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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2,732 approved · 361 refused · 752 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Withdrawn: WITHDRAWNP/24/0352/2
Section 73 Application for Variation/Removal of Conditions relating to Planning Application ref: P/23/0903/2 (Proposed change of use from horticultural use to agricultural use with associated external storage, wash bay area, part change of use of adjacent agricultural field for vehicular turning area, fencing to entire site and retention of 2no. storage containers, fuel tanks, CCTV system and access barrier). Vary Condition 3 of the planning permission to allow for the use of the land to the western end of the site for the additional and overflow parking of vehicles and the storage of agricultural plant, machinery and materials within certain areas, whilst still retaining sufficient space/roadway within the site for larger vehicles to manoeuvre, remove Condition 5 from the permission as the bund was, at that time, in the process of being removed from the site, variation of Condition 7 so that it relates to the only element of existing hedge that sub-divides the application site... read more
The New Barn, Rempstone Road, Wymeswold, Leicestershire
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/24/0353/2
Erection of single storey rear extension with chimney flue
37 Glen Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2GD
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Withdrawn: WITHDRAWNP/24/0354/2
Erection of single storey rear extension to create additional HMO rooms
14 Ratcliffe Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1LQ
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/24/0355/2
Erection of single storey rear conservatory extension
2 Oakley Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3LF
Received 27 Feb 2024 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/24/0356/2
Replacement of existing fencing and extend fencing, and new paved area to front of dwelling.
7 Templar Way, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7LN
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decided: GRANT UNCONDITIONALLYP/24/0359/2
Application to prune 3No Ash Trees protected by CBC Tree Preservation Order. Proposed works are to reduce the spread of branches over property garden by removal of selected branches, and to Thin remianing crown by no more than 15%.
23 Sanders Road, Quorn, Leicestershire, LE12 8JN
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decided: CONDITIONS PART DISCHARGEDP/24/0360/2
Discharge of Conditions 4 (Window and Door details), 5 (Flat 4 Obscure Glazing), 9 (Surfacing and Landscape treatment) and 10 (Surfacing and Lanscaping completion) of Planning Application ref:P/21/0785/2 (Conversion of building to 8no flats (7no studio flats and 1no two bed flat) to ground, first and second floors, alterations to shopfront and fenestrations and provision of bin store to rear).
106A Derby Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 5HL
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/24/0361/2
Erection of single storey side and front extensions (connecting to existing detached garage) with changes to fenestration
26 Fairhaven Road, Anstey, Leicestershire, LE7 7TF
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decided: REFUSEP/24/0362/2
Erection of garage and workshop (Resubmission of Planning Application ref: P/23/1295/2)
90 Thorpe Road, Shepshed, Leicestershire, LE12 9LX
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/24/0363/2
Erection of two storey rear, side and front extensions, one and a half storey front garage extension and single storey side extension with associated alterations
289 Forest Road, Woodhouse, Leicestershire, LE12 8TZ
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/24/0364/2
Erection of canopy and 1.1m high boundary and railings to front, application of render and cladding to external walls and alterations to fenestration.
1 Salisbury Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1HF
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decided: CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTP/24/0365/2
Erection of hip to gable end and rear dormer roof extension, with installation of 1no. rooflight to front roofslope (Lawful Development Certificate for Proposed Development)
21 Denegate Avenue, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 3GH
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Withdrawn: WITHDRAWNP/24/0366/2
Installation of power and lighting works to Queens Park walkways and Carillion.
Queens Park, Granby Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Decided: DO NOT MAKE A TREE PRESERVATION ORDERP/24/0367/2
Reduce canopy of 1no beech by 3m overall due to split trunk.
111 Brook Street, Wymeswold, Leicestershire, LE12 6TT
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Withdrawn: WITHDRAWNP/24/0368/2
Erection of single storey side extension (following demolition of existing garage)
26 Ambergate Drive, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 3GA
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Decided: RAISE NO OBJECTIONP/24/0378/2
Consultation from LCC - Two-storey Quality Centre and external works (LCC ref 2024/CM/0025/LCC)
Barrow Works, Paudy Lane, Seagrave, Leicestershire, LE12 8GB
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/24/0529/2
Erection of single storey rear extension and replacement of existing windows, following demolition of outhouse and entrance porch to dwelling.
17 Beacon Road, Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire, LE12 8RN
Received 27 Mar 2024 - Decided: CONDITIONS DISCHARGED - CONFIRMEDP/24/0530/2
Discharge of Condition 4 (Property Management Plan) of Planning Application ref:P/23/1931/2 (Proposed change of use from Residential (Use Class C3 ) to Children's Care Home (Use Class C2))
10 Polyantha Square, East Goscote, Leicestershire, LE7 4ZE
Received 27 Mar 2024 - Withdrawn: WITHDRAWNP/24/0531/2
Erection of two storey side extension and single storey rear extension
12 Cranmer Drive, Syston, Leicestershire, LE7 1HY
Received 27 Mar 2024 - Decided: PRIOR APPROVAL NOT REQUIREDP/24/0533/2
Erection of single storey rear extension extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 3.40m, with a maximum height of 3.50m, and height to the eaves of 3.00m
21 Ratcliffe Road, Sileby, Leicestershire, LE12 7PU
Received 27 Mar 2024 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/24/0535/2
Conversion of outbuilding into habitable room with associated external alterations
Lenthill Farm, 95 Main Street, Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, LE6 0AF
Received 27 Mar 2024 - Decided: AGREED UNCONDITIONALLYP/24/0541/2
Proposed installation of electronic communications apparatus consisting of installation of 1no..10m and 1no. 9m wooden telecommunications poles.
Street Record, School Lane, Birstall, Leicestershire
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/24/0545/2
Proposed change of use from horticultural use to agricultural use with associated external storage, wash bay area, part change of use of adjacent agricultural field for vehicular turning area and overflow storage,, fencing to entire site and retention of 2no. storage containers, fuel tanks, CCTV system, lighting and access barrier and biodiversity net gain provision in adjacent field (Resubmission of Planning Application ref:P/23/0903/2) (TO BE CONFIRMED)
The New Barn, Rempstone Road, Wymeswold, Leicestershire
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/24/0546/2
Erection of single and two storey extension to side and single storey extension to rear of dwelling.
53 Ashfield Drive, Anstey, Leicestershire, LE7 7TA
Received 28 Mar 2024
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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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