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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2,732 approved · 361 refused · 752 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Street Record, Charley Road, Shepshed, Leicestershire
Received 14 Jul 202221 Welland Road, Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire, LE12 8NA
Received 6 Jul 202229 Wolsey Way, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1PR
Received 6 Jul 2022Beech Farm, 552 Bradgate Road, Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, LE6 0HB
Received 6 Jul 2022Former 132, Main Street, Swithland, Leicestershire
Received 7 Jul 20221 Avenue Road, Queniborough, Leicestershire, LE7 3FB
Received 7 Jul 202261 Sullington Road, Shepshed, Leicestershire, LE12 9JF
Received 19 Jul 202213 Woodlands Close, Wymeswold, Leicestershire, LE12 6TF
Received 18 Jul 20225 Francis Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 5FE
Received 18 Jul 20229 Mardale Way, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3SR
Received 18 Jul 2022Apac Packaging, Loughborough Road, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7NL
Received 6 Jul 2022Manor Farm, Stanford Lane, Cotes, Leicestershire, LE12 5TW
Received 7 Jul 2022West Beacon Farm, Deans Lane, Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire, LE12 8TE
Received 20 Jul 2022Ivy House Farm, 72 Main Street, Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, LE6 0AD
Received 27 Jun 2022St Leonards Church, Wymeswold Road, Hoton, Leicestershire, LE12 5SN
Received 20 Jul 202293 Swithland Lane, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7SH
Received 19 Jul 202293 Swithland Lane, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7SH
Received 19 Jul 2022Quarry Hill Grange Residential Home, Watling Street, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, LE12 7BD
Received 7 Jul 2022Braemar Court, Melton Road, Syston, Leicestershire
Received 19 Jul 20222 The Rookery, Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire, LE12 8JZ
Received 12 Jul 202226 Oaktree Way, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7YF
Received 21 Jul 202222 Narrow Lane, Hathern, Leicestershire, LE12 5LH
Received 12 Jul 2022214 Charnwood Road, Shepshed, Leicestershire, LE12 9NR
Received 21 Jul 202229 Halstead Road, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, LE12 7HD
Received 20 Jul 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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