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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2,732 approved · 361 refused · 752 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/21/1917/2
Replacement of existing 2 no. rooflights in west elevation of playroom with 2 no dormer windows with York sliders
Hoton House, 1 Wymeswold Road, Hoton, Leicestershire, LE12 5SN
Received 30 Aug 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/1918/2
Single storey side and rear extension to dwelling
24 Campbell Avenue, Thurmaston, Leicestershire, LE4 8HB
Received 30 Aug 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/1919/2
Various works to dwelling including: single storey front and rear extensions, extensions to roof space, external wall insulation, rendering and the installation of roof lights, roof-mounted solar panels and the erection of new fencing.
2 Rushey Lane, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7SD
Received 30 Aug 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/1920/2
Demolition of existing outbuildings and replacement with detached garage.
2 Rushey Lane, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7SD
Received 30 Aug 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/1921/2
Proposed two storey rear extension, single storey rear extension and replacement front entrance porch.
44 Outwoods Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3LY
Received 31 Aug 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/1922/2
Proposed two storey rear extension, first floor front extension, single storey rear extension and associated works.
73 Swithland Lane, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7SG
Received 31 Aug 2021 - Withdrawn: WITHDRAWNP/21/1923/2
Discharge of condition 8 of P/17/1578/2 Outline application for up to 170 dwellings with associated open space, landscaping, extension to cemetery, new allotments, access, surface water attenuation and associated works including demolition of 94 Ratcliffe Road and conversion of existing farm buildings. (Access only to be considered at outline stage).
Peashill Farm, Excelsior Way, Sileby, Leicestershire, LE12 7QB
Received 31 Aug 2021 - Withdrawn: WITHDRAWNP/21/1924/2
Discharge of condition 7 of P/19/2162/2 Erection of 31 dwellings and associated infrastructure
Peashill Farm, Excelsior Way, Sileby, Leicestershire, LE12 7QB
Received 31 Aug 2021 - Appeal Decided: REFUSEP/21/1925/2
Change of use of agricultural land to a mixed use for storage or distribution and general industrial purposes (Use Classes B2 & B8), retention of hard-surfacing works and metal fencing (Retrospective application)
Syston Mill, Mill Lane, Syston, Leicestershire
Received 31 Aug 2021 - Decided: GRANT UNCONDITIONALLYP/21/1926/2
Certificate of lawfulness (existing) for the material change of use of a barn to an independent dwelling (Class C3) and the material change of use of land to residential curtilage
Barn South Of Heatherfield Cottage, Benscliffe Road, Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, LE67 9PZ
Received 31 Aug 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/1927/2
Group of Lime and 1no Yew - crown lift by no more than 5m to provide clearance from carriageway, footway and traffic column.
25 Charnwood Road, Shepshed, Leicestershire, LE12 9QE
Received 31 Aug 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/1928/2
Change of use of garage to garden outbuilding and WC, rooflight and windows to side and front.
25 Southfield Avenue, Sileby, Leicestershire, LE12 7WL
Received 31 Aug 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/1968/2
Replacement of existing 2 no. rooflights in west elevation of playroom with 2 no dormer windows with York sliders (Listed Building consent).
Hoton House, 1 Wymeswold Road, Hoton, Leicestershire, LE12 5SN
Received 30 Aug 2021 - Withdrawn: WITHDRAWNP/21/1977/2
to be checked
The Gables, 74 Main Street, Swithland, Leicestershire, LE12 8TH
Received 31 Aug 2021 - Decided: DO NOT MAKE A TREE PRESERVATION ORDERP/21/1982/2
4no Horse Chestnuts - selective pruning to provide clearance of adjacent building.
36 Fowke Street, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7PJ
Received 31 Aug 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/2112/2
Flexible change of use to allow B2/B8 and/or retail members club (Sui Generis use class) in building fronting Old Station Close.
Prospect House Unit 4, Old Station Close, Shepshed, Leicestershire
Received 29 Sept 2021 - Decided: GRANT UNCONDITIONALLYP/21/2114/2
Certificate of lawfulness (existing) to retain 6ft close boarded fence along the eastern, southern and partly western and northern boundary
3 Fox Covert Close, Thurcaston, Leicestershire, LE7 7JX
Received 29 Sept 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/2118/2
Proposed single storey extensions to side and rear of existing dwelling including insertion of rooflights in northern elevation. extension with adaptation of previous side extension.
19 Roman Road, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 4BB
Received 30 Sept 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/2121/2
Erection of 2 storey side extension to dwelling, 2 storey and single storey rear extensions, single storey front extension and bay window to front.
11 Spinney Hill Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3LB
Received 30 Sept 2021 - Appeal Decided: REFUSEP/21/2123/2
Two storey side and rear extension
Aldermans Haw, Charley Road, Ulverscroft, Leicestershire, LE12 8SY
Received 30 Sept 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/2124/2
Proposed single storey extension to front, convert garage to habitable room, roof lights to rear, and extend dropped kerb to front of dwelling.
3 The Homestead, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, LE12 7HS
Received 30 Sept 2021 - Withdrawn: WITHDRAWNP/21/2125/2
Repair pebbledash render - and cement banding. Apply a lime plaster slurry over this repaired surface.
328 Beacon Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2RD
Received 30 Sept 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/2126/2
Proposed single storey extension to rear of detached garage at front of property and single storey extension to side of dwelling.
154 Swithland Lane, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7SF
Received 30 Sept 2021 - Decided: CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTP/21/2127/2
Certificate of Lawful (Proposed) Development for single storey rear extension.
27 Garland, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7RG
Received 30 Sept 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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