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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.
4,385 approved · 314 refused · 251 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Outside 17 Uppingham Drive Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2NQ
Received 23 Jul 2025Outside 21 Oakham Grove Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2QP
Received 23 Jul 2025Outside 2 Oakham Grove Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2QP
Received 23 Jul 2025Outside 6A Nottingham Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1DQ
Received 22 Jul 2025Outside 5 Sycamore Drive Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1SP
Received 22 Jul 2025Outside 4 Cedar Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1SQ
Received 22 Jul 2025Outside 2 Beech Way Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2SR
Received 22 Jul 2025Near 20 Sycamore Drive Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1SP
Received 22 Jul 2025Side Of 7 Elm Avenue Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1SS
Received 22 Jul 2025Side Of 5 Elm Avenue Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1SS
Received 22 Jul 2025Old Globe Yard Main Street Snarestone Swadlincote Derby DE12 7DB
Received 24 Jul 2025Uniper UK Ratcliffe On Soar Power Station Green Street Ratcliffe On Soar Nottinghamshire NG11 0EE
Received 23 Jul 2025Castle Donington Methodist Church Market Street Castle Donington Derby DE74 2JB
Received 24 Jul 2025Castle Donington Methodist Church Market Street Castle Donington Derby DE74 2JB
Received 24 Jul 2025Refresco Drinks UK Ltd Citrus Grove Sideley Kegworth Derby Leicestershire DE74 2FJ
Received 24 Jul 202589 Main Street Osgathorpe Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 9TA
Received 24 Jul 2025107 Park Lane Castle Donington Derby DE74 2JG
Received 25 Jul 202511 Churchill Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2LR
Received 25 Jul 2025WHSmith 28 Market Street Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1AL
Received 25 Jul 202516 Meadow Lane Coalville Leicestershire LE67 4DL
Received 28 Jul 2025Land Adjacent To Highwinds Unit No 2 Lower Moor Road Coleorton Leicestershire
Received 25 Jul 2025103 Loughborough Road Thringstone Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8LS
Received 28 Jul 20257 Clapgun Street Castle Donington Derby DE74 2LE
Received 28 Jul 2025Land Adjacent To 17 Lovett Close Hugglescote Leicestershire LE67 2NB
Received 29 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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