Derry City and Strabane District Council has approved Taggart Homes' plan to build 41 new apartments in the Crescent Link area of the city.

The apartment block building will be located on the site of Target Homes' Marketing Suite which is situated to the North West of the Crescent Link Road. The site is part of the larger zone housing lands at Crescent Link known as Housing Zone H27 in the Derry Area Plan 2011.

Planning approval was previously granted on lands within the zone which include the now completed 331 residential units in a mix of detached and semi-detached homes, apartments and several neighbourhood shops.

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The Marketing Suite to sell those units had a temporary planning permission which expires in January 2024.

Planning Committee Chair, Councillor Sean Mooney, said:

"This application is within the H27 zoned housing lands which has been developed into a settled and safe community since it was first defined in the Derry Area Plan 2011,” he said.

"The addition of 41 new apartments to the area will help meet the high demand for private accommodation in the city, close to amenities with accessibility and convenience to one of the main arterial road routes to and from the city.

"Apartments offer an alternative to homes for people who live alone, couples and smaller families and I expect the units in the finished project to be in high demand."