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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2,732 approved · 361 refused · 752 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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, Melton Road, Queniborough, Leicestershire
Received 1 May 2026Street Record, Leconfield Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire
Received 1 May 2026Street Record, Leconfield Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire
Received 1 May 202625 Melton Road, Burton On The Wolds, Leicestershire, LE12 5AG
Received 1 May 202648 Ribble Drive, Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire, LE12 8LJ
Received 5 May 2026Pinewood, Brand Lane, Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire, LE12 8TY
Received 28 Apr 2026Granite House, 58B Loughborough Road, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, LE12 7AT
Received 1 May 202647 Charles Drive, Anstey, Leicestershire, LE7 7BH
Received 1 May 2026Holts Cottage, 10 Church Hill, Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire, LE12 8RT
Received 1 May 2026Unit 1, Falcon Industrial Park Meadow Lane, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1HL
Received 5 May 2026Unit 1, Falcon Industrial Park Meadow Lane, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1HL
Received 5 May 202619 Oakfield Avenue, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 3DS
Received 5 May 202627 Woodthorpe Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2NF
Received 6 May 202622 Beeches Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2NS
Received 5 May 2026Rood House, 3 Town Green Street, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7NU
Received 5 May 20269 Church Lane, Ratcliffe On The Wreake, Leicestershire, LE7 4SF
Received 5 May 2026193 Loughborough Road, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, LE12 7AR
Received 5 May 2026Falcon Building, Brush Electrical Machines Nottingham Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire
Received 6 May 2026Garendon Park, Ashby Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire
Received 6 May 20261 Vicary Lane, Woodhouse, Leicestershire, LE12 8UL
Received 6 May 202617 Loughborough Road, Quorn, Leicestershire, LE12 8DU
Received 6 May 202626 Main Street, Cossington, Leicestershire, LE7 4UU
Received 7 May 2026959 Loughborough Road, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7NJ
Received 5 May 2026Triumphal Arch, Garendon Park Ashby Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire
Received 6 May 2026Records 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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