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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2,732 approved · 361 refused · 752 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Street Record, Limehurst Avenue, Loughborough, Leicestershire
Received 9 Apr 20264 Tetbury Drive, Shepshed, Leicestershire, LE12 9NF
Received 10 Apr 2026Street Record, Humble Lane, Cossington, Leicestershire
Received 7 Apr 202632 Main Street, South Croxton, Leicestershire, LE7 3RJ
Received 9 Apr 2026Danaher And Walsh, Meadow Lane, Syston, Leicestershire, LE7 1NR
Received 8 Apr 202640 Hazlehead Road, Anstey, Leicestershire, LE7 7DX
Received 9 Apr 2026Cino Italian Cafe, Carillon Court, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3XA
Received 13 Apr 2026Cino Italian Cafe, Carillon Court, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3XA
Received 13 Apr 2026136 Cossington Road, Sileby, Leicestershire, LE12 7RT
Received 13 Apr 202672 Holt Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3JA
Received 13 Apr 2026Brush Electrical Machines, Nottingham Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1EX
Received 10 Apr 2026188 Cropston Road, Anstey, Leicestershire, LE7 7BN
Received 10 Apr 2026173 Bradgate Road, Anstey, Leicestershire, LE7 7FW
Received 13 Apr 202623, The Green Bradgate Road, Anstey, Leicestershire, LE7 7FU
Received 14 Apr 20263 Turner Avenue, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2DA
Received 14 Apr 202689 Nottingham Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1ES
Received 13 Apr 202628 Sowters Lane, Burton On The Wolds, Leicestershire, LE12 5AL
Received 13 Apr 2026Units 19 And 20, Kernan Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 5JF
Received 13 Apr 202669 - 70 Paget Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 5DT
Received 13 Apr 2026Jubilee Playing Field, Long Furrow, East Goscote, Leicestershire
Received 7 Apr 202638 Forest Gate, Anstey, Leicestershire, LE7 7FH
Received 15 Apr 20264 Loughborough Road, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, LE12 7AT
Received 15 Apr 202614 Thorpe Field Drive, Thurmaston, Leicestershire, LE4 8GU
Received 15 Apr 2026154 Cossington Road, Sileby, Leicestershire, LE12 7RT
Received 15 Apr 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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