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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.
4,419 approved · 316 refused · 253 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oakthorpe Methodist Church Chapel Street Oakthorpe Swadlincote Derby DE12 7QT
Received 5 Dec 2025Land To The North West Off Lower Moor Road North Of Highwinds Coleorton Leicestershire LE67 8FN
Received 5 Dec 2025Land At 26 Main Street Newton Burgoland Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2SE
Received 5 Dec 202519 Johnson Close Castle Donington Derby Leicestershire DE74 0AF
Received 5 Dec 2025Land At Whitney Park Shortheath Road Moira Leicestershire DE12 6AS
Received 5 Dec 202549 Greenfield Road Measham Swadlincote Leicestershire DE12 7LB
Received 7 Dec 2025Ibstock Community College Central Avenue Ibstock Coalville Leicestershire LE67 6NF
Received 8 Dec 2025Spring Barrow Lodge Swannymote Road Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5UT
Received 8 Dec 2025Park Holme South Street Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1BR
Received 8 Dec 2025Recreation Ground Adjacent To St Margarets Church Main Street Blackfordby Derby
Received 8 Dec 20251 The Old Stables Oakthorpe Swadlincote Derby DE12 7RZ
Received 9 Dec 20258 Pritchard Drive Kegworth Derby DE74 2AZ
Received 9 Dec 2025Premier Paper 9C Pond End Castle Donington Derby DE74 2UB
Received 9 Dec 2025Abbotts Oak Country House Warren Hills Road Coalville Leicestershire LE67 4UY
Received 10 Dec 202525 Moira Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2GB
Received 10 Dec 202522 Willesley Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2QB
Received 9 Dec 2025Morrisons Supermarket Whitwick Road Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3FA
Received 10 Dec 202515 Bridge Street Packington Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1WB
Received 11 Dec 2025Building Off Church Lane Swannington Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8RA Church Lane Swannington Swannington Leicestershire
Received 11 Dec 2025Aeropark Hill Top Castle Donington Derby DE74 2PR
Received 11 Dec 2025Unit 3 Old Station Close Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3FH
Received 12 Dec 202539 Ashby Road Breedon On The Hill Derby DE73 8AZ
Received 12 Dec 2025Land North Of Occupation Lane (Woodville Regenration Area) Woodville Swadlincote
Received 11 Dec 2025Land Off Pipeyard Lane Newbold Coleorton Leicestershire LE67 8AS
Received 10 Dec 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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