Council refuses planning permission for controversial housing development in Derry Large number of objections were lodged in connection with Waterside plans The site at Clooney Road where the proposed houses were to be built. Reporter: '); '); Planning permission was today refused for houses on a site in the Waterside area of Derry. The plans for the site, which is located at 12 Clooney Road, on a plot between Waterfoot Park and the Waterfoot Hotel, involved the proposed construction of four houses. The original plans for the site, which were lodged with Derry City and Strabane District's Council's planning department in July 2018, were for six houses and six apartments on the site.