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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.
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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2,732 approved · 361 refused · 752 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
68 Melton Road, Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire, LE12 8NX
Received 16 Mar 2023The Granary, 3B Groby Road, Anstey, Leicestershire, LE7 7FN
Received 15 Mar 202343 Blackthorn Drive, Syston, Leicestershire, LE7 1YT
Received 16 Mar 20233 Rambler Close, East Goscote, Leicestershire, LE7 4ZH
Received 16 Mar 2023Broadnook Land North of Birstall Leicestershire Birstall
Received 16 Mar 2023Street Record, Groby Lane, Newtown Linford, Leicestershire
Received 14 Mar 202368 Melton Road, Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire, LE12 8NX
Received 15 Mar 202339 Far Street, Wymeswold, Leicestershire, LE12 6TZ
Received 15 Mar 2023221 Bradgate Road, Anstey, Leicestershire, LE7 7FX
Received 17 Mar 202370 Denegate Avenue, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 3GG
Received 20 Mar 2023Mountsorrel Quarry, Wood Lane, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, LE12 8GE
Received 17 Mar 2023160 Ashby Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3AG
Received 20 Mar 20239 Oxford Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 5DP
Received 20 Mar 2023Unit 1 Davey House, Gelders Hall Road, Shepshed, Leicestershire, LE12 9NH
Received 16 Mar 202327 Main Street, Ratcliffe On The Wreake, Leicestershire, LE7 4SN
Received 17 Mar 202332 Station Road, Cropston, Leicestershire, LE7 7HD
Received 17 Mar 2023140 Leicester Road, Thurcaston, Leicestershire, LE7 7JJ
Received 16 Mar 2023Ashton Heyes, 279 Birstall Road, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 4DJ
Received 20 Mar 2023Scarsdale Cottage, 272 Forest Road, Woodhouse, Leicestershire, LE12 8UA
Received 17 Mar 2023144 Nottingham Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1EX
Received 20 Mar 202326 Balmoral Avenue, Shepshed, Leicestershire, LE12 9PX
Received 20 Mar 2023111 Cotes Road, Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire, LE12 8JP
Received 20 Mar 20239 Fearon Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 5DG
Received 20 Mar 2023Charnwood House, Brand Hill, Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire
Received 20 Mar 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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