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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4,008 approved · 290 refused · 222 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Ashby Road Belton LE12 9SR
Received 28 May 2024Land Off Gelscoe Lane Diseworth DE74 2TT
Received 28 May 2024Fieldview House Babelake Street Packington Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1WD
Received 29 May 2024Land Off Shortheath Road Moira Swadlincote Derby DE12 6AP
Received 28 May 2024Ivy House 22 Main Street Snarestone Swadlincote Derby DE12 7DB
Received 29 May 2024Land At Broomley's Cricket And Social Club Greenhill Road Coalville Leicestershire LE67 4RN
Received 29 May 20248 Potters Way Measham Swadlincote DE12 7BU
Received 20 May 202444 Measham Road Acresford Swadlincote Leicestershire DE12 8AJ
Received 29 May 202498 Church Lane Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5DJ
Received 29 May 2024Land To The South Of Park Lane Castle Donington
Received 29 May 2024Rose Cottage Nanpantan Road Nanpantan Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 9YE
Received 30 May 2024110 Hermitage Road Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5EG
Received 29 May 2024Land South Of Interlink Way South Stanton Under Bardon Coalville Leicestershire
Received 29 May 20242 Rotherwood Drive Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2JD
Received 29 May 202411 Smisby Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2JL
Received 29 May 2024Land At Charley Knoll Farm Nanpantan Road Nanpantan Leicestershire LE12 9YE
Received 30 May 202458 Highfields Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2FN
Received 30 May 2024Willow Tree Cottage Farm Town Lane Farm Town Coleorton Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8FG
Received 31 May 20243 Centenary Place Measham Swadlincote Leicestershire DE12 7FE
Received 31 May 2024Fields Farm Main Street Worthington Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1RQ
Received 31 May 20247 Grove Road Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5EF
Received 2 Jun 202484 Sideley Kegworth Derby Leicestershire DE74 2FJ
Received 2 Jun 202425 St Michaels Drive Appleby Magna Swadlincote Derby DE12 7AE
Received 3 Jun 2024Land Opposite Treetops Farm New Street Measham Derby DE12 7RG
Received 20 May 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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