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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.
4,008 approved · 290 refused · 222 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
67 High Street Castle Donington Derby DE74 2PQ
Received 15 Jan 2024Botany Bay 100 The Moorlands Coleorton Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8GA
Received 15 Jan 20247 Pleasant Place Kegworth Derby DE74 2DD
Received 15 Jan 202438 Wordsworth Way Measham Swadlincote Derby DE12 7ER
Received 15 Jan 202439 Main Street Lockington Derby DE74 2RH
Received 16 Jan 202439 Main Street Lockington Derby DE74 2RH
Received 16 Jan 202447 Willesley Gardens Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2QE
Received 16 Jan 20246 - 8 Kilwardby Street Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2FU
Received 17 Jan 20247 Trinity Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2GQ
Received 16 Jan 202419-20 Gorsey Leys Overseal Swadlincote DE12 6JE
Received 16 Jan 20246 - 8 Kilwardby Street Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2FU
Received 17 Jan 20245 Clarke Close Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5FG
Received 17 Jan 2024Land South Of A453 East Midlands Airport Ashby Road Castle Donington
Received 12 Jan 2024Sir John Moore Heritage Centre Top Street Appleby Magna Derby Derby DE12 7AH
Received 17 Jan 2024Land South Of Junction 1 Of The A50 Station Road Castle Donington Leicestershire
Received 17 Jan 202470 Derby Road Kegworth Derby Leicestershire DE74 2EN
Received 17 Jan 2024The Green Donington Le Heath Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2GE
Received 17 Jan 2024The Garden Warehouse Gallows Lane Measham Ashby De La Zouch DE12 7HD
Received 18 Jan 202491 Stonehill Castle Donington Derby DE74 2LZ
Received 18 Jan 2024St Saviours Road Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3DF
Received 16 Jan 2024The Woodlands Bath Lane Moira Swadlincote Derby DE12 6BP
Received 19 Jan 2024Land Adjacent To 26 Pisca Lane Heather Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2QG
Received 19 Jan 2024Land On The North East Of J10 M42 Dordon/A5 Polesworth
Received 19 Jan 2024Long Whatton Sewage Treatment Works Hathern Road Long Whatton Leicestershire LE12 5BD
Received 19 Jan 2024Records 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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