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5,702 approved · 146 refused · 128 withdrawn.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 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Hallam Fields Primary School, Long Meadow Way, Birstall, LE4 3LL
Received 29 Apr 2025BROOKSIDE COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, COPSE CLOSE, OADBY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE2 4FD
Received 25 Jun 2008PENHILL FARM, FROM A426 LUTTERWORTH ROAD TO COTES-DE-VAL, COTES-DE-VAL, GILMORTON, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE17 4LY
Received 11 Jul 2012c/o Planning Group, Chief Executive's Dept, County Hall, Leicestershire County Council, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Received 17 Jun 2003HEATHER BRICKWORKS, NEWTON ROAD, HEATHER, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE67 2RD
Received 3 May 2017BOSWORTH BATTLEFIELD CENTRE, AMBION LANE, SUTTON CHENEY, LEICESTERSHIRE, CV13 0AD
Received 19 Dec 2013DONINGTON PARK RACE CIRCUIT, DONINGTON PARK, CASTLE DONINGTON, LEICESTERSHIRE, DE74 2RP
Received 1 Dec 2012BARDON QUARRY, BARDON ROAD, COALVILLE, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE67 1TL
Received 25 Jul 2017c/o Planning Group, Chief Executive's Dept, County Hall, Leicestershire County Council, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Received 29 Dec 2003Rear Of Loughborough Fire Station, Epinal Way, Loughborough, Leicestershire
Received 15 Sept 2003c/o Planning Group, Chief Executive's Dept, County Hall, Leicestershire County Council, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Received 1 Dec 1998WILLOW BROOK HOUSE, HALLATON ROAD, MEDBOURNE, MARKET HARBOROUGH, LE16 8DR
Received 17 Mar 2000c/o Planning Group, Chief Executive's Dept, County Hall, Leicestershire County Council, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Received 22 Sept 1997GREENFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL, GWENDOLINE DRIVE, COUNTESTHORPE, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 5SG
Received 21 Mar 2017299, Forest Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3HT
Received 13 Sept 2002c/o Planning Group, Chief Executive's Dept, County Hall, Leicestershire County Council, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Received 21 Nov 2007Beaumanor Hall, Beaumanor Drive, Woodhouse, LE12 8TX
Received 20 May 2025THORNTON COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL, MAIN STREET, THORNTON, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE67 1AH
Received 12 Jul 2007Severn Trent Water Ltd, SEWAGE WORKS, ENDERBY ROAD, WHETSTONE, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6JL
Received 13 Jan 1997c/o Planning Group, Chief Executive's Dept, County Hall, Leicestershire County Council, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Received 8 Jun 2010Holbourne Close, Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire
Received 17 Aug 1998c/o Planning Group, Chief Executive's Dept, County Hall, Leicestershire County Council, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Received 26 Aug 200525, LINDEN LANE, KIRBY MUXLOE, LEICESTER, LE9 2EG
Received 20 Mar 2001c/o Planning Group, Chief Executive's Dept, County Hall, Leicestershire County Council, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Received 16 Jan 1998Records 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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