Understanding planning · 13 min read
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4,379 approved · 313 refused · 251 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Greenstone Primary School Sence Valley Road Ellistown Coalville Leicestershire LE67 1HQ
Received 26 Jun 2025Sainsburys Walter Pettitt Way Coalville LE67 2NZ
Received 27 Jun 2025Play Area Adjacent To Lockington Village Hall Hemington Lane Lockington Derby DE74 2RJ
Received 27 Jun 2025Play Area Off Lockington Lane Lockington Lane Hemington Leicestershire
Received 27 Jun 2025Outside 9 Grimes Gate Diseworth Derby DE74 2QD
Received 25 Jun 2025210 Battram Road Ellistown Coalville Leicestershire LE67 1GB
Received 27 Jun 202554 Main Street Snarestone Swadlincote Derby DE12 7DB
Received 28 Jun 2025White Gables Lower Moor Road Coleorton Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8FL
Received 30 Jun 2025WHSmith 28 Market Street Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1AL
Received 30 Jun 20253 Hunts Farm Close Donington Le Heath Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2GU
Received 30 Jun 202516 West End Long Whatton Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 5DW
Received 30 Jun 202516 West End Long Whatton Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 5DW
Received 30 Jun 2025Land Rear Of 71 Main Street Osgathorpe Leicestershire
Received 1 Jul 2025Land Off Station Road Hemington Leicestershire
Received 1 Jul 202527 Barr Crescent Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5FF
Received 1 Jul 2025Street Record Measham Road Donisthorpe Derby
Received 1 Jul 202543 Windmill Way Kegworth Derby DE74 2FA
Received 1 Jul 202523 High Street Kegworth Derby DE74 2DA
Received 3 Jul 2025Phase 3 Mercia Park Junction 11 M42 Stretton En Le Field DE12 8AA
Received 3 Jul 2025Land At M42 Junction 11 Burton Road Stretton En Le Field Derby
Received 3 Jul 2025St Andrews Church Church Gate Kegworth Derby DE74 2ED
Received 2 Jul 202510 High Street Kegworth Derby DE74 2DA
Received 3 Jul 2025Land Off Grange Road Hugglescote Leicestershire
Received 4 Jul 2025The Royal Hotel Station Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2GP
Received 4 Jul 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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