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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2,732 approved · 361 refused · 752 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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: REFUSEP/21/0991/2
Erection of first floor extension to side and single storey extensions to front and side of dwelling.
105 Woodgate Drive, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 3HW
Received 30 Apr 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/1035/2
Retention of a garden shed to rear of dwelling.
Old Wood Court, Seymour Road, Burton On The Wolds, Leicestershire
Received 29 Apr 2021 - Withdrawn: WITHDRAWNP/21/1037/2
to be checked
12 Mill Road, Rearsby, Leicestershire, LE7 4YN
Received 29 Apr 2021 - Decided: PRIOR APPROVAL REFUSEDP/21/1038/2
Change of use from offices (class B1) to residential (class C3). (Prior Notification.)
729 Melton Road, Thurmaston, Leicestershire, LE4 8ED
Received 29 Apr 2021 - Pending recommendationP/21/1053/2
Robinia in rear garden -additional works - removal of branch over seating area
16 Cropston Road, Cropston, Leicestershire, LE7 7GE
Received 29 Apr 2021 - Withdrawn: WITHDRAWNP/21/1056/2
to be checked
Newtown Linford Cricket Club, Main Street, Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, LE6 0AE
Received 29 Apr 2021 - Withdrawn: WITHDRAWNP/21/1058/2
pine - root pruning
Old Vicarage Mews, Mountsorrel Lane, Sileby, Leicestershire
Received 30 Apr 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/1210/2
Proposed first floor rear extension and single storey rear extension.
13 Church Hill Road, Thurmaston, Leicestershire, LE4 8DD
Received 27 May 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/1211/2
Erection of commercial unit (use class B8). Revised scheme P/20/0825/2 refers.
Apac Packaging, Loughborough Road, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7NL
Received 27 May 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/1212/2
Rendering front, side and part of rear of detached bungalow
59 Rydal Avenue, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3RU
Received 27 May 2021 - Withdrawn: WITHDRAWNP/21/1213/2
Ash tree - lateral crown reduction by no more than 2m.
16 Church Road, Wanlip, Leicestershire, LE7 4PJ
Received 27 May 2021 - Decided: DO NOT MAKE A TREE PRESERVATION ORDERP/21/1214/2
Proposed pollarding works.
Tynte House, 188 Ashby Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3AG
Received 27 May 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/1215/2
Single storey rear extension, including removal of outhouses to form kitchen extension with utility and WC
123 Maple Road South, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2JW
Received 27 May 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/1216/2
Change of use to the display and sale of cars, vans, and motorbikes (Sui Generis Use Class) and construction of single storey extension to side for associated repair shop.
572 Melton Road, Thurmaston, Leicestershire, LE4 8BB
Received 27 May 2021 - WithdrawnP/21/1217/2
Erection of 11 no. flats and 4 no. chalet bungalows for retirement living (Use Class C3) together with associated landscape works, access and parking following demolition of factory/ warehouse and clearance of site (Outline planning application - all matters reserved). (Revised description 15/11/2021).
32 Charnwood Road, Shepshed, Leicestershire, LE12 9QF
Received 27 May 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/1221/2
Erection of 2.5 storey detached house and triple garage. Formation of vehicular access and associated driveway and landscaping works.
171 Swithland Lane, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7SJ
Received 28 May 2021 - Appeal Decided: REFUSEP/21/1222/2
Proposed two storey side extension and dropped kerb.
35 Myrtle Avenue, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 4HU
Received 28 May 2021 - Withdrawn: WITHDRAWNP/21/1223/2
to be checked I would like to remove one diseased tree from the bottom of my garden, the tree in question is stopping the neighbouring tree from branching out as well.
28 Curzon Avenue, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 4AB
Received 28 May 2021 - Withdrawn: WITHDRAWNP/21/1224/2
Ground remodelling and Open Space Landscaping Works (Part Restropective).
Street Record, Barkby Road, Queniborough, Leicestershire
Received 28 May 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/1225/2
Erection of a new storage building.to rear.
75 Cropston Road, Anstey, Leicestershire, LE7 7BP
Received 28 May 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/1226/2
Erection of single storey extension at side, two storey extension at rear and detached garage at rear of house.
1 James Street, Anstey, Leicestershire, LE7 7DY
Received 31 May 2021 - Decided: CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTP/21/1227/2
Certificate of Lawful Development (proposed) for single storey rear extension.
23 Beacon Avenue, Quorn, Leicestershire, LE12 8EW
Received 31 May 2021 - Decided: DO NOT MAKE A TREE PRESERVATION ORDERP/21/1228/2
removal 1x Conifer
23 Swithland Lane, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7SG
Received 31 May 2021 - Decided: GRANT UNCONDITIONALLYP/21/1229/2
Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) for the use of the land as residential (c3) including the occupation of a caravan as a dwelling.
Street Record, Seagrave Road, Thrussington, Leicestershire
Received 31 May 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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