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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.
4,431 approved · 319 refused · 254 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
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Received 27 Jan 2026The Old Bakery 37 Church Street Appleby Magna Swadlincote Derby DE12 7BB
Received 27 Jan 202615 Castle Way Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2RY
Received 27 Jan 2026Wilson Court Haven Close Belton Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 9UD
Received 27 Jan 2026The Shrubberies Twycross Road Snarestone Swadlincote Leicestershire DE12 7BY
Received 28 Jan 2026Jordan's Farm 44 Top Street Appleby Magna Swadlincote Derby DE12 7AH
Received 28 Jan 202640 Ibstock Road Ravenstone Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2AL
Received 28 Jan 2026415 Hall Lane Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5DW
Received 28 Jan 2026Field House Farm Lily Bank Thringstone Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8NB
Received 28 Jan 202650 Loughborough Road Coleorton Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8HG
Received 28 Jan 202635 Normanton Road Packington Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1WS
Received 29 Jan 2026Whitney Park Shortheath Road Moira Swadlincote Derby DE12 6AP
Received 29 Jan 2026Land To The Rear Of 47 Chapel Street Oakthorpe Swadlincote Derby DE12 7QT
Received 29 Jan 2026Measham House Farm Gallows Lane Measham Swadlincote DE12 7HD
Received 29 Jan 2026Land Adjacent To Greendale Prestons Lane Coleorton Leicestershire LE67 8FR
Received 29 Jan 2026Land Off Walter Pettitt Way Hugglescote Leicestershire
Received 30 Jan 2026Land Off Standard Hill Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3HJ
Received 30 Jan 2026Parcels SV3 And SV4 Swinfen Vale Coalville Leicestershire
Received 30 Jan 2026Parcels SV3 And SV4 Swinfen Vale Coalville Leicestershire
Received 30 Jan 2026Parcels SV3 And SV4 Swinfen Vale Coalville Leicestershire
Received 30 Jan 2026Land Off Tugbys Lane Peggs Green Coleorton Leicestershire
Received 30 Jan 2026Premier Gym Beveridge Lane Bardon Coalville Leicestershire LE67 1TA
Received 30 Jan 202644 Norris Hill Moira Swadlincote Derby DE12 6ES
Received 30 Jan 2026Kegworth House 42 High Street Kegworth Derby DE74 2DA
Received 2 Feb 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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