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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.
4,372 approved · 312 refused · 251 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jul 2020 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Blackberry Cottage Moira Road Shellbrook Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2TU
Received 13 May 2025Rosemary Villa 38 Driftside Blackfordby Swadlincote Derby DE11 8BD
Received 13 May 2025Black Horse Inn 2 Top Street Appleby Magna Swadlincote Derby DE12 7AH
Received 13 May 2025Black Horse Inn 2 Top Street Appleby Magna Swadlincote Derby DE12 7AH
Received 13 May 2025Opposite Scotlands Farm Burney Lane Staunton Harold Derby DE73 8BH
Received 28 Apr 2025M And K Bradford Motor Engineers The Garage Chapel Street Oakthorpe Swadlincote Derby DE12 7QT
Received 14 May 2025Bardon Quarry Bardon Road Coalville Leicestershire LE67 1TL
Received 15 May 202521 West End Long Whatton Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 5DW
Received 15 May 2025Outside 40 Mill Lane Kegworth Derby DE74 2FX
Received 19 May 20252 Wilfred Place Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2GW
Received 14 May 202529 Park Lane Castle Donington Derby DE74 2JF
Received 14 May 202526 Spring Lane Swannington Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8QQ
Received 15 May 20251 Moult Hill Cottages Abbey Road Charley Coalville Leicestershire LE67 4UA
Received 19 May 2025Land To The South Of Ashburton Road Hugglescote Leicestershire
Received 19 May 202528 South Street Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1BQ
Received 19 May 2025Springfield Farm Charley Road Charley Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 9YB
Received 19 May 202563 School Street Oakthorpe Swadlincote Derby DE12 7RE
Received 19 May 2025The Red House 1 High Street Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3EA
Received 19 May 202545 Willesley Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2QA
Received 15 May 2025Cross Street Farm 5 Cross Street Breedon On The Hill Derby DE73 8AX
Received 19 May 2025Station House Breedon Lane Worthington Leicestershire
Received 19 May 2025Morrisons Supermarket Whitwick Road Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3FA
Received 15 May 20257 Black Horse Hill Appleby Magna Swadlincote Derby DE12 7AQ
Received 19 May 2025Tonge Hall Moor Lane Tonge Melbourne Derby DE73 8HQ
Received 15 May 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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