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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2,732 approved · 361 refused · 752 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Outwoods Edge Primary School, 21 Redwood Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2LD
Received 4 May 202271 Pembroke Avenue, Syston, Leicestershire, LE7 2BZ
Received 8 Mar 202248 Loweswater Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3RS
Received 8 Mar 202248 Loweswater Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3RS
Received 8 Mar 202226 Wetherby Close, Queniborough, Leicestershire, LE7 3FR
Received 4 May 2022Chitterman House, Polly Botts Lane, Ulverscroft, Leicestershire, LE67 9PT
Received 4 May 2022Meynell Lodge, 12 Meynell Road, Quorn, Leicestershire, LE12 8BG
Received 4 May 20221 Iris Close, Shepshed, Leicestershire, LE12 9FS
Received 4 Apr 2022Arnold Smith House, Bridge Street, Shepshed, Leicestershire
Received 5 Apr 202224 Sherrard Drive, Sileby, Leicestershire, LE12 7SG
Received 4 May 2022Street Record, Narrow Lane, Hathern, Leicestershire
Received 4 May 2022241 Birstall Road, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 4DJ
Received 5 May 202248 Loweswater Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3RS
Received 8 Mar 202261 Allington Drive, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 4FD
Received 21 Mar 2022Rothley Lodge, Loughborough Road, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7NL
Received 6 May 2022The Nook, 2 Mill Lane, Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire, LE12 8LH
Received 6 May 2022209 Markfield Lane, Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, LE67 9PQ
Received 6 May 2022Holywell Building, Holywell Way, University Campus, LE11 3UZ
Received 6 May 20221 James Street, Anstey, Leicestershire, LE7 7DY
Received 5 May 2022Street Record, Thurcaston Lane, Thurcaston, Leicestershire
Received 5 May 2022Street Record, New Ashby Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire
Received 5 May 202214 Sanders Road, Quorn, Leicestershire, LE12 8JN
Received 9 May 2022173 Seagrave Road, Sileby, Leicestershire, LE12 7NH
Received 9 May 20227 Brookside Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3PQ
Received 9 May 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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