Planning application
4 & 6 Castle Street, Londonderry, BT48 6HQ
Works: Extension
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Proposed third floor extension to provide 10 no. ensuite rooms & ancillary kitchen / dining facilities for student accommodation.
As published by the council, reference LA11/2025/0426/F
Application record
- Reference
- LA11/2025/0426/F
- Type
- Full
- Status
- Consultation Open
- Received
- 13 Jun 2025
- Validated
- 13 Jun 2025
- Ward
- City Walls
- Postcode
- BT48 6HQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Derry City and Strabane register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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LA11/2025/0297/F Granted
4 & 6 Castle Street, Londonderry, BT48 6HQ
Change of Use from offices to 20 no. ensuite rooms & ancillary kitchen / dining facilities for student accomoodation. Ground floor to remain commercial. (amended proposal)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Jun 2025
Received by Derry City and Strabane
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7 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 8 August 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Derry City and Strabane took a median of 100 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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Birney Architects Agent, an architecture practice
25 applications on PlanIndex · across 4 councils · 95% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
44 documents on file for this application
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