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 North West Leicestershire District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,652 approved · 269 refused · 194 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jul 2020 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Memorial Garden Church Street Donisthorpe Derby
Received 22 Aug 2022Garages 1 To 8 Jubilee Terrace Donisthorpe Derby Leicestershire DE12 7PP
Received 22 Aug 2022Garages 1 To 6 Butt Lane Blackfordby Derby Leicestershire DE11 8EG
Received 22 Aug 2022Garages 1 To 14 Pithiviers Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2GY
Received 22 Aug 2022Garages 1 To 8 Hallam Fields Castle Donington Leicestershire DE74 2LU
Received 22 Aug 2022Plot 4 East Midlands Distribution Centre Trent Lane Castle Donington DE74 2HL
Received 23 Aug 202286 Leicester Road Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5GJ
Received 23 Aug 202222 Tennyson Close Measham Swadlincote Derby DE12 7ET
Received 24 Aug 2022Land At Prestop Drive Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire
Received 23 Aug 2022The White Lodge Willesley Lane Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2TL
Received 24 Aug 2022Pinnacle House Breedon Quarry Breedon On The Hill Derby DE73 8AP
Received 24 Aug 2022Church View Barns Measham Road Acresford Leicestershire
Received 25 Aug 2022Forest Way Area Special School Warren Hills Road Coalville Leicestershire LE67 4UU
Received 25 Aug 2022Land North Of Standard Hill And West Of Highfield Street Hugglescote Coalville Leicestershire
Received 26 Aug 202225 Ashby Road Kegworth Derby DE74 2DH
Received 26 Aug 20221 Kane Close Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3RF
Received 27 Aug 2022108 Ashby Road Donisthorpe Swadlincote Derby DE12 7QG
Received 28 Aug 2022The Old Bakery 15 - 19 High Street Packington Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1WJ
Received 29 Aug 202256 Coverdale Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5BP
Received 29 Aug 2022Ashmead 6A Lady Gate Diseworth Derby DE74 2QF
Received 30 Aug 2022Land At And Adjoining Cliffe Hill Quarry West Lane Coalville Leicestershire
Received 30 Aug 20221 Cavendish Cottages Cavendish Bridge Shardlow Derby DE72 2HL
Received 30 Aug 20226 Silver Street Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5ET
Received 30 Aug 2022Land South Of Charnwood House Burtons Lane Swannington Leicestershire
Received 30 Aug 2022Records 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 North West Leicestershire District 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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