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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.
4,387 approved · 314 refused · 252 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
43 Brooks Lane Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5DG
Received 18 Aug 2025Severn Trent Water Limited Packington Sewage Works Measham Road Packington Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1WQ
Received 14 Aug 2025Studbrook House 94 Park Lane Castle Donington Derby DE74 2JG
Received 18 Aug 2025Land At Netherfields Lane Sawley
Received 19 Aug 20254 Clifton Drive Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2QL
Received 19 Aug 2025Hillpark Farm Dodgeford Lane Osgathorpe Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 9TE
Received 20 Aug 2025South View 14 Field Lane Boundary Woodville Swadlincote Leicestershire DE11 7BT
Received 20 Aug 20253 Roman Way Moira Swadlincote Leicestershire DE12 6BS
Received 20 Aug 2025Land To The North Of Barroon Castle Donington
Received 20 Aug 2025Barn To The South Of Bowleys Lane Bowleys Lane Appleby Magna Swadlincote DE12 7BE
Received 21 Aug 202511 Ashby Road Ravenstone Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2AA
Received 21 Aug 202552 Glebe Road Thringstone Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8NW
Received 22 Aug 202563 Bondgate Castle Donington Derby DE74 2NR
Received 22 Aug 2025Former Queensway House Queens Street Measham Swadlincote Derbys DE12 7JF
Received 19 Aug 20258 Orchard Close Moira Swadlincote Leicestershire DE12 6BY
Received 22 Aug 2025The Estates Office Unit A1 Norman Court Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2UZ
Received 22 Aug 2025Fisher German Head Office Plot P Tom Bill Way Ivanhoe Business Park Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2UZ
Received 22 Aug 2025Unit 3B Stud Brook Business Park Welsted Road Castle Donington Derby DE74 2ZB
Received 22 Aug 202563 Nottingham Road Kegworth Derby DE74 2FH
Received 22 Aug 2025The Willows 7 Main Street Breedon On The Hill Derby DE73 8AN
Received 23 Aug 2025Cloud Hill Quarry Stocking Lane Breedon On The Hill Derby DE73 8LB
Received 22 Aug 2025Garage Rear Of Coopers Close Coopers Close Acresford DE12 8AJ
Received 27 Aug 2025Land North Of Station Road Ibstock Leicestershire
Received 22 Aug 20258 Main Street Snarestone Swadlincote Derby DE12 7DB
Received 28 Aug 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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