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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.
4,427 approved · 319 refused · 253 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To The North Of Welsted Road Castle Donington DE74 2PR
Received 12 Jan 202610 King Richard Way Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1LD
Received 13 Jan 2026Nos 3 And 4 Mannings Terrace Measham Swadlincote Derby DE12 7HU
Received 12 Jan 2026Mount Cottage Mount Walk Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1BG
Received 13 Jan 2026Land To The West Of Kelham Wood Showmans Residential Park Ibstock Road Ravenstone Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2ED
Received 14 Jan 20261 Clements Gate Diseworth Derby DE74 2QE
Received 13 Jan 202614 - 16 Top Street Appleby Magna Swadlincote Derby DE12 7AH
Received 14 Jan 202611 Top Road Griffydam Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8HU
Received 14 Jan 2026Unit 6B Stud Brook Business Park Welsted Road Castle Donington Derby DE74 2ZB
Received 14 Jan 2026The Laurels Berry Hill Lane Donington Le Heath Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2FB
Received 14 Jan 2026Telecom Mast Molehill Farm Ashby Road Kegworth
Received 14 Jan 2026Land Off Standard Hill Hugglescote Coalville LE67 3HJ
Received 16 Jan 202631 Bonchurch Road Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5AA
Received 16 Jan 202667 Spring Avenue Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2RL
Received 16 Jan 2026Land On Brinsley Court Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire
Received 19 Jan 20263 Pickering Drive Ellistown Coalville Leicestershire LE67 1HB
Received 19 Jan 2026St Andrews Church Church Gate Kegworth Leicestershire
Received 19 Jan 202694 Broom Leys Road Coalville Leicestershire LE67 4DB
Received 19 Jan 2026Donington Island Clay Stocking Site Spring Cottage Road Overseal DE12 6NA
Received 20 Jan 202633 Lower Packington Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1GD
Received 20 Jan 202622 Whatton Road Kegworth Derby DE74 2EZ
Received 20 Jan 2026Field House Farm Lily Bank Thringstone Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8NB
Received 20 Jan 2026Farm Cottage Green Lane Diseworth Derby DE74 2SD
Received 21 Jan 2026Ashby Hastings Primary School School Lane Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2AX
Received 21 Jan 2026Records 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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