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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.
3,824 approved · 277 refused · 206 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 South Street Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1BR
Received 2 May 2023Gold Hand Car Wash Ashby Road Boundary Swadlincote Leicestershire DE11 7BA
Received 3 May 202338 Ashby Road Woodville Swadlincote DE11 7BY
Received 3 May 2023Nook Farm Packington Nook Lane Ashby-De-La-Zouch Packington LE65 2QG
Received 3 May 2023Garden Cottage Charley Road Charley Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 9YB
Received 4 May 2023East Midlands Gateway Development Ashby Road Castle Donington
Received 4 May 2023Land North Of Grange Road Hugglescote Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2BQ
Received 4 May 2023Stanleigh House Stanleigh Gardens Donisthorpe Swadlincote Derby DE12 7QW
Received 4 May 2023East Midlands Electricity Bardon Hill Coalville Leicestershire LE67 1TL
Received 4 May 202314A Measham Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2PF
Received 5 May 2023Former Castle Donington Power Station Trent Lane Castle Donington
Received 5 May 202315 Clamp Drive Hugglescote Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2LD
Received 5 May 2023Car Park Of Ashby Rugby Football Club Nottingham Road Leicestershire LE65 1DP
Received 5 May 2023The Old Byre Grimes Gate Diseworth Derby DE74 2QD
Received 5 May 2023Nailstone Colliery Wood Road Ellistown Coalville Leicestershire LE67 1GE
Received 7 May 202342 Main Street Snarestone Swadlincote Derby DE12 7DB
Received 8 May 2023Former Site Of Stardust Beveridge Lane Bardon Coalville Leicestershire LE67 1TS
Received 9 May 2023Hotel Street Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3EQ
Received 5 May 2023Hotel Street Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3EQ
Received 5 May 20231 South Close Blackfordby Swadlincote Derby DE11 8AW
Received 5 May 2023Land North East Of Atherstone Road Measham Swadlincote Derby DE12 7EL
Received 9 May 202328 St Michaels Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1ES
Received 9 May 2023HSBC 62 Market Street Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1AN
Received 10 May 2023HSBC 62 Market Street Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1AN
Received 10 May 2023Records 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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