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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.
4,350 approved · 309 refused · 250 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
50 Rosslyn Road Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5PT
Received 31 Jan 20251 The Court Long Whatton Loughborough LE12 5DP
Received 31 Jan 2025Red Hill Farm Red Hill Lane Swannington Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8RG
Received 30 Jan 2025Blackfordby C Of E School Main Street Blackfordby Swadlincote Derby DE11 8AB
Received 31 Jan 2025Matsuura Machinery Uk Ltd Gee Road Coalville Leicestershire LE67 4NH
Received 31 Jan 20259B Main Street Blackfordby Swadlincote Derby DE11 8AD
Received 1 Feb 202587 Shields Crescent Castle Donington Derby DE74 2JR
Received 1 Feb 202512 Manor Drive Worthington Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1RN
Received 2 Feb 2025Army Training Corps Forest Road Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3SH
Received 3 Feb 2025Blackfordby Methodist Church Main Street Blackfordby DE11 8AB
Received 31 Jan 2025Between Ways Gracedieu Lane Belton Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 9TW
Received 3 Feb 2025Station Road Service Station Station Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2GL
Received 3 Feb 2025Huntingdon House 87 Market Street Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1AH
Received 3 Feb 2025CEVA House Excelsior Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1NG
Received 4 Feb 2025The Old School Main Street Breedon On The Hill Derby DE73 8AN
Received 31 Jan 202523 The Crescent Breedon On The Hill Derby DE73 8AY
Received 4 Feb 2025Land Off Century Drive Packington
Received 4 Feb 202510 Dickinson Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2WD
Received 4 Feb 20256 Ashby Road Ravenstone Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2AA
Received 4 Feb 20251 Wainwright Road Hugglescote Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2DA
Received 5 Feb 20256 Normanton Road Packington Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1WR
Received 5 Feb 2025Willow Cottage Stoney Lane Coleorton Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8JL
Received 5 Feb 2025Bramble End Bosworth Road Snarestone Swadlincote Derby DE12 7DQ
Received 5 Feb 20255 Angels Drive Ravenstone Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2DE
Received 5 Feb 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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