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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4,379 approved · 313 refused · 251 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land South Of Junction 1 Of The A50 Station Road Castle Donington Leicestershire
Received 19 Jun 2025Unit B1 Norman Court Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2UZ
Received 19 Jun 2025Land Between 46 And 54 Bondgate Castle Donington
Received 19 Jun 2025Land Adjacent To 82 Top Road Griffydam Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8HU
Received 19 Jun 2025The Limes Midland Road Ellistown Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2FX
Received 19 Jun 2025Cherry Tree House 1 Church Lane Lockington Derby Leicestershire DE74 2TF
Received 20 Jun 202518 Dawkins Road Donisthorpe Swadlincote Derby DE12 7RN
Received 20 Jun 2025Rosine Cottage 164 The Moor Coleorton Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8GF
Received 20 Jun 2025Land To West Of Ashby Road Packington
Received 23 Jun 2025Land Off Loughborough Road Coleorton Leicestershire LE67 8HF
Received 23 Jun 20252 Piper Drive Long Whatton Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 5DJ
Received 23 Jun 20254 Main Street Long Whatton Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 5DG
Received 23 Jun 2025Former Council Offices Car Park Whitwick Road Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3FJ
Received 23 Jun 2025Land Adjacent To Grange Road Hugglescote Leicestershire Coalville LE67 2BT
Received 24 Jun 202528 Black Horse Hill Appleby Magna Swadlincote Derby DE12 7AQ
Received 24 Jun 2025Land At Lady Gate Diseworth Leicestershire
Received 25 Jun 2025White House Fields Farm Breedon Lane Worthington Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1RA
Received 24 Jun 2025Scamhazel Farm Ashby Road Boundary Swadlincote Leicestershire
Received 25 Jun 2025Land Adjoining And Opposite 16 Wainwright Road Hugglescote Leicestershire
Received 25 Jun 2025Spital Park The Spital Castle Donington DE74 2QA
Received 25 Jun 2025Lount Landfill Site Nottingham Road Lount Leicestershire LE65 1SD
Received 25 Jun 20257 Vicarage Close Newbold Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8PG
Received 26 Jun 2025Unit 5A Stud Brook Business Park Welsted Road Castle Donington Derby DE74 2ZB
Received 26 Jun 2025Unit 5B Stud Brook Business Park Welsted Road Castle Donington Derby DE74 2ZB
Received 26 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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