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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2,732 approved · 361 refused · 752 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/2128/2
Proposed erection of detached garage to front of property.
60 Swithland Lane, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7SE
Received 30 Sept 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/2131/2
Outline planning application with all matters reserved (except for access) for the development of up to 175 dwellings with associated infrastructure, accesses, landscaping and open space
Peashill Farm, Excelsior Way, Sileby, Leicestershire, LE12 7QB
Received 30 Sept 2021 - Decided: REFUSEP/21/2132/2
Erection of two storey rear extension; internal and external alterations to building; installation of solar tiles; replacement windows; boundary alteration.
Meynell Lodge, 12 Meynell Road, Quorn, Leicestershire, LE12 8BG
Received 30 Sept 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/2133/2
Goat Willow T9 (TPO T7) - to fell.
Outwoods Lodge, 226 Forest Road, Woodhouse, Leicestershire, LE12 8UA
Received 30 Sept 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/2134/2
Proposed single storey front and side extension, single storey side and rear, two storey side and rear extension and associated works.
50 Southdown Drive, Thurmaston, Leicestershire, LE4 8HX
Received 30 Sept 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/2135/2
Proposed single storey extension and porch to front, single storey to rear, and two storey extension to side and rear of dwelling.
2 Derwent Road, Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire, LE12 8QJ
Received 30 Sept 2021 - Decided: CONDITIONS DISCHARGED - CONFIRMEDP/21/2136/2
Discharge of conditions 3 (materials), 5 (fenestration details), 6 (external decorative details), 7 (landscaping), 10 (archaeology), 11 (archaeology), 12 (noise mitigation), 13 (ecology), 14 (contamination), 15 (drainage), 16 (surface water), 17 (infiltration testing), 22 (construction management plan) and 23 (barrier details) of P/19/0218/2
7 King Street, Sileby, Leicestershire, LE12 7LZ
Received 30 Sept 2021 - Decided: DO NOT MAKE A TREE PRESERVATION ORDERP/21/2146/2
1no Ash (to east of dwelling) - crown reduction in height and spread by no more than 3m; 1no Sycamore, 1no Hornbeam, 2no Field Maple (to south of dwelling) - selective pruning to reduce 1.5m of new growth; and 3no Sycamore, 3no Ash and 1no Whitebeam (aligning southern boundary) - crown reduction in height by no more than 5m.
7 The Banks, Seagrave, Leicestershire, LE12 7LN
Received 30 Sept 2021 - Decided: PRIOR APPROVAL NOT REQUIREDP/21/2150/2
The erection of a single storey rear extension extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 5m, with a maximum height of 4m, and height to the eaves of 3m.
3 The Homestead, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, LE12 7HS
Received 30 Sept 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/2152/2
Garage conversion, single storey front extension and replacement of flat roof to front and side of dwelling with hipped roof.
19 Sandgate Avenue, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 3HQ
Received 30 Sept 2021 - Decided: REFUSEP/21/2158/2
Erection of two storey rear extension; internal and external alterations to building; installation of solar tiles; replacement windows; boundary alteration.
Meynell Lodge, 12 Meynell Road, Quorn, Leicestershire, LE12 8BG
Received 30 Sept 2021 - Withdrawn: WITHDRAWNP/21/2311/2
Construction of domestic store, boundary wall and gates
Longcliffe Lodge Farm, Ingleberry Road, Shepshed, Leicestershire, LE12 9DE
Received 26 Oct 2021 - Withdrawn: WITHDRAWNP/21/2312/2
Demolition of existing garage, erection of detached double garage with first floor office and alterations (including cladding treatment) and single storey extension to rear/side of semi-detached dwelling. Erection of 1.8m high garden fence (Listed Building Consent)
271 Forest Road, Woodhouse, Leicestershire, LE12 8TZ
Received 26 Oct 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/2313/2
Demolition of conservatory and single storey extension to rear, erection of porch to front, single storey extension to rear of house.
47 Maplewell Road, Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire, LE12 8RG
Received 26 Oct 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/2314/2
Display of wall mounted non-illuminated fascia sign to front elevation of building.
Smyth Fitness, Empress Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1RH
Received 26 Oct 2021 - Withdrawn: WITHDRAWNP/21/2315/2
Demolition of existing garage, erection of detached double garage with first floor office and alterations (including cladding treatment) and single storey extension to rear/side of semi-detached dwelling. Erection of 1.8m high garden fence
271 Forest Road, Woodhouse, Leicestershire, LE12 8TZ
Received 26 Oct 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/2316/2
First floor extension to rear of dwelling.
3 Avon Road, Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire, LE12 8LE
Received 26 Oct 2021 - Withdrawn: WITHDRAWNP/21/2317/2
Single storey rear extension
8 Paddock Close, Quorn, Leicestershire, LE12 8BJ
Received 27 Oct 2021 - Decided: CONDITIONS DISCHARGED - CONFIRMEDP/21/2319/2
Discharge of condition 3 of P/19/1369/2 (Tree and hedgerow protection) (amended proposals to P/20/1766/2)
Street Record, Colby Drive, Thurmaston, Leicestershire
Received 27 Oct 2021 - Decided: DO NOT MAKE A TREE PRESERVATION ORDERP/21/2320/2
4no Robinia - to pollard.
Cbc Car Park Opposite 4 To 18, Station Road, Quorn, Leicestershire
Received 27 Oct 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/2322/2
Single storey side and rear extension.
1507 Melton Road, Queniborough, Leicestershire, LE7 3FP
Received 28 Oct 2021 - Withdrawn: WITHDRAWNP/21/2326/2
Increase in height of eaves and roof by 0.8m to enable insertion of rooflights and provision of loft conversion; erection of replacement porch.
1 Moore Gardens Close, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7UQ
Received 28 Oct 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/2327/2
Proposed erection of detached 2-storey dwelling and store to rear of existing dwelling including widening of access.
57 Chaveney Road, Quorn, Leicestershire, LE12 8AB
Received 28 Oct 2021 - Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLYP/21/2328/2
Proposed single storey side and rear extension, increased car parking provision and removal of one silver birch tree.
1 Marigold Lane, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, LE12 7FP
Received 29 Oct 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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