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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.
4,346 approved · 309 refused · 249 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jul 2020 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Norris Hill Moira Swadlincote Derby DE12 6ER
Received 15 Jan 20253 Stud Farm Close Breedon On The Hill Derby DE73 8BP
Received 16 Jan 2025TMC Distribution Samson Road Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3EP
Received 16 Jan 202511 Mill Street Packington Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1WN
Received 16 Jan 202565 Wood Street Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1EL
Received 17 Jan 2025Corner Of 19 Spring Road Ibstock Coalville Leicestershire LE67 6LR
Received 16 Jan 2025Service House Spring Road Ibstock Coalville Leicestershire LE67 6LR
Received 16 Jan 2025Outside 1 Park Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2FS
Received 15 Jan 2025Outside 10 Park Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2FS
Received 15 Jan 2025Opposite 11 Park Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2FS
Received 15 Jan 2025Outside 19 Park Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2FS
Received 15 Jan 2025Opposite 27 Park Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2FS
Received 15 Jan 2025Outside 24 Pithiviers Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2GY
Received 17 Jan 2025Outside 14 Pithiviers Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2GY
Received 17 Jan 2025Outside 38 Pithiviers Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2GY
Received 17 Jan 2025Opposite 48 Pithiviers Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2GY
Received 17 Jan 2025Outside 60 Pithiviers Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2GY
Received 17 Jan 2025Outside 21 Pithiviers Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2GY
Received 17 Jan 2025Outside 9 Pithiviers Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2GY
Received 17 Jan 2025Outside 33 Pithiviers Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2GY
Received 17 Jan 2025Outside 16 Wilfred Gardens Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2GX
Received 17 Jan 2025Land At Netherfields Lane Sawley
Received 17 Jan 2025Unit 1 Mercia Park Swallow Drive Stretten En Le Field Swadlincote Leicestershire DE12 8BA
Received 17 Jan 2025Barn House Top Street Appleby Magna Swadlincote Derby DE12 7AH
Received 18 Jan 2025Records 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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