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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4,346 approved · 309 refused · 249 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Rotherwood House 33 Measham Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2PF
Received 19 Jan 20253 Martins Court Telford Way Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3HD
Received 20 Jan 202516 Church Street Swepstone Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2SA
Received 20 Jan 202548 Craner Road Castle Donington Derby DE74 2SB
Received 20 Jan 2025Land Off Ashby Road 188 Ashby Road Coalville LE67 3LA
Received 20 Jan 2025Castle Donington High School And Community College Mount Pleasant Castle Donington Derby DE74 2LN
Received 20 Jan 202549 Bridge Fields Kegworth Derby DE74 2FW
Received 20 Jan 2025Near Ivy Cottage Moira Road Shellbrook Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2TU
Received 20 Jan 2025Blackberry Cottage Moira Road Shellbrook Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2TU
Received 20 Jan 2025229 Ashby Road Moira Swadlincote DE12 6DP
Received 20 Jan 202529 Dorset Drive Moira Swadlincote Derby DE12 6HU
Received 20 Jan 20258 Dorset Drive Moira Swadlincote Derby DE12 6HU
Received 20 Jan 20254 Dorset Drive Moira Swadlincote Derby DE12 6HU
Received 20 Jan 20252 Dorset Drive Moira Swadlincote Derby DE12 6HU
Received 20 Jan 202556 Ashfield Drive Moira Swadlincote Derby DE12 6HQ
Received 20 Jan 202560 Ashfield Drive Moira Swadlincote Derby DE12 6HQ
Received 20 Jan 202577 Ashfield Drive Moira Swadlincote Derby DE12 6HG
Received 20 Jan 202584 Ashfield Drive Moira Swadlincote Derby DE12 6HQ
Received 20 Jan 202598 Ashfield Drive Moira Swadlincote Derby DE12 6HQ
Received 20 Jan 2025Outside 108 Ashfield Drive Moira Swadlincote Derby DE12 6HQ
Received 20 Jan 2025119 High Street Ibstock LE67 6JQ
Received 21 Jan 202550 Ashfield Drive Moira Swadlincote Derby DE12 6HQ
Received 20 Jan 2025Opposite 12 Devon Close Moira Swadlincote Derby DE12 6HT
Received 20 Jan 20252 Holly Close Moira Swadlincote Derby DE12 6HZ
Received 20 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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