Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
2,700 approved · 325 refused · 153 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Old White Cottage 2 Newbold Road Desford Leicester Leicestershire LE9 9GS
Received 10 Apr 2025Land West Of Clickers Way Earl Shilton Leicestershire
Received 10 Apr 2025Woodview Farm Ashby Road Stapleton Leicester Leicestershire LE9 8JD
Received 10 Apr 2025Land South Of Jacqueline Road Field Head Leicestershire
Received 14 Apr 2025Land Adjacent To Lockey Farm Hunts Lane Desford Leicestershire
Received 14 Apr 2025Land South Of Markfield Road Ratby Leicestershire
Received 14 Apr 2025King William 1 The Hollow Earl Shilton Leicestershire
Received 14 Apr 2025Sherwood Nutts Lane Hinckley Leicestershire LE10 3EG
Received 11 Apr 20256 Pentland Close Hinckley Leicestershire LE10 0UE
Received 14 Apr 202510 Helsinki Drive Hinckley Leicestershire LE10 1FN
Received 14 Apr 2025Land East Of The Windmill Inn Brascote Lane Newbold Verdon Leicestershire
Received 14 Apr 2025St Margarets Church Of England Aided Primary School High Street Stoke Golding Nuneaton Leicestershire CV13 6HE
Received 14 Apr 2025The Blue Bell Inn 39 High Street Desford Leicester Leicestershire LE9 9JF
Received 16 Apr 2025223 Station Road Earl Shilton Leicester Leicestershire LE9 7GG
Received 16 Apr 2025291 Watling Street Nuneaton Warwickshire CV11 6BQ
Received 17 Apr 2025Land Rear Of 5 - 15 The Coppice Burbage Leicestershire
Received 17 Apr 2025Worthington Farm 12 Wood Lane Norton Juxta Twycross Atherstone Leicestershire CV9 3QB
Received 17 Apr 2025Worthington Farm 12 Wood Lane Norton Juxta Twycross Atherstone Leicestershire CV9 3QB
Received 17 Apr 2025Land Off Captains Lane Markfield Leicestershire LE67 9UY
Received 17 Apr 2025Little Markfield Farm Forest Road Markfield Leicestershire LE67 9UN
Received 17 Apr 20251 The Green Orton On The Hill Atherstone Leicestershire CV9 3NG
Received 17 Apr 20259 The Grange Earl Shilton Leicester Leicestershire LE9 7GT
Received 18 Apr 20251 Grange Court Desford Leicester Leicestershire LE9 9QY
Received 18 Apr 2025Cemetery Main Street Newbold Verdon Leicester Leicestershire LE9 9NL
Received 22 Apr 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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