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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.
3,907 approved · 282 refused · 214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 21 Sept 2023Land Off Townsend Lane Donington Le Heath Leicestershire
Received 21 Sept 202310 Hill Street Donisthorpe Swadlincote Derby DE12 7PL
Received 22 Sept 202338 Ashby Road Newbold Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8PB
Received 23 Sept 2023Casa Chiquita Short Hill Wilson Melbourne Derby DE73 8AF
Received 22 Sept 2023Sweethill Lodge Farm Grass Driveway Off 189 Ashby Road Moira Swadlincote DE12 6DW
Received 22 Sept 2023White House Farm Breedon Lane Worthington Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1RA
Received 22 Sept 2023Charnwood Fencing Walker Road Bardon Hill Coalville Leicestershire LE67 1TB
Received 15 Sept 2023Land Off Grange Road Hugglescote Coalville Leicestershire
Received 25 Sept 202367 Leicester Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1DD
Received 25 Sept 20238 Gatcombe Drive Coalville Leicestershire LE67 4DG
Received 25 Sept 2023Land Off Hepworth Road Woodville Swadlincote Derbys
Received 25 Sept 2023Land On The North Side Butt Lane Blackfordby Derby
Received 26 Sept 202329 Church Street Belton Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 9UG
Received 26 Sept 2023Former Castle Donington Power Station Trent Lane Castle Donington
Received 26 Sept 2023Loughborough Road Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5AS
Received 26 Sept 2023Charnwood House Burtons Lane Swannington Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8QA
Received 27 Sept 2023Zone C East Midlands Gateway Development Ashby Road Castle Donington
Received 27 Sept 2023Red Lion Inn 24 High Street Kegworth Derby DE74 2DA
Received 27 Sept 2023Slack And Parr Ltd Long Lane Kegworth Derby DE74 2FL
Received 27 Sept 2023Land At Pipeyard Lane Worthington Lane Newbold Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8PJ
Received 27 Sept 20235 Main Street Swannington Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8QJ
Received 28 Sept 2023Swinfen Vale Beveridge Lane Coalville Leicestershire
Received 28 Sept 2023White Gables Lower Moor Road Coleorton Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8FL
Received 28 Sept 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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