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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 North West Leicestershire District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,702 approved · 273 refused · 196 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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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.
Land At Victoria Road Ellistown Leicestershire
Received 20 Oct 2022Land At Battleflat Lodge Farm Victoria Road Stanton Under Bardon LE67 1FA
Received 20 Oct 202255 Market Street Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1AH
Received 20 Oct 202255 Market Street Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1AH
Received 20 Oct 2022Ashby Service Station Nottingham Road Ashby-De-La-Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1DR
Received 20 Oct 202274 High Street Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3EE
Received 21 Oct 202241 The Green Long Whatton Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 5DA
Received 7 Oct 20222 Balmoral Road Coalville Leicestershire LE67 4PE
Received 21 Oct 20227 Broadhill Road Kegworth Derby DE74 2DQ
Received 21 Oct 2022Land North Of Occupation Lane (Woodville Regeneration Area) Woodville Swadlincote
Received 21 Oct 20226 Stamford Drive Coalville Leicestershire LE67 4TA
Received 22 Oct 2022Roselea Main Street Wilson Melbourne Derby DE73 8AD
Received 22 Oct 20229 Brook Street Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1HA
Received 24 Oct 2022Burnbank Hall Lane Packington Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1WE
Received 24 Oct 2022102 Bondgate Castle Donington Derby DE74 2NR
Received 20 Oct 2022Birch House 25 Silver Street Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5EW
Received 24 Oct 2022206 Spring Cottage Road Overseal Swadlincote Derby DE12 6ND
Received 24 Oct 20222B Owen Street Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3NP
Received 25 Oct 2022Measham C Of E Primary School Bosworth Road Measham Swadlincote Derby DE12 7LG
Received 25 Oct 2022Units 23 And 24 Snibston Drive Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3NQ
Received 24 Oct 2022Plot 4 East Midlands Distribution Centre Trent Lane Castle Donington DE74 2HL
Received 25 Oct 2022Willow Farm Business Park 2B Castle Donington Derby DE74 2UB
Received 25 Oct 2022286 Ashby Road Coalville LE67 3LE
Received 24 Oct 2022Cornerways Measham Road Acresford Swadlincote Leicestershire DE12 8AJ
Received 25 Oct 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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