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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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2,732 approved · 361 refused · 752 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/24/0547/2
Erection of two storey side extension (following demolition of existing extension), single storey rear extension and detached double garage
90 Warwick Avenue, Quorn, Leicestershire, LE12 8HE
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decided: AGREED UNCONDITIONALLYP/24/0548/2
Non-Material Amendment to Planning Application ref:P/20/1219/2 (Demolition of the existing building on-site and the erection of an apartment building comprising of 4 no. dwellings and associated facilities, and alterations to the vehicular access and parking arrangements). Amendment to consist of change to front window sills to stone, inclusion of ground floor external door to garden and associated internal alterations
11 North Street, Rothley, Leicestershire
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/24/0549/2
Erection of Primary Substation and associated works
Street Record, Birstall Meadow Road, Birstall, Leicestershire
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/24/0550/2
Erection of Pumping Station and associated work
Street Record, Birstall Meadow Road, Birstall, Leicestershire
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/24/0551/2
Erection of Pumping Station and associated work
Street Record, Birstall Meadow Road, Birstall, Leicestershire
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/24/0552/2
Conversion of agricultural building to a dwelling
Street Record, Markfield Lane, Newtown Linford, Leicestershire
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/24/0553/2
Installation of 2no.internally illuminated fascia signs, 1no. internally illuminated projecting signs and 1no. window display screen (Advertisement Consent)
1130 Melton Road, Syston, Leicestershire, LE7 2HA
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decided: GRANT UNCONDITIONALLYP/24/0554/2
G1 X4 Yew trees reduced by 1.5 metres all round to keep the trees at a reasonable size for their location
40 School Lane, Quorn, Leicestershire, LE12 8BL
Received 29 Mar 2024 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/24/0558/2
Erection of single storey porch extension
2, Old Vicarage Mews Mountsorrel Lane, Sileby, Leicestershire, LE12 7FZ
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decided: AGREED UNCONDITIONALLYP/24/0559/2
Proposed installation of electronic communications apparatus consisting of installation of 1no. 9m wooden telecommunications pole
87 Curzon Avenue, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 4AG
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decided: AGREED UNCONDITIONALLYP/24/0560/2
Proposed installation of electronic communications apparatus consisting of installation of 1no. 9m wooden telecommunications pole
2 Clarke Grove, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 4AH
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decided: AGREED UNCONDITIONALLYP/24/0561/2
Proposed installation of electronic communications apparatus consisting of installation of 1no. 9m wooden telecommunications pole
1 Park House Close, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 4AW
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decided: CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTP/26/0598/2
Erection of single storey rear extension (Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed)
Ashtree House, 5 Brookside Close, Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire, LE12 8FB
Received 30 Mar 2026 - WithdrawnP/26/0599/2
Erection of single storey side/rear extension
23 Woodpecker Way, Shepshed, Leicestershire, LE12 9WF
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/26/0600/2
Erection of part single part two storey rear, side and front extension and application of render.
113 Halstead Road, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, LE12 7HE
Received 30 Mar 2026 - WithdrawnP/26/0601/2
Subdivision of plot, conversion of outbuilding into 2no. flats, erection of boundary wall and creation of parking provision.
7 Rookery Lane, Thurmaston, Leicestershire, LE4 8AU
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/26/0602/2
Single storey rear extension and conversion of garage to habitable space.
31 Lilac Way, East Goscote, Leicestershire, LE7 4XU
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/26/0617/2
Retention of boundary fencing.
65 Avenue Road, Queniborough, Leicestershire, LE7 3FB
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Under AssessmentP/26/0618/2
Discharge of Condition 15 (Landscape Ecological Management Plan) of planning permission P/23/1235/2 (Outline planning application for the residential development of up to 160 dwellings alongside associated site infrastructure, open space and landscaping (all matters reserved except for access)).
Street Record, Melton Road, Queniborough, Leicestershire
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/26/0619/2
Retention of three storage containers for agricultural use.
The Old Mill, Hoby Road, Thrussington, Leicestershire, LE7 4TJ
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/26/0620/2
Demolition of existing garage and erection of a detached garden outbuilding.
17 Dorothy Avenue, Thurmaston, Leicestershire, LE4 8AB
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/26/0621/2
Erection of first floor side extension.
55 Sandiacre Drive, Thurmaston, Leicestershire, LE4 8GD
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/26/0622/2
Erection of first floor side extension (resubmission of P/12/0025/2)
16 Iona Road, Syston, Leicestershire, LE7 1QP
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/26/0626/2
Erection of single storey front and first floor side extensions.
15 The Headland, East Goscote, Leicestershire, LE7 3QT
Received 31 Mar 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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