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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 Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,686 approved · 324 refused · 153 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Mar 2021 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Valley Farm Tinsel Lane Wellsborough Nuneaton Leicestershire CV13 6LL
Received 14 Feb 2025Moores Arms 6 Orton Lane Norton Juxta Twycross Atherstone Leicestershire CV9 3PU
Received 14 Feb 2025108 Hinckley Road Barwell Leicester Leicestershire LE9 8DN
Received 17 Feb 2025144 Newbold Road Barlestone Nuneaton Leicestershire CV13 0DT
Received 17 Feb 20259 Spinney Close Groby Leicester Leicestershire LE6 0BY
Received 17 Feb 202526 Mill Lane Shenton Nuneaton Leicestershire CV13 6BY
Received 17 Feb 202520 Falconers Green Burbage Hinckley Leicestershire LE10 2SX
Received 18 Feb 20252 Sandringham Avenue Earl Shilton Leicester Leicestershire LE9 7HY
Received 18 Feb 2025Land Off Desford Lane Ratby Leicestershire
Received 19 Feb 2025Land Off Desford Lane Ratby Leicestershire
Received 19 Feb 2025Land Off Desford Lane Ratby Leicestershire
Received 19 Feb 2025Land Off Desford Lane Ratby Leicestershire
Received 19 Feb 2025Land Off Desford Lane Ratby Leicestershire
Received 19 Feb 2025Dixie Grammar School Market Place Market Bosworth Nuneaton Leicestershire CV13 0LE
Received 19 Feb 2025Finneys Hill Heath Road Leicester Leicestershire LE67 1DG
Received 19 Feb 202541 Lindridge Lane Desford Leicester Leicestershire LE9 9GN
Received 19 Feb 2025Land Adjacent 19 Newbold Road Barlestone Nuneaton Leicestershire CV13 0DZ
Received 19 Feb 2025Moores Arms 6 Orton Lane Norton Juxta Twycross Atherstone Leicestershire CV9 3PU
Received 19 Feb 2025Land South East Of Bosworth Water Trust Coton Bridge Lane Far Coton Market Bosworth Leicestershire
Received 19 Feb 202521 High Street Desford Leicester Leicestershire LE9 9JF
Received 19 Feb 2025Land North Of Hill Top Farm Hill Top Earl Shilton Leicestershire
Received 20 Feb 2025Land North Of Hill Top Farm Hill Top Earl Shilton Leicestershire
Received 20 Feb 2025Land North Of Hill Top Farm Hill Top Earl Shilton Leicestershire
Received 20 Feb 2025Land At Wiggs Farm Wood Road Nailstone Coalville Leicestershire LE67 1GE
Received 21 Feb 2025Records 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 Hinckley and Bosworth 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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