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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.
4,429 approved · 319 refused · 254 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Firs Main Street Normanton Le Heath Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2TB
Received 21 Jan 202675 Meadow Lane Coalville Leicestershire LE67 4DN
Received 21 Jan 20267A Arundel Avenue East Midlands Distribution Centre Castle Donington DE74 2HJ
Received 22 Jan 2026Land At Beehive Wood Willesley Wood Side Moira Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2UP
Received 19 Jan 2026Side Of 8 James Street Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3BW
Received 21 Jan 2026Land Between Beveridge Lane And Grange Road Coalville Leicestershire
Received 23 Jan 2026Corner Farm 2 Main Street Heather Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2QP
Received 23 Jan 2026Corner Farm 2 Main Street Heather Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2QP
Received 23 Jan 2026Land To West Of Ashby Road Packington
Received 23 Jan 2026Land Adjacent To 84 Ashby Road Woodville Swadlincote DE11 7BY
Received 22 Jan 2026Telemast Mitchell Springs Farm Ashby Road Long Whatton Leicestershire LE12 5BX
Received 22 Jan 2026Adjacent 84 Ashby Road Woodville Swadlincote DE11 7BY
Received 22 Jan 2026Telemast Nottingham Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1SB
Received 23 Jan 2026Moira Furnace Furnace Lane Moira Swadlincote Derby DE12 6AT
Received 23 Jan 2026101 Station Road Ibstock Coalville Leicestershire LE67 6JL
Received 24 Jan 202612 Long Street Belton Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 9TP
Received 26 Jan 2026Long Whatton Church Of England School The Green Long Whatton Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 5DB
Received 26 Jan 2026Land Adjacent To 20A Foan Hill Swannington Leicestershire
Received 26 Jan 2026Land Off Ashby Road Packington Leicestershire LE65 1TD
Received 26 Jan 2026Holy Trinity Church Kilwardby Street Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2FR
Received 26 Jan 2026Cemetery Moira Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire
Received 26 Jan 2026Church The Green Newton Burgoland Leicestershire
Received 26 Jan 2026Beech House Loughborough Road Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5AR
Received 26 Jan 2026159 -161 Main Street Thringstone Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8NE
Received 26 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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