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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4,008 approved · 290 refused · 222 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
1 Moult Hill Cottages Abbey Road Charley Coalville Leicestershire LE67 4UA
Received 1 Feb 202489 Swallow Dale Thringstone Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8LY
Received 2 Feb 202498 High Street Castle Donington Derby DE74 2PQ
Received 2 Feb 2024Ibstock Methodist Church Melbourne Road Ibstock Coalville Leicestershire LE67 6JS
Received 2 Feb 20247 Brooker Close Coalville Leicestershire LE67 4GJ
Received 2 Feb 2024Land Off Grange Road Hugglescote Coalville Leicestershire
Received 2 Feb 202468 Leicester Road Measham Swadlincote Derby DE12 7JG
Received 3 Feb 202415 Weysford Lane Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1GL
Received 4 Feb 20241 Priorfields Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1EA
Received 4 Feb 2024Crescent Road Hugglescote Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2BE
Received 29 Jan 2024Manor Farm Church Lane Chilcote Swadlincote Derby DE12 8DL
Received 5 Feb 2024Sewage Disposal Works Snarrows Road Osgathorpe Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8UR
Received 26 Jan 2024The Old Rectory 55 Rectory Lane Appleby Magna Swadlincote Derby DE12 7BQ
Received 26 Jan 20242 Brendon Way Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1EY
Received 5 Feb 2024Crescent Road Hugglescote And Donington Le Heath Leicestershire LE67 3BS
Received 1 Feb 2024Vaughan Street Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3DL
Received 1 Feb 2024Land To The South Of Park Lane Castle Donington Derby
Received 5 Feb 202419 Hillside Appleby Magna Swadlincote Derby DE12 7AB
Received 29 Jan 2024Post Office Farm 7 Main Street Lockington Derby DE74 2RH
Received 30 Jan 202411 Tudor Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1TZ
Received 6 Feb 202412 Whiteholmes Grove Kegworth Derby DE74 2AW
Received 5 Feb 2024Launceston Drive Hugglescote Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2HW
Received 5 Feb 2024Swinfen Vale Beveridge Lane Coalville Leicestershire
Received 6 Feb 2024Swinfen Vale Beveridge Lane Coalville Leicestershire
Received 6 Feb 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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