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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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Charnwood Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Charnwood Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates5,695Searchable applications
81Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 3,093 approved or refused records
361Refused applications
2,732 approved · 361 refused · 752 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 2020 to 21 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 30 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information CBC-Planning Applictions View planning applicationsLocal plan Local Plan and planning policy
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01509634666Council source
- Planning enquiriesdevelopment.control@charnwood.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas39 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Decided: CONDITIONS NOT DISCHARGEDP/21/0431/2
Discharge of Condition 3 of Planning Permission reference APP/X2410/W/18/3194886 (P/17/1984/2 refers).
Street Record, Briscoe Lane, Woodhouse, Leicestershire
Received 24 Feb 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/0432/2
Single storey extension to rear, recladding of roof and conversion of loft and provision of dormer to front of detached dwelling (retrospective application).
1323 Melton Road, Syston, Leicestershire, LE7 2EN
Received 24 Feb 2021 - Withdrawn: WITHDRAWNP/21/0433/2
to be checked Demolition of a garden wall on householders property. Height varying from 60cm-70cm for a distance of 7 metres to allow a car to be parked on the property.
Old School House, 26 School Lane, South Croxton, Leicestershire, LE7 3RT
Received 24 Feb 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/0435/2
Erection of single storey outbuilding at rear of house
14 Nanhill Drive, Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire, LE12 8TL
Received 25 Feb 2021 - Decided: CONDITIONS DISCHARGED - CONFIRMEDP/21/0437/2
Discharge of condtion 20 of application P/18/1251/2.
Bishop Ellis Catholic Primary School, Barkby Thorpe Lane, Thurmaston, Leicestershire, LE4 8GP
Received 25 Feb 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/0438/2
Change of use of building from office/storage space and 3no flats to 6no flats and alterations to the front, rear and side fenestrations.
Former 4, Sandford Road, Syston, Leicestershire
Received 25 Feb 2021 - Decided: REFUSEP/21/0439/2
Erection of 2.5 metres high boundary wall to side of detached dwelling.
57 Trueway Drive, Shepshed, Leicestershire, LE12 9HG
Received 26 Feb 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/0440/2
Proposed first and second storey extension to rear, including juliet balcony at first floor to rear of dwelling.
7 Hubbard Road, Burton On The Wolds, Leicestershire, LE12 5AX
Received 26 Feb 2021 - Decided: REFUSEP/21/0441/2
Proposed single storey extension to front and two storey extension to rear of dwelling.
4A Boyer Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1DT
Received 26 Feb 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/0442/2
Two storey rear extension to dwelling and associated external works (Revised scheme P/19/1384/2 refers)
17 Tempest Road, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 3BD
Received 26 Feb 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/0443/2
Alterations to shop front including movement of entrance and access ramp, replacement of fascia lights and installation of safety bollards (variation of condition 2 of P/20/1748/2 to allow revision to ramp and railings), under section 73 of TCPA 1990.
20 Station Road, Quorn, Leicestershire, LE12 8BS
Received 26 Feb 2021 - Decided: PRIOR APPROVAL NOT REQUIREDP/21/0465/2
The erection of a single storey rear extension extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 3.6m, with a maximum height of 3.43m, and height to the eaves of 2.48m.
20 Mallard Road, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, LE12 7FR
Received 25 Feb 2021 - Decided: PRIOR APPROVAL GRANTEDP/21/0469/2
Change of use from agricultural barn to dwelling (C3) - Prior Notification
Hanging Stone Farm, Brook Road, Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire, LE12 8RS
Received 25 Feb 2021 - Decided: PRIOR APPROVAL NOT REQUIREDP/21/0472/2
Change of use of 2 no. retail units from retail use (Use Class E) to residential use (Use Class C3) and associated alterations to existing shop fronts to create 2 no. dwellings.
The Parade, Anson Road, Shepshed, Leicestershire
Received 26 Feb 2021 - Decided: PRIOR APPROVAL NOT REQUIREDP/21/0473/2
The erection of a single storey rear extension extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 6m, with a maximum height of 3.9m, and height to the eaves of 2.9m.
58 Alexandra Street, Thurmaston, Leicestershire, LE4 8FB
Received 26 Feb 2021 - Decided: PRIOR APPROVAL REFUSEDP/21/0475/2
The erection of a single storey rear extension extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 6m, with a maximum height of 3.6m, and height to the eaves of 3m.
4A Boyer Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1DT
Received 26 Feb 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/0713/2
Proposed first floor rear balcony and single storey rear extension
21 Willowbrook Way, East Goscote, Leicestershire, LE7 4YW
Received 29 Mar 2021 - Appeal Decided: REFUSEP/21/0715/2
Erection of a two-storey dwelling (Revised scheme - P/20/0747/2 refers).
18 Seagrave Road, Thrussington, Leicestershire, LE7 4UG
Received 29 Mar 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/0720/2
Erection of 2 storey extension to front and rear, two storey extension at side and other side, gable end to hip and other roof alterations
175 Station Road, Cropston, Leicestershire, LE7 7HH
Received 29 Mar 2021 - Decided: PRIOR APPROVAL NOT REQUIREDP/21/0729/2
The erection of a single storey rear extension extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.5m, with a maximum height of 2.9m, and height to the eaves of 2.1m.
100 Forest Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3NR
Received 30 Mar 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/0730/2
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of semi detached dwelling
29 Lansdowne Road, Shepshed, Leicestershire, LE12 9RS
Received 30 Mar 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/0733/2
Single storey extension to rear.
35 Rothley Road, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, LE12 7JS
Received 30 Mar 2021 - Decided: DO NOT MAKE A TREE PRESERVATION ORDERP/21/0734/2
T1 1 x conifer - fell; T2 Conifer tree hedge 30m lin- fell ( excempt works);T3 conifer hedge, 20m lin height reduce by 1/3; T4 & T5 sycamore- crown reduce; T6 ash - crown reduce; T7 hedgerow tree - remove overhanging branches;
18 Green Lane, Seagrave, Leicestershire, LE12 7LU
Received 30 Mar 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/0736/2
Change of use from ground floor Office (Class E(g)(i)) to restaurant (Class E (b)) and ancillary hot food takeaway (sui generis) and installation of extraction flue to rear
19 - 20 Baxter Gate, Loughborough, Leicestershire
Received 30 Mar 2021
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Charnwood Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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