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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.
4,393 approved · 314 refused · 252 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Orchard Charley Road Charley Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 9YB
Received 5 Sept 20258 Whiteholmes Grove Kegworth Derby DE74 2AW
Received 21 Jul 2025Land On The Eastern Side Atherstone Road Appleby Magna Derby
Received 8 Sept 202536 School Lane Newbold Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8PF
Received 9 Sept 2025Woodlandrise 37A Copson Street Ibstock Leicestershire LE67 6LD
Received 9 Sept 2025Former Snibston Discovery Park Ashby Road Coalville Leicestershire
Received 9 Sept 202529 Oakland Drive Moira Swadlincote DE12 6AD
Received 9 Sept 2025Castle Donington High School And Community College Mount Pleasant Castle Donington Derby DE74 2LN
Received 10 Sept 2025Volvo Truck And Bus Company EA Interlink Way East Bardon Coalville Leicestershire LE67 1LG
Received 10 Sept 2025Unit 12 Ivanhoe Business Park Ivanhoe Park Way Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2AB
Received 10 Sept 2025Public Open Space Land Off Belcher Close Heather Leicestershire
Received 10 Sept 20258A Long Street Belton Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 9TP
Received 10 Sept 2025108 St Bernards Road Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5GW
Received 10 Sept 202538 School Lane Newbold Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8PF
Received 10 Sept 202572 High Street Castle Donington Derby DE74 2PQ
Received 10 Sept 2025Swinfen Vale Beveridge Lane Coalville Leicestershire
Received 11 Sept 2025Land To The South Of Park Lane Castle Donington
Received 11 Sept 2025Land At Stud Brook Business Park Castle Donington DE74 2ZB
Received 11 Sept 2025Land At Stud Brook Business Park Castle Donington DE74 2ZB
Received 11 Sept 202593 Zion Hill Peggs Green Coleorton Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8JP
Received 11 Sept 2025Coleorton Hall Constable Way Coleorton Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8FZ
Received 12 Sept 2025Land At Sawley Interchange Adjacent To Aldi Distribution Centre Tamworth Road
Received 12 Sept 2025Land At Sawley Interchange Adjacent To Aldi Distribution Centre Tamworth Road
Received 12 Sept 2025Land At Sawley Interchange Adjacent To Aldi Distribution Centre Tamworth Road
Received 12 Sept 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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