Detailed design work is getting underway and building work on the Shackleton Barracks site in Ballykelly is set to begin at the end of 2015.
Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Michelle O'Neill welcomed the news. She said: "The plan is to complete the move in two phases; the first by the end of 2017 and the remainder by the end of 2020.
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"This is consistent with my commitment to relocate to a rural area. This move to Ballykelly forms part of my broader programme of relocations.
"The Forest Service is being headquartered in Fermanagh and Fisheries Division in Downpatrick by June 2015. The Rivers Agency will be headquartered in the Loughrey Campus of the College of Agri Food and Rural Enterprise by March 2016.
"This decision will mean that I meet my Programme for Government target to decentralise DARD's Headquarters to a rural location."
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