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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Charnwood Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,732 approved · 361 refused · 752 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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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.
24 Croome Close, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2AD
Received 3 Mar 202228 Parklands Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2TB
Received 3 Mar 202229 Church Road, Wanlip, Leicestershire, LE7 4PJ
Received 8 Mar 2022Thorpe House Training Centre, Knightthorpe Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 4JS
Received 7 Mar 20221 Herrick Road, Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire, LE12 8RX
Received 7 Mar 2022Cellnet Station, Rosminian Way, Cossington, Leicestershire
Received 4 Mar 2022Bowman Academy, Butthole Lane, Shepshed, Leicestershire, LE12 6BN
Received 4 Mar 202286 Rockhill Drive, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, LE12 7DT
Received 8 Mar 202278A Bird Hill Road, Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire, LE12 8RR
Received 8 Mar 202217 Spinney Rise, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 3DY
Received 8 Mar 20223 Chestnut Way, East Goscote, Leicestershire, LE7 3QQ
Received 8 Mar 202255 William Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3BX
Received 8 Mar 202267 Oakfield Avenue, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 3DT
Received 8 Mar 20226 Grey Crescent, Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, LE6 0AA
Received 8 Mar 2022Street Record, Melton Road, Burton On The Wolds, Leicestershire
Received 8 Mar 2022114 Main Street, Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, LE6 0AF
Received 9 Mar 2022Street Record, Ashby Road West, Shepshed, Leicestershire
Received 9 Mar 2022239 Bradgate Road, Anstey, Leicestershire, LE7 7FX
Received 9 Mar 2022Pestilence Cottage, 26 - 28 School Lane, Woodhouse, Leicestershire, LE12 8UJ
Received 9 Mar 202277 Mill Lane, Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire, LE12 8LQ
Received 9 Mar 202212 Baxter Gate, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1TG
Received 4 Mar 2022Unit 39, Pinfold Road, Thurmaston, Leicestershire, LE4 8AS
Received 9 Mar 2022Street Record, East Road, Wymeswold, Leicestershire
Received 9 Mar 20221322 Melton Road, Syston, Leicestershire, LE7 2EQ
Received 9 Mar 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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