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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4,008 approved · 290 refused · 222 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off Townsend Lane Donington Le Heath Leicestershire
Received 15 Feb 202448 Vaughan Street Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3GH
Received 8 Mar 2024Land Off Beveridge Lane Hugglescote Coalville
Received 8 Mar 2024Oaktree School Lane Newbold Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8PF
Received 11 Mar 2024Courtyards Cavendish Bridge Farm Cavendish Bridge Shardlow Derby DE72 2HL
Received 11 Mar 2024117A Main Street Swannington Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8QL
Received 11 Mar 2024The Lord Nelson Breedon Lane Tonge Melbourne Derby DE73 8BA
Received 11 Mar 2024Castle Donington High School And Community College Mount Pleasant Castle Donington Derby DE74 2LN
Received 12 Mar 20244 Beadmans Corner Ravenstone Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2BN
Received 12 Mar 2024Land To The Rear Of Overton Close Coleorton Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8FY
Received 12 Mar 2024Unit 1 57 - 65 High Street Measham Swadlincote Derby DE12 7HR
Received 12 Mar 2024Mediq Plot 3B East Midlands Distribution Centre Castle Donnington DE74 2HL
Received 13 Mar 2024Angel Inn 85 The Moor Coleorton Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8GB
Received 14 Mar 202414 Tower Gardens Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2GZ
Received 15 Mar 202432 Main Street Hemington Derby DE74 2RB
Received 14 Mar 2024Unit 1 2 School Lane Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2RF
Received 15 Mar 2024Land At Wentworth Road Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3DL
Received 14 Mar 2024Rainbow Crescent 7 The Moorlands Coleorton Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8GG
Received 15 Mar 20248 Potters Way Measham Swadlincote DE12 7BU
Received 15 Mar 2024Irish Farm Livery The Forge Warren Hills Road Coalville Leicestershire LE67 4UY
Received 14 Mar 2024Land Off Ashby Road Coalville LE67 3LA
Received 15 Mar 2024Land Off Beveridge Lane Hugglescote Coalville
Received 15 Mar 202431 Church Street Belton Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 9UG
Received 15 Mar 2024Land North Of Standard Hill And West Of Highfield Street Hugglescote Coalville Leicestershire
Received 18 Mar 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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