below: 

A copy of the Council's Housing Monitor for the 2019-2021 period can be accessed below: 

A copy of the Council’s Housing Monitor for the 2018 – 19 period can be accessed below.

A copy of the Council’s Housing Monitor for the 2014- 17 period can be accessed below.

Disclaimer

Please note that the NILUD database was set up for the former Derry City and Strabane District Councils – so the earlier reports are still presented on this basis. 

Data contained in these Monitors is derived from planning permissions and from Building Control completions data through Land and Property Services (LPS).  

Derry City & Strabane District Council provides no warranty in relation to the accuracy for the information contained within these Monitors. Any person placing reliance on this data does so at their own risk.

 

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