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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.
3,860 approved · 279 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Mercia Park Burton Road Stretton En Le Field Swadlincote Derby DE12 8AN
Received 10 Jul 20234 Selina Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1FE
Received 10 Jul 20239 High Street Castle Donington Derby DE74 2PP
Received 11 Jul 2023Land West Of Tickow Lane Shepshed
Received 11 Jul 2023Holywell Spring Farm Burton Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2LP
Received 11 Jul 2023Land North Of Grange Road Hugglescote Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2BQ
Received 11 Jul 2023T H Archer And Son 86 Leicester Road New Packington Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1TQ
Received 11 Jul 202361 Church Lane Ravenstone Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2AF
Received 11 Jul 202352 Smisby Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2JL
Received 11 Jul 202354 Vaughan Street Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3GH
Received 11 Jul 2023Land West Of Tickow Lane Shepshed Leicestershire
Received 11 Jul 20231 The Coach House Main Street Ravenstone Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2AS
Received 12 Jul 20231 The Coach House Main Street Ravenstone Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2AS
Received 12 Jul 202322 Grange Road Hugglescote Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2BQ
Received 12 Jul 202352 The Spittal Castle Donington Derby DE74 2NQ
Received 13 Jul 202352 The Spittal Castle Donington Derby DE74 2NQ
Received 13 Jul 202324 Wash Lane Ravenstone Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2AZ
Received 13 Jul 202380A Ashby Road Woodville Swadlincote DE11 7BY
Received 13 Jul 2023Land North Of Hilltop Farm Hill Top Castle Donington Leicestershire
Received 13 Jul 2023Side Of 46 Temple Hill Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5BB
Received 13 Jul 2023Side Of 12 Temple Hill Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5BB
Received 14 Jul 202310 And 28 Barr Crescent Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5FF
Received 14 Jul 202388 Hall Lane Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5FD
Received 14 Jul 2023Land On The South East Side Of Limby Hall Lane Swannington Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8QF
Received 14 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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