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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.
4,394 approved · 315 refused · 252 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Land At Sawley Interchange Adjacent To Aldi Distribution Centre Tamworth Road
Received 12 Sept 20251 Ashby Road Packington Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1TD
Received 13 Sept 2025Land At Sawley Interchange Adjacent To Aldi Distribution Centre Tamworth Road
Received 15 Sept 2025Stables Ashby Road Newbold Leicestershire
Received 11 Sept 2025Lidl GB Ltd Resolution Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire
Received 15 Sept 202527 School Lane Newbold Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8PF
Received 15 Sept 202518 Charnwood Street Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3DG
Received 15 Sept 2025288 Hall Lane Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5PE
Received 15 Sept 2025Land Adjacent To Bowleys Lane Appleby Magna Derby
Received 8 Sept 20251 The Osiers Kegworth Derby Leicestershire DE74 2GD
Received 15 Sept 2025The Bungalow Stoney Lane Coleorton Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8JL
Received 16 Sept 2025Bluebell House 17 Main Street Blackfordby Ashby De La Zouch Derby DE11 8AD
Received 16 Sept 2025Seal Brook Wood Sandy Lane Swadlincote DE12 8BU
Received 16 Sept 202513 Atherstone Road Appleby Magna Swadlincote Derby DE12 7AP
Received 17 Sept 202511A Windmill Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1EQ
Received 17 Sept 2025Springwell House 40 High Street Kegworth Derby DE74 2DA
Received 17 Sept 2025Jee Jas Jees 1 Market Place Kegworth Derby Leicestershire DE74 2EE
Received 17 Sept 20257 Lady Gate Diseworth Derby DE74 2QF
Received 17 Sept 2025Land To South Of Loughborough Road Whitwick
Received 17 Sept 20257 - 9 School Lane Newton Burgoland Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2SL
Received 18 Sept 202546 New Street Donisthorpe Swadlincote Derby DE12 7PG
Received 18 Sept 202522 Chapel Street Ibstock Coalville Leicestershire LE67 6HE
Received 19 Sept 20258 Mendip Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1DZ
Received 19 Sept 2025Distribution Centre Interlink Park Interlink Way East Bardon Coalville Leicestershire LE67 1PD
Received 19 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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