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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.
4,379 approved · 313 refused · 251 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Station Road Service Station Station Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2GL
Received 12 Jun 2025Station Road Service Station Station Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2GL
Received 12 Jun 2025Orchard County Primary School Grange Drive Castle Donington Derby DE74 2QU
Received 13 Jun 2025Castle Donington High School And Community College Mount Pleasant Castle Donington Derby DE74 2LN
Received 13 Jun 2025Castle Donington High School And Community College Mount Pleasant Castle Donington Derby DE74 2LN
Received 13 Jun 2025Land To The North Southworth Road Breedon On The Hill DE73 8LU
Received 13 Jun 2025109 Park Lane Castle Donington Derby DE74 2JG
Received 13 Jun 2025St Marys Church Church Lane Osgathorpe Leicestershire LE12 9SY
Received 13 Jun 202567 High Street Castle Donington Derby DE74 2PQ
Received 13 Jun 202567 High Street Castle Donington Derby DE74 2PQ
Received 13 Jun 2025Land At Church Street Church Gresley Swadlincote
Received 13 Jun 202560 Orchard Way Measham Swadlincote Leicestershire DE12 7JZ
Received 16 Jun 2025Stables Ashby Road Newbold Leicestershire LE67 8PB
Received 16 Jun 202531 Measham Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2PF
Received 16 Jun 202540 High Street Ibstock Coalville Leicestershire LE67 6LG
Received 16 Jun 2025Cloud Hill Quarry Stocking Lane Breedon On The Hill Derby DE73 8LB
Received 16 Jun 2025Lockington Hall Main Street Lockington DE74 2RH
Received 17 Jun 2025Advantage Flight Support Viscount Road Derby DE74 2SA
Received 17 Jun 202567 Church Street Donisthorpe Swadlincote Derby DE12 7PX
Received 17 Jun 2025Land Rear Of 41 The Green Long Whatton Leicestershire
Received 18 Jun 2025Land At Dysons Close Measham Swadlincote Derby DE12 7NP
Received 17 Jun 2025Greenstone Primary School Sence Valley Road Ellistown Coalville Leicestershire LE67 1HQ
Received 18 Jun 2025Isley Woodhouse Land South Of Donington Park And East Midlands Airport
Received 18 Jun 2025Land South Of Junction 1 Of The A50 Station Road Castle Donington Leicestershire
Received 19 Jun 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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