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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2,732 approved · 361 refused · 752 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
21 York Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3DA
Received 11 Nov 2022Street Record, Halstead Road, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire
Received 10 Nov 2022Brookleigh House, 58 Town Green Street, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7NW
Received 10 Nov 202247 Anstey Lane, Thurcaston, Leicestershire, LE7 7JB
Received 9 Nov 202221 Highfields, Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire, LE12 8HS
Received 11 Nov 2022Street Record, Groby Lane, Newtown Linford, Leicestershire
Received 11 Nov 202255 Park Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire
Received 11 Nov 202299 Highland Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2HT
Received 11 Nov 202299 Oakley Road, Shepshed, Leicestershire, LE12 9AU
Received 11 Nov 202273 The Meadows, Shepshed, Leicestershire, LE12 9QL
Received 14 Nov 202259 Mountfields Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3JD
Received 11 Nov 202246 Castle Road, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, LE12 7EU
Received 11 Nov 202216 Colgrove Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3NN
Received 11 Nov 2022Sileby Town Cricket Club, Mill Lane, Sileby, Leicestershire
Received 11 Nov 202216 Glenmore Avenue, Shepshed, Leicestershire, LE12 9LH
Received 15 Nov 2022Hall Orchard Church Of England Primary School, Church Street, Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire, LE12 8HP
Received 15 Nov 202214 Osterley Close, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 4SP
Received 15 Nov 20222 Sandham Bridge Road, Cropston, Leicestershire, LE7 7GS
Received 15 Nov 202274 Tiverton Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2RY
Received 16 Nov 202244 Beacon Avenue, Thurmaston, Leicestershire, LE4 8FF
Received 11 Nov 202211 Silver Birch Way, East Goscote, Leicestershire, LE7 3QY
Received 14 Nov 2022118 Church Hill Road, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, LE12 7JF
Received 14 Nov 2022109 Main Street, Swithland, Leicestershire, LE12 8TG
Received 15 Nov 2022Street Record, New Ashby Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire
Received 16 Nov 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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