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.
3,852 approved · 278 refused · 211 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jul 2020 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Donisthorpe Lane Moira Swadlincote Derby DE12 6AZ
Received 1 Jul 2023Little Snarestone Cottage Snarestone Road Newton Burgoland Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2SN
Received 1 Jul 202361 Rosslyn Road Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5PU
Received 30 Jun 2023Measham Service Station Ashby Road Swadlincote DE12 7JW
Received 3 Jul 2023Rock Farm Cottage Netherseal Road Chilcote Derby
Received 3 Jul 2023107 Park Lane Castle Donington Derby DE74 2JG
Received 3 Jul 2023The Old Rectory Main Street Normanton Le Heath Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2TB
Received 4 Jul 2023The Old Byre Grimes Gate Diseworth Derby DE74 2QD
Received 30 Jun 202337A Top Road Griffydam Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8HU
Received 4 Jul 2023Blackberry Farm Blackberry Lane Donington Le Heath Coalville Leicestershire LE67 6HD
Received 4 Jul 20236 Derby Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2HE
Received 4 Jul 202350 The Spittal Castle Donington Derby DE74 2NQ
Received 5 Jul 20238 Nottingham Road Kegworth Derby DE74 2EH
Received 6 Jul 20233 Bedford Court Kegworth Derby Leicestershire DE74 2YB
Received 6 Jul 202367 Church Lane Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5DN
Received 5 Jul 202352 Greenhill Road Coalville Leicestershire LE67 4RH
Received 6 Jul 2023Hospital Lane Ravenstone Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2AJ
Received 6 Jul 2023Workspace 17 Highfield Street Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3BQ
Received 7 Jul 2023Land Off Hepworth Road Woodville Swadlincote Derbys DE11 7DW
Received 8 Jul 202320 Forest Road Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3SH
Received 8 Jul 2023The Cottage 92 Low Woods Lane Belton Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 9TR
Received 9 Jul 2023183 Nottingham Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1DP
Received 9 Jul 202388 Loughborough Road Coleorton Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8HF
Received 10 Jul 2023ATM Nottingham Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire
Received 10 Jul 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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