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 · County council
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Leicestershire County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,702 approved · 146 refused · 128 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Jan 1901 to 28 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Birch Wood School, Grange Drive, Melton Mowbray, LE13 1HA
Received 11 Sept 2019St Cuthberts C Of E Primary School, The Chase, Great Glen, LE8 9EQ
Received 16 Mar 2020c/o Planning Group, Chief Executive's Dept, County Hall, Leicestershire County Council, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Received 10 Feb 2006c/o Planning Group, Chief Executive's Dept, County Hall, Leicestershire County Council, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Received 27 Jan 2005North and East Melton Mowbray Distributor Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Received 17 Dec 2021c/o Planning Group, Chief Executive's Dept, County Hall, Leicestershire County Council, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Received 9 Oct 2003GUTHLAXTON COLLEGE, STATION ROAD, WIGSTON, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE18 2DS
Received 19 Mar 2007Barncroft Stamford Road Kirby Muxloe
Received 20 Aug 202021, JERWOOD WAY, MARKET HARBOROUGH, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE16 8AL
Received 31 Oct 2014c/o Planning Group, Chief Executive's Dept, County Hall, Leicestershire County Council, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Received 22 Apr 19991, Trinity Close, Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire, LE65 2GQ
Received 1 Aug 2008Countesthorpe Nursery School, NURSERY SCHOOL, THE DRIVE, COUNTESTHORPE, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 5PB
Received 18 May 2005c/o Planning Group, Chief Executive's Dept, County Hall, Leicestershire County Council, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Received 24 Nov 2000WILLIAM BRADFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, HEATH LANE, EARL SHILTON, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE9 7PD
Received 6 May 20113, ST. DAVIDS CRESCENT, LEICESTER, LE2 2RL
Received 25 Jan 200011, Lakeside Court, Thurnby, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE7 9PY
Received 12 Dec 2007c/o Planning Group, Chief Executive's Dept, County Hall, Leicestershire County Council, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Received 26 Nov 1997BATTLING BROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL, FREDERICK AVENUE, HINCKLEY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE10 0EX
Received 13 Mar 2012c/o Planning Group, Chief Executive's Dept, County Hall, Leicestershire County Council, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Received 10 May 199627, PRIORFIELDS, ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE65 1EA
Received 16 Dec 2011c/o Planning Group, Chief Executive's Dept, County Hall, Leicestershire County Council, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Received 15 Oct 2007BARN FARM, ASHBY ROAD, BARWELL, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE9 8JA
Received 4 Jun 2013c/o Planning Group, Chief Executive's Dept, County Hall, Leicestershire County Council, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Received 3 Oct 1955Cadeby Quarry, Naneby Hall Farm, Brascote Lane Cadeby, CV13 OBB
Received 7 Aug 2018Records 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 Leicestershire County 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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