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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2,732 approved · 361 refused · 752 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
May Mills House, 59 Forest Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3NW
Received 9 May 20221 Albert Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2DW
Received 9 May 2022114 Shelthorpe Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2PF
Received 6 May 2022Memorial Park, Necton Street, Syston, Leicestershire
Received 6 May 2022Fielding Court, Cradock Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire
Received 6 May 202218 Hawthorn Avenue, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 4HJ
Received 9 May 202214 Westdown Drive, Thurmaston, Leicestershire, LE4 8HT
Received 27 Apr 2022Meynell Lodge, 12 Meynell Road, Quorn, Leicestershire, LE12 8BG
Received 27 Apr 2022The Round House, Deans Lane, Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire, LE12 8TE
Received 27 Apr 202214 Curzon Avenue, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 4AA
Received 10 May 202235 Grange Lane, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, LE12 7HY
Received 10 May 202229 Rectory Place, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1UW
Received 9 May 202210 Beaumaris Road, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, LE12 7DY
Received 9 May 202280 Leicester Road, Thurcaston, Leicestershire, LE7 7JG
Received 9 May 20225 Cottesmore Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2RL
Received 10 May 2022Humphrey Perkins School, 72 - 78 Cotes Road, Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire, LE12 8JU
Received 3 May 202232 Wallace Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3NX
Received 3 May 2022186 Cropston Road, Anstey, Leicestershire, LE7 7BN
Received 4 May 20221 Station Road, Rearsby, Leicestershire, LE7 4YX
Received 11 May 202272A Humberstone Lane, Thurmaston, Leicestershire, LE4 8HF
Received 11 May 202215 Huntsmans Dale, East Goscote, Leicestershire, LE7 3WW
Received 10 May 20228 Woodgate, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7LJ
Received 10 May 202255 Park Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire
Received 10 May 2022502 Bradgate Road, Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, LE6 0HB
Received 11 May 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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