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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2,732 approved · 361 refused · 752 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Telecommunication Mast Outside Football Ground, Meadow Lane, Birstall, Leicestershire
Received 4 Jan 2023Mountsorrel Quarry, Wood Lane, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, LE12 8GE
Received 4 Jan 202320 Hill Top Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3LW
Received 4 Jan 2023267 Beacon Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2RA
Received 4 Jan 2023Thurmaston Shopping Centre, Barkby Thorpe Lane, Thurmaston, Leicestershire
Received 3 Jan 202318 Beaumanor Gardens, Woodhouse, Leicestershire, LE12 8UR
Received 4 Jan 2023Alberta, 30 Church Street, Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire, LE12 8HP
Received 4 Jan 2023Alberta, 30 Church Street, Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire, LE12 8HP
Received 4 Jan 2023The Pumping Station, Bradgate Road, Cropston, Leicestershire, LE7 7GB
Received 4 Jan 202373 Greedon Rise, Sileby, Leicestershire, LE12 7TE
Received 5 Jan 202326 High Street, Syston, Leicestershire
Received 5 Jan 2023Rosebery Medical Centre, Rosebery Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 5DX
Received 5 Jan 202329 Coniston Crescent, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3RQ
Received 3 Jan 20234 Webster Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1RP
Received 5 Jan 202341 Park Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2ED
Received 22 Dec 202245 Sandiacre Drive, Thurmaston, Leicestershire, LE4 8GD
Received 5 Jan 202385 Brook Street, Wymeswold, Leicestershire, LE12 6TT
Received 5 Jan 20232 Watermead Lane, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TN
Received 5 Jan 2023Loughborough College, Radmoor Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3BT
Received 5 Jan 20237 Goscote Hall Road, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 3AQ
Received 6 Jan 202314 Sanders Road, Quorn, Leicestershire, LE12 8JN
Received 9 Jan 202388 Chaveney Road, Quorn, Leicestershire, LE12 8AD
Received 5 Jan 20232 Back Lane, Thrussington, Leicestershire, LE7 4TD
Received 6 Jan 2023Telecommunication Mast Opposite 26, Walnut Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire
Received 6 Jan 2023Records 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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