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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.
4,416 approved · 315 refused · 253 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Snibston Discovery Park Ashby Road Warren Lane Coalville Whitwick LE67 5UZ
Received 12 Nov 2025140 Meadow Lane Coalville Leicestershire LE67 4DP
Received 12 Nov 2025The Old Bakery 15-19 High Street Packington Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1WJ
Received 7 Nov 2025Land To The West Off Ashby Road Packington Leicestershire
Received 12 Nov 2025Outside 89 High Street Measham Swadlincote Derby DE12 7HZ
Received 12 Nov 2025Outside 43 Bakewell Drive Castle Donington Derby DE74 2NF
Received 12 Nov 2025Land At Netherfields Lane Sawley
Received 13 Nov 2025Land At Netherfields Lane Sawley
Received 13 Nov 2025Land North East Of Coleorton Lane Packington Leicestershire
Received 12 Nov 202584 Smisby Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2JL
Received 12 Nov 202579 New Street Donisthorpe Swadlincote Derby DE12 7PG
Received 13 Nov 202516 Dunbar Way Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1AR
Received 13 Nov 2025Land At The Rear Of The Brambles Lower Moor Road Coleorton Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8FJ
Received 13 Nov 2025Volvo Truck And Bus Company EA Interlink Way East Bardon Coalville Leicestershire LE67 1LG
Received 13 Nov 2025Land South Of Grange Road Hugglescote Leicestershire
Received 14 Nov 2025Land Off Beveridge Lane Ellistown
Received 14 Nov 2025Land To The North East Off Mill Lane Heather Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2QF
Received 12 Nov 2025Land Off Standard Hill Hugglescote Coalville LE67 3HJ
Received 14 Nov 2025Behind 8 Church Close Blackfordby Swadlincote Derby DE11 8AT
Received 14 Nov 2025Lidl GB Ltd Resolution Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1DW
Received 14 Nov 2025Land At Home Farm Main Street Oakthorpe DE12 7RY
Received 14 Nov 202535 London Road Kegworth Derby DE74 2EU
Received 14 Nov 2025Land Off Hotel Car Park East Midlands Airport Ashby Road Castle Donington DE74 2TQ
Received 14 Nov 202523 Willowbrook Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1JX
Received 15 Nov 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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