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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.
4,410 approved · 315 refused · 252 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off Long Mere Lane Diseworth DE74 2QH
Received 16 Oct 2025Land Off Shortheath Road Moira Swadlincote Derby DE12 6AP
Received 16 Oct 2025The Old Byre Grimes Gate Diseworth Derby DE74 2QD
Received 13 Oct 2025Land Off Chapel Street Oakthorpe Leicestershire
Received 16 Oct 2025Land Off Chapel Street Oakthorpe Leicestershire
Received 16 Oct 2025Land Adjacent To 104 Station Road Ibstock Coalville Leicestershire LE67 6JJ
Received 16 Oct 202537 Fox Road Castle Donington Derby DE74 2UN
Received 17 Oct 2025Land North Of Little Wigston Appleby Magna Derby
Received 17 Oct 2025Strawberry Hill 28 Kilwardby Street Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2FQ
Received 18 Oct 202577 Loughborough Road Thringstone Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8LQ
Received 19 Oct 2025Land At Hepworth Road Woodville DE11 7DW
Received 20 Oct 2025Land Off Ashby Road Coalville LE67 3LA
Received 20 Oct 202521 Hall Gate Diseworth Derby DE74 2QJ
Received 21 Oct 2025Land At Former Priory Nursery Garden Centre Ashby Road Breedon On The Hill DE73 8AZ
Received 21 Oct 20251 Highfields Close Normanton Le Heath Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2TN
Received 21 Oct 2025Land Off Rushey Close Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Received 21 Oct 2025103 Loughborough Road Thringstone Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8LS
Received 21 Oct 2025Amenity Plot Mercia Park Burton Road Stretton En Le Field Derby DE12 8AA
Received 22 Oct 2025Amenity Plot Mercia Park Burton Road Stretton En Le Field Derby
Received 22 Oct 202520 King Richards Hill Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5BT
Received 22 Oct 202531 Main Street Blackfordby Swadlincote Derby DE11 8BB
Received 22 Oct 202515 Main Street Snarestone Swadlincote Derby DE12 7DB
Received 22 Oct 2025Scania Training Centre Charley Road Loughborough LE12 9YB
Received 22 Oct 2025The Cottage Shackerstone Lane Newton Burgoland Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2SJ
Received 22 Oct 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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